People on the Move
Tuesday, June 12, 2007

  • JANINE M. BENEDICT, DEBRA A. CHMIELEWSKI, ROBERT F. CONLON, SHELLY M. DESMET, NANCY A. HAUGH, DIANNE V. PERETTO and MICHELLE L. VENEKLASE have been named vice presidents at Campbell-Ewald.


  • Range Online Media promoted ASHWINI KARANDIKAR to vice president of client services.


  • MANJYOT MUNDY was promoted from product manager, behavioral targeting to director of yield management at Jumpstart Automotive Media.


  • DIC Entertainment appointed LISA STREFF to vice president of domestic licensing to oversee the development and implementation of domestic licensing and merchandising programs for the company's slate of brands. Prior to joining DIC, Streff served as director of hardlines for the consumer products division at NBC/Universal.


  • BRAD EMMETT, a former art director at DeVito/Verdi, has returned to the agency as creative director. Emmett was most recently vice president, group creative director at Cliff Freeman and Partners. Joining him at the agency are JAMES MARAVETZ and SHERROD MELVIN, who also worked at Cliff Freeman. Melvin and Maravetz will serve as art director and copywriter, respectively.


  • The Richards Group promoted MARY PRICE to principal of the media function. Price joined the agency in 1993.


  • ERIC ANDERSON joined Resolution Media as vice president of the Project Management & Analytics Team.


  • JORDI MARTINEZ joined Wieden+Kennedy as creative technology director, a newly created position based in Portland, Oregon. Most recently, Martinez served as senior Flash developer for Crispin Porter + Bogusky, where his responsibilities included overseeing creative interactive projects and developing and consulting for creative technology.


  • R/GA promoted CHRIS COLBORN from evp, worldwide creative director, to evp, chief experience officer.


  • JOE FERREIRA has been named senior vice president and general manager, and HEATHER MOOSNICK was named vice president, business development, for the CBS Audience Network.


  • Fuse named RITCHIE YU as vice president, research. Prior to joining fuse, Yu was the director of sales research and marketing at FOX Broadcasting Company, executive director of international research for 20th Century Fox, and manager of program research at FX.


  • TIM MULLALY joined the CNNMoney.com New York sales team from BusinessWeek Online, where he served as account manager.


  • Yamamoto Moss Mackenzie hired TIM CARROLL as account manager. He joins the agency from Time Warner Cable, where he was marketing manager.


  • BusinessWeek.com promoted HELEN WALTERS to editor of its Innovation & Design channel, succeeding JESSIE SCANLON, who switched to a part-time senior writer position for I & D. In addition, BusinessWeek appointed BRUCE MEYERSON as deputy editor for BW.com's Technology & Science channel and JUSTIN FUHS was elevated to content producer, succeeding CHARLES WOOLRICH. Lastly, BEN STEVERMAN and DAVID BOGOSLAW joined BusinessWeek.com's Investing channel as reporters.


  • Major League Gaming’s COO and president MATTHEW BROMBERG was elevated to CEO, while current CEO and co-founder, MIKE SEPSO, will become the company’s chairman.


  • The Sponsorship Group for Public Television added MARY MARR and KATHY MEEK to its national sales team.


  • JESSICA STEDMAN GUFF was named executive producer ofABC News Now and CHRISTOPHER SHERIDAN was named executive producer of ABCNEWS.com.


  • INGRID SWAN has been named vice president general manager of MediZine. Previously, Swan worked for Elle Magazine as business director.


  • ImageWorks Studio named MICHAEL DELPIERRE as managing partner.


  • JANET GINSBERG joined Active Marketing Group as vice president, business development; DAVID GRANT joined as director, online media sales and EDNA CASTANEDA was named account manager.


  • NYTimes.com named NICHOLAS ASCHEIM as vice president, editorial products, and ELIOT PIERCE as vice president, operations and strategy.


  • KATHLEEN FLYNN was promoted to president of Agency.com’s Chicago office. She replaces DAVE JOHNSON, who is leaving the company.


  • SHARON ASIP was named svp/chief human resources officer for Draftfcb’s New York office. Asip most recently served as vice president of human resources at Neuberger Berman.


  • NEERAJ KOCHHAR was named vice president/director of search for SMG Search. Prior to joining SMG Search, Kochhar was director of media technology & search for Beyond Interactive.