Tuesday, December 1, 2009
- Rockett Interactive
Rockett Interactive hired Shavette Purvis as an assistant digital media planner. Most recently, Purvis was the senior research analyst at Hachette Filipacchi Media US. - NetShelter Technology Media
NetShelter Technology Media hired Mike Farrow as chief financial officer. Most recently, Farrow was chief financial officer for Jumpstart Automotive Media. - Collective Media
Collective Media hired Paul Harris as senior sales executive for the Southwest Region. Harris joins Collective from The Wall Street Journal where he was director of sales for the Southwest. - Definition 6
Definition 6 has hired John Harne as executive creative director. - TBWA/Chiat/Day Los Angeles
Michael Tabtabai and Joshua Bletterman joined TBWA/Chiat/Day Los Angeles as creative directors and Kathrin Hoffmann joined the agency as senior interaction designer. - POP
POP hired Anil Batra as vice president of search & analytics; Matt Joe as vice president of technology; and Lance Williams as vice president of client development. - American Express
American Express hired Ed Jay as senior vice president, American Express Business Insights, responsible for all aspects of this new global business. Most recently, Jay served as global head of product management and development for the Investment and Advisory division at Thomson Reuters. - Tremor Media
Tremor Media hired Mukund Ramachandran as senior director of product marketing, tasked to lead the company's product positioning, go-to-market strategies and sales enablement efforts. Ramachandran comes to Tremor Media from Yahoo, where he most recently served as director, product marketing within the Yahoo Media Group. - Gannett
Gannett named Andy Jacobson as vice president of sales for Gannett Digital. Jacobson joins Gannett from Email Data Source, where he was senior vice president of sales. - PointRoll
PointRoll elevated Rob Gatto to senior vice president of sales. - NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution
Donna Mills has been named senior vice president, marketing, communications and affiliate relations, NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution. In addition, Alexis Rouse has been named vice president, communications, NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution. - R/GA London
R/GA London hired Andy Cutbill as associate creative director, copy. - Speedshape
Digital production studio Speedshape has named Steven Spieczny as managing director. He was previously chief market officer at global design studio, Method. - Euro RSCG San Francisco
Euro RSCG San Francisco hired Frank Garavaglia and Heath Westover as director of project management and director of analytics & insights, respectively. Prior to joining Euro RSCG, Garavaglia served as program director of the PayPal account at Publicis Modem in San Francisco. Westover also joins the agency from Publicis Modem in San Francisco. There, he worked on measurement, reporting and insight generation on clients such as PayPal, Hewlett-Packard, Intuit and LG Electronics. - Tribal DDB
Tribal DDB hired Jim Marcus as group creative director on McDonald's. Prior to joining Tribal DDB, Marcus worked at Ogilvy as group interactive creative director working on brands such as Dove, BP and Kraft. - Proverb
Kyle Marcella joins Proverb as an art director and designer. Marcella joins Proverb from KM Design and Advertising, where he was co-founder and creative director for five years. - HookLogic
HookLogic named Tom Walsh as vice president of sales and marketing. He was most recently director of sales & client services for search engine optimization firm, Conductor Inc.
