Angela Solk has joined Spotify As Global Head of Agencies, a post in which she will develop and manage relationships with the major ad holding companies (WPP, Omnicom etc.). Solk has some big-time agency credentials on her resume, having served with GroupM and its media agency MediaCom as well as Publicis Groupe’s MediaVest at various times during her career. She’s also credited with having helped launch big brands at Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, Mars, and other companies. Separately, Spotify has tapped Craig Weingarten for the post of Head of Industry, Automotive. He joins from WPP’s GTB (formerly Team Detroit), the …

Mono has named Blake Bäkken as a new creative in its San Francisco office. He will help guide mono's design vision across multiple accounts, including Google and Stanford Health Care and report to Paula Maki, managing creative director, mono San Francisco. Bäkken joins the agency after spending more than a decade at San Francisco-based Venables Bell. He then moved to New York City where he spent time at design firms Turner Duckworth and Siegel + Gale.  Throughout his career, he’s worked on brands such as Google, HBO, Target, Vitamin Water, Reebok, and Audi. "His passion for craft and experience both …