Tuesday, November 17, 2009
- Mediabrands
Tara Comonte was promoted to the dual role of chief operating officer and chief financial officer at Mediabrands. - BUZZMEDIA
BUZZMEDIA hired Chris George as senior vice president of integrated marketing & operations. George joins from MySpace, where he served as vice president, integrated marketing. - Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai
Nick Barham was promoted to co-executive creative director of Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai. Barham previously served as the director of W+K Shanghai Planning and is the first planning director in W+K history to be promoted to a co-executive creative director position. - 47 Media
Azar Hafizi joined 47 Media as director of business development. Hafizi most recently served as associate director of media strategy at Glam Media. - AudienceScience
AudienceScience promoted Dan Hurwitz to vice president of sales, east. - Discovery Communications
Discovery Communications promoted Todd Zander to vice president, digital media distribution. Previously, Zander served as director, digital media distribution, where he built partnerships with mobile distributors, service providers and developers. - Deutsch LA
Vic Palumbo was named senior vice president, director of integrated production at Deutsch LA. Palumbo was most recently at Fallon, Minneapolis as director of integrated production, managing production for clients such as Travelers Insurance, BMW, Alamo and National Rental Car, Virgin Mobile and Purina. - Y&R South Africa
Steve Morgan joined Y&R South Africa as creative lead on the agency's biggest account, Pick n Pay. - TBWA/WorldHealth
TBWA Worldwide named Gary Wenzel as president, TBWA/WorldHealth. Wenzel was previously chief operating officer of TBWA/Hakuhodo in Tokyo. In addition, Steve Pashkoff joined TBWA/WorldHealth as executive creative director. - Mediacy
Mediacy hired Dan Leitzell as national sales manager. Leitzell previously served as account executive at Titan Worldwide. - AvatarLabs
AvatarLabs named Michelle Naden as director of strategic initiatives. - BBDO West
Brent Smart was named executive vice president, managing director of BBDO West, replacing Peter Sherman, who is returning to the East coast. Smart was most recently the managing director of Colenso BBDO in New Zealand. - DDB Chicago
DDB Chicago hired Ashley Sferro as senior producer, working on AT&T and Anheuser-Busch. Prior to DDB, Sferro was a broadcast producer at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, where she worked on Hewlett-Packard. - Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo
Frank Hahn and Naoki Ito were named executive creative directors at Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo. - Deutsch New York
Deutsch New York promoted Stephen Murphy to executive vice president, customer and data strategy; Michael Bagalman to senior vice president, customer data strategy; Maureen Burzynski to senior vice president, director of spot buying; Stephanie Lee-Pang to senior vice president, director of interactive production; Brent Vartan to senior vice president, group planning director; Megan Govin to vice president, associate media director; Stephanie Jones to vice president, manager media relations and publicity; and Kendra McCann to vice president, associate director media research.
Deutsch New York promoted Stephen Murphy to executive vice president, customer and data strategy; Michael Bagalman to senior vice president, customer data strategy; Maureen Burzynski to senior vice president, director of spot buying; Stephanie Lee-Pang to senior vice president, director of interactive production; Brent Vartan to senior vice president, group planning director; Megan Govin to vice president, associate media director; Stephanie Jones to vice president, manager media relations and publicity; and Kendra McCann to vice president, associate director media research.
