People on the Move
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
  • Aurelio Lopes
    Draftfcb Latin America
    Aurelio Lopes, currently the president of Giovanni + Draftfcb in Brazil, has been named regional president of Draftfcb Latin America. He succeeds Rafael de Guzman, who will continue working with Lopes in a senior advisory role.
  • John Maxham
    Cole & Weber United
    Cole & Weber United hired John Maxham as executive creative director. Most recently, Maxham worked at DDB as senior vice president, group creative director, where he was responsible for the integration of creative in two separate offices: Chicago and St. Louis.
  • William Charnock
    R/GA
    William Charnock joined R/GA as chief strategy officer, based out of the New York office. Previously, Charnock was director of strategic innovation and co-head of strategic planning at JWT New York.
  • Alex J. Mann
    Trendrr
    Trendrr has named Alex J. Mann as director.
  • Dustin Johnson
    Mullen
    Mullen hired Dustin Johnson as vice president for creative media integration. Johnson comes to Mullen from Modernista! in Boston where he was director of engagement and built and managed an engagement planning practice and media department representing clients that included Palm and Cadillac.
  • Scott Neslund
    Red Bricks Media
    Scott Neslund was named chief executive officer of Red Bricks Media. Neslund replaces Red Bricks Media's cofounder Elliott Easterling, who becomes chairman of the board. Most recently, Neslund was with Mindshare North America, mostly recently as CEO of New York since 2007.
  • Dave Rosner
    Initiative
    Initiative promoted Dave Rosner from vice president, director, Innovations to senior vice president, director, Innovations.
  • Pat Cavanaugh
    YES Network
    Pat Cavanaugh was promoted to vice president of finance and controller at the YES Network, up from controller.
  • Julie Diffenbach and Erin Collins
    Media Storm
    Media Storm promoted Julie Diffenbach to group director, interactive and Erin Collins to associate media director, interactive.
  • Lindsey Christensen
    Doremus
    Doremus promoted Lindsey Christensen from account executive to account supervisor.
  • Patrick Thomas
    YuMe
    YuMe tapped Patrick Thomas as a sales director. Thomas was previously advertising sales director at Keystream.
  • Patti Temple Rocks and Amy Cheronis
    Leo Burnett
    Leo Burnett named Patti Temple Rocks executive vice president and global director of corporate communications responsible for strategic leadership of internal and external communications for the agency. Temple Rocks formerly served as vice president, global public affairs and reputation at The Dow Chemical Company. In addition, the agency hired Amy Cheronis as senior vice president, director worldwide corporate communications. Cheronis was most recently senior vice president, U.S. communications director at DDB Chicago.
  • Charlie Rutman
    The Ad Council
    The Ad Council has retained Charlie Rutman through his consulting firm, End Zone Communications, to manage media efforts on behalf of the non-profit organization. Rutman was formerly chief executive officer of MPG North America.
  • Jennifer Mirsky
    realsimple.com
    Jennifer Mirsky was named managing editor of realsimple.com. Most recently, Mirsky served as editor-in-chief, Women's Lifestyle at Meredith Interactive, where she oversaw editorial content for LadiesHomeJournal.com, More.com and FitnessMagazine.com.
  • Matthew Doyle
    Playboy Enterprises
    Playboy Enterprises named Matthew Doyle as photo director. Doyle joins Playboy from Complex magazine, where he was photo director and chief photographer.
  • Jacob Ford, John Reid, Ryan Schwedhelm, Melanie Magatelli and Patty Lum
    ATTIK
    ATTIK hired Jacob Ford as creative director, digital; John Reid as creative director, advertising; Ryan Schwedhelm as copywriter; Melanie Magatelli as senior print producer; and Patty Lum as senior producer. In addition, Ron Lim was promoted to creative director; Paul Miller was elevated to associate creative director, Mike Brenner to senior copywriter; Greg Coffin to senior art director and Gabe Nguyen to designer.
  • Drew Hack
    Carmichael Lynch
    Drew Hack has been promoted to senior partner, director of client integration at Carmichael Lynch. He joined the company in 2008 and has been serving as group account director on Harley-Davidson.
  • Heather Barc and Paul Kurrie
    DoubleVerify
    DoubleVerify hired Heather Barc as east coast sales director and Paul Kurrie as Midwest sales director.
  • Amy Servidea
    180 Los Angeles
    180 Los Angeles hired Amy Servidea as art director. She previously worked for Bartle Bogle Hegarty NY.