People on the Move
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
  • Toby Gabriner
    Adap.tv
    Adap.tv hired Toby Gabriner as president. Most recently, he was president of Tribal Fusion.
  • Ashley Swartz
    Digitas
    Digitas hired Ashley Swartz as senior vice president of the agency's New York office. She will be leading Samsung initiatives including all Samsung.com work. Swartz joins Digitas from Ag8, Ltd where she was the North American Interim CEO.
  • Bill Oakley
    TM Advertising
    TM Advertising announced that Bill Oakley has expanded his responsibilities at the agency to include both the top creative post of chief creative officer and managing director. Oakley, who joined TM Advertising in 1990, has previously held the roles of group creative director and worldwide creative director on the American Airlines account.
  • Amy McAllister
    Organic
    Organic named Amy McAllister as senior vice president, engagement management. McAllister, most recently a senior partner and executive group director for Ogilvy and Mather, will serve as the engagement lead on the Bank of America account.
  • Scot McLernon
    YuMe
    YuMe hired Scot McLernon as chief revenue officer. McLernon joins the company from CBS Marketwatch where he built and led the Web advertising sales team.
  • Guy Wieynk
    AKQA
    AKQA is opening an office in Berlin. Guy Wieynk, AKQA's European managing director, will be responsible for the launch of the Berlin office, the agency's third in Europe. AKQA Berlin's launch client is Nokia and the agency will be developing key applications for Ovi, the mobile Internet services platform for Nokia.
  • Sean Krankel
    Midnight Oil Creative
    Midnight Oil Creative hired Sean Krankel as creative director, digital. Krankel joins the company from social media agency Rocket XL.
  • Laura Bowles, Heather Faunce, Jeff Benjamin, David Rolfe, Winston Binch and Alex Bogusky
    Crispin Porter + Bogusky and MDC Partners
    Crispin Porter + Bogusky and MDC Partners named five new partners at the agency. Group account directors Laura Bowles and Heather Faunce, executive creative director Jeff Benjamin, production director David Rolfe, and executive producer Winston Binch were each named as a partner. In addition, Alex Bogusky has added a new role of chief creative insurgent at MDC Partners, the parent company of CPB. Bogusky will continue his involvement at CPB with the title of founding partner. Chuck Porter will remain Chairman of CPB and continue as chief strategist for MDC Partners.
  • Lee Nadler
    EMusic
    EMusic named Lee Nadler as chief marketing officer. Prior to eMusic, Nadler was founder and CEO of Sherpa Marketing.
  • Jennie Price
    Action
    Jennie Price joined Action in Atlanta as a media buyer. Price previously was a broadcast negotiator at Initiative.
  • Tony Saucier and Phil Shannon
    OLSON
    Tony Saucier joined OLSON's PR team as associate account director and social media strategist, from Gabriel deGrood Bendt, Minneapolis, where he was PR account director. In addition, Phil Shannon joined OLSON's digital practice as senior web data analyst, from Ameriprise Financial, where he focused on web analytics and optimization.
  • Marc Johnson
    UNITED FUTURE
    UNITED FUTURE, a WONGDOODY company, hired Marc Johnson as director of digital experience strategy, a newly created position. Johnson previously served as director of creative services at ABC Digital Media.
  • Susan Noonan, Kathie Haydon, Meredith Bivens, Lee Piscopo, Ellie Williams and others
    GSD&M Idea City
    GSD&M Idea City named Susan Noonan, Kathie Haydon, Meredith Bivens, Lee Piscopo, Ellie Williams, Kirya Francis, Noelle Newby, Jill Isherwood, and Scott Pool as vice presidents in the agency's media department.
  • Stephanie Dolgoff
    Health
    Stephanie Dolgoff was named special projects director at Health magazine. Dolgoff was the former features director at SELF.
  • Amy Yeh
    Federated Media
    Amy Yeh, formerly of News Corp's Fox Interactive and STAR TV, joined Federated Media as chief product officer.
  • Matt Freeman
    Mediabrands
    Mediabrands named Matt Freeman as CEO of Mediabrands Ventures. Freeman was previously CEO of media start-up Betawave and Tribal DDB Worldwide.
  • Joseph Kerschbaum, John Lee and Mae Flint
    Clix Marketing
    Clix Marketing hired Joseph Kerschbaum as client services director, John Lee as search marketing manager and promoted Mae Flint to director of operations.
  • Rob Farber
    Draftfcb Chicago
    Draftfcb Chicago hired Rob Farber as executive producer (broadcast) for the agency's Miller Lite account.
  • Lori Baima
    Media Management
    Lori Baima joined Media Management in St. Louis as a media analyst. Baima previously was director of marketing & media services for the Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust.
  • David Woods and Jason Carnahan
    Caring.com
    Caring.com hired David Woods as senior director of sales and Jason Carnahan as director of sales.
  • Julie Gibson
    peeps creative
    Julie Gibson joined 'peeps creative to manage 'peeps digital direct, a department dedicated to direct email marketing, social media policy and Web content creation and management.
  • Christine Huang
    BBH New York
    BBH New York hired Christine Huang as head of business development. Huang was previously a freelance consultant, working with agencies including Berlin Cameron United, Palisades Media Group, Venables Bell & Partners and Ignited.
  • Katie Senderowitz
    Arnold Worldwide
    Katie Senderowitz has been promoted to vice president, management supervisor from account supervisor in Arnold Worldwide's Brand Experience Group.