by Amy Corr on Dec 31, 10:18 AM
Gage, a Minneapolis-based marketing agency, hired Dan Hellerich as tech lead and Lauren Johnson as engagement manager. Hellerich and Johnson will both join the Microsoft ExpertZone team. The agency also promoted Sam Zastrow to senior project manager, Lois Eickhoff to accountant, and Russell Colliton and Karl Henkelmann to tech leads. Prior to Gage, Hellerich was a development team director at the Integer Group in Des Moines, Iowa. Previously, Johnson served as a digital marketing coordinator at FindLaw, a division of Thomson Reuters. "Our hiring of Dan and Lauren reflects our deepening bench of talent and our commitment to do great …
by Amy Corr on Dec 30, 1:26 PM
VML hired Craig Elimeliah as director of creative technology, a new position at the agency. He joins VML from RAPP, where he led digital innovation efforts. Elimeliah will oversee creative technology and will work across VML's creative, strategy, and platforms and experiences teams. He will work across VML clients in New York such as Dell, LEGOLAND Florida Resort, Motorola, S&P and Xerox. Elimeliah will report to Jeff Geheb, chief technology officer at VML. "Increasingly, our clients are asking us not to solve marketing problems, they are asking us to understand how technology can transform their business," said Geheb. "And with …
by Amy Corr on Dec 29, 2:56 PM
McCann HumanCare, the consumer health and wellness unit of McCann Health and McCann Worldgroup, named Frank Mazzola as executive vice president, group creative director. He will report to Auge Reichenberg, executive vice president, executive creative director, McCann HumanCare. Mazzola joins McCann HumanCare from GSW where he served as executive vice president, group creative director. He began his career at FCB (now FCB Health), rising through the ranks from junior copywriter to creative director in 6 years. "Frank is a proven leader and an incredibly talented healthcare creative guru, with many awards and new business wins under his belt," said Reichenberg. …
by Amy Corr on Dec 28, 1:45 PM
360i hired Lucia Grillo as head of production, effective January 4. Grillo replaces Joe Jaffe, who is departing 360i later this month. She will oversee 360i's integrated production team and will build out the agency's production capabilities. Grillo will report to Jonathan Goldmacher, managing director, New York. She spent the past 10 years at Psyop, where she most recently headed up the New York office as managing director. Grillo got her start as a production manager for the opening and closing ceremonies for the Olympics in Atlanta, and she has held agency positions at JWT and McCann New York. She …
by Amy Corr on Dec 24, 11:25 AM
O'Keefe Reinhard & Paul tapped Rahul Roy as head of client business. Roy will oversee the agency's client roster that includes Big Lots, Ace Hardware, Turtle Wax and YUM! Brands. Roy began his advertising career at McCann Erikson in India. Most recently, he spent 10 years at FCB and most recently served as executive vice president/director of account management at FCB/Chicago and managing director of FCB/LA where he oversaw Kmart, YUM! and Dockers. While there, he worked closely with OKRP founders Tom O'Keefe, Matt Reinhard and Nick Paul. "Rahul's one of a special breed -- a classically trained account guy …
by Amy Corr on Dec 23, 10:44 AM
Barkley named Mike Goff as executive vice president, account leadership. Goff was most recently president of Premier Sports Management, where he led the company's day-to-day operations and business development activities. Prior to that, Goff was vice president of corporate marketing at Sprint, where he led branding and launch efforts for the merged Sprint and Nextel brands in 2005. He also led the marketing communications for the launch of the Sprint iPhone. "We are thrilled to have Mike join our team," said Jeff King, CEO, Barkley. "He is one of the smartest marketing people I've met, and he is a great …
by Amy Corr on Dec 22, 12:02 PM
360i named Geline Midouin as chief talent officer. Midouin will oversee recruitment, professional development and human resources across all agency offices. She will report to Jared Belsky, president of 360i. Midouin joins 360i from Publicis Healthcare Communications Group (PHCG), where she served as senior vice president of global human resources and resource management, supporting PHCG global brands including Saatchi Wellness, Discovery USA, Razorfish Health, in-sync, Maxcess and Verilogue. While there, Midouin developed HR strategies to support business objectives and led major restructures, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures across client groups. Prior to that, Midouin served as vice president of human resources …
by Amy Corr on Dec 22, 11:00 AM
SmartSearch Marketing named Stela Yordanova as SEO and analytics specialist.
by Amy Corr on Dec 22, 11:00 AM
Scripps Networks Interactive named Suzanne Underwald as senior vice president, business and legal affairs, content distribution & marketing.
by Amy Corr on Dec 22, 11:00 AM
Got Your 6 named Bill Rausch as executive director.