People on the Move
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

  • Critical Mass named JOHN STICHWEH as senior vice president, general manager. In this position, he oversees the daily management of the Toronto office. Prior to Critical Mass, Stichweh was director of global interactive marketing at The Coca-Cola Company. He was responsible for the development and execution of digital strategy for Coca-Cola Classic, Coke Zero and Sprite.


  • KRISTEN D'ARCY MCALOON joined R/GA in New York as management supervisor.

  • KEVIN PATRICK SMITH was named vice president of advertising sales development at Comcast Spotlight. Most recently, he was the president of TelAmerica CableConnect.


  • Victoriamagazine named WILL ROGERS as its New York City-based northeastern sales director; JENNIFER LATTER as Los Angeles-based west coast account manager; and KATHLEEN BURKE as Chicago-based Midwest account manager.


  • CAMERON DEATH has been named vice president of digital content for NBC Digital Entertainment, where he will oversee the division's digital production. Death spent the past ten years at Microsoft where, most recently, he led MSN's Branded Entertainment and Experiences team in the US.


  • JOSH DAVIDSON joined the Adify Media Sales team on the West Coast as a regional sales director. He joins the company from Unicast where he was responsible for West Coast advertising sales.


  • WILLIAM BLAIR was named vice president of Cartoon Network Ad Sales Promotions & Marketing. Previously, Blair was vice president of divisional partnerships with Time Warner Global Media Group.


  • MATT BLACKBORN, chief executive officer for Publicis Groupe Media's Middle East and North Africa region, has been promoted to global client services director for Starcom Mediavest Group. MIKE READMAN, global head of media for Cereal Partners Worldwide and formerly chief operating officer for Universal McCann EMEA, has been named chairman of PGM MENA.


  • LIBE GOAD was promoted to editor in chief of GameDaily, up from managing editor.


  • DAVE BOYD joined imc 2 as vice p resident, general manager for P&G accounts.


  • PETER MOSS joined Ogilvy New York as a group creative director working on a variety of global accounts. Moss spent the last 13 years working for Ogilvy in Asia; first in Hong Kong, then in Singapore.


  • Captivate Network hired LAURA KERBS as a director of business development in the San Francisco office. She was most recently a general manager for the Associated Press. In addition, BARBARA GRAFF was named a director of business development in the Los Angeles office.


  • Medio Systems named JOHN C. KIM to the newly created position of vice president of product management and product marketing. He joins the company from Yahoo! Search Marketing where he served as senior director of strategic and product marketing.


  • ROSS LOGAN joined Miniclip as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Miniclip, Logan spent eight years working at PricewaterhouseCoopers' London office within the Assurance and Business Advisory practice.


  • Universal McCann named PATRICIA STEELE as global director of communications.


  • Stand Advertising promoted JORDAN CASE to art director, from assistant art director. She will be working on the Fairgrounds Gaming & Raceway, 2-1-1 New York and Perry's Ice Cream accounts.


  • Side Door Media named MEL MANSFIELD as creative director.


  • KD&E named LIZZIE NG as media/traffic coordinator, overseeing production and traffic for print and outdoor media.


  • Studiocom named THOMAS J. SPICER as client partner; RICHARD GROGAN as director of advanced web analytics; KELLY ROGERS as account direct; and JANE GOLDMAN as senior copywriter.

  • STEPHEN FLINK was named advertising director for Hallmark Magazine. He joins Hallmark Publishing following six years at Condé Nast, where he most recently served as sales development director at Details.