Tuesday, November 3, 2009
- Wexley School for Girls
Wexley School for Girls hired Derek Hockman as account supervisor on the agency's Microsoft Windows Phone account. Prior to joining Wexley, Hockman worked at Team One, a division of Saatchi & Saatchi LA, as account executive on The Ritz-Carlton business. - R/GA London
R/GA London hired Jonny Longden as director, analytics & accountability, to lead and build the practice. He will focus on implementing measurement and optimization techniques across all R/GA London clients. Longden joins R/GA from Syzygy UK, where he served as analytics director. - Beattie McGuinness Bungay
Beattie McGuinness Bungay opened an office in New York. Clayton Ruebensaal will serve as chief executive officer charged with growing and building the agency's North American presence, alongside partner chief creative officer Neil Powell. Ruebensaal's previously served as CEO of Cliff Freeman & Partners. - The Visionaire Group
The Visionaire Group hired Jeremy Irwin as executive creative director. Irwin was previously the founder and CCO of Xylem Interactive. - Euro RSCG London
Euro RSCG London hired Mick Mahoney as executive creative director. Mahoney joins the agency from BBH, where he was creative director on the British Airways, Johnnie Walker, Vodafone and Persil accounts. - TBWA/Media Arts Lab
TBWA/Media Arts Lab promoted Duncan Milner to chief creative officer, a position previously held by Lee Clow, who will maintain his role as chairman of the TBWA/Media Arts Lab. - Engauge
Engauge hired Tom Hickey as vice president of media. Hickey most recently held the position of vice president, media director at McKinney. - imc² health & wellness
imc² health & wellness hired Lisa Flaiz as vice president, strategic growth and innovation. Most recently, Flaiz served as vice president, group director and national pharmaceutical practice lead for Razorfish where she served as a strategic advisor to the agency's roster of pharmaceutical clients such as Wyeth, Roche Laboratories, Johnson & Johnson, and Schering-Plough. - TargetCast tcm
TargetCast tcm has named Al Benoit vice president, account director. Most recently, he served as group planning director, partner for Mindshare, where he led strategy for American Express and Merrill Lynch. - AudienceScience
AudienceScience hired Steve McQuade as vice president of engineering in the Seattle office. - Victors & Spoils
John Winsor, Claudia Batten and Evan Fry launched a new advertising agency, Victors & Spoils, a creative ad agency built on crowdsourcing principles. Winsor will serve as chief executive officer, Batten assumes the role of chief operating officer and Fry comes on as chief creative officer. - UNITED FUTURE
UNITED FUTURE, a WONGDOODY company, hired Erik Kellener as chief technology officer and senior director; Thomas Heo as manager of user experience; and Shane Coppess as senior associate, technology. - Global Advertising Strategies
Lora Barabash joined Global Advertising Strategies as senior vice president of strategy & finance. In addition, Ryan Gordon joined the company as media director, and will be leading all of the company's strategic media planning and buying for the company's clients including Turkey, Lufthansa, and ImmunoHealth. - LogicLab
Evan Goldfarb joined LogicLab as vice president of media sales. - Brunner
Brunner named David Lied as vice president, director of consumer promotional services. In addition, Ron Jesiolowski was named director of marketing services. - Digitas North America
Colin Kinsella, most recently chief innovation officer at Razorfish, has been named president of Digitas North America. - Razorfish
Razorfish named Barbara Ward Thall as managing director of media and marketing; Domenic Venuto as managing director, client solutions; and Missy Foristall as managing director, experience and platforms in its flagship New York City office.
