Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- JWT
JWT hired Michael Dezso as senior partner, director of strategic planning in its Atlanta office. Dezso joins JWT from BBDO, where he served as vice president, senior account planner. - Wieden+Kennedy
Melanie Myers has returned to Wieden+Kennedy as global director of creative resources. Myers spent 11 years with W+K's Portland office before leaving in 2007. She later started WNTD, a creative recruiting and consulting company that will continue to operate with Myers' former partners. - MRM Worldwide
Jonathan Kish joined MRM Worldwide as executive vice president, director of strategy, east region. Kish was most recently group vice president of strategy at McCann Erickson in Tel Aviv. - Grey Group
Amy Tunick was named president of Alliance, the entertainment and lifestyle marketing agency of Grey Group, based in New York. Tunick succeeds John Eckel who left the agency. - TM Advertising
TM Advertising named Holli Burlison manager of creative services. Burlison is expanding her role as an agency art buyer and creative recruiter to also include managing and coordinating the agency's creative and production resources. - MediaTrust
MediaTrust has acquired Bardon Advisors, naming Keith Cohn, Bardon founder & CEO as president of the combined entity. - Dieste Inc.
Dieste Inc. has hired Gavin Twigger as executive director of interception and Luciana Gomez as executive director of brand leadership. - Saatchi & Saatchi New York
Saatchi & Saatchi New York hired Conway (Con) Williamson as chief creative officer in its New York office. He will partner with Mary Baglivo, CEO at Saatchi & Saatchi New York and CEO & Chair, Americas. Williamson was previously chief creative officer at Euro RSCG New York. - Turner Broadcasting System
Kathryn Szumowski joined Turner Broadcasting System as senior media director for Turner Media Group, TBS, Inc.'s internal media group. Most recently, Szumowski was senior manager of digital and multicultural media for Verizon Wireless in Atlanta, overseeing digital campaigns for product launches and programs, including Droid and VCAST. - ZenithOptimedia
ZenithOptimedia promoted John Taylor from director of client service to chairman of ZenithOptimedia Worldwide. - PETROL
PETROL hired Andrew Harris as vice president of brand development. He recently served as brand integration architect for Sony Pictures Entertainment. - Colle+McVoy
Colle+McVoy promoted Brian Ritchie to associate creative director; Joe Monnens to associate creative director; Amanda Bastian to account supervisor; Liz Wawrzonek to associate account planner/social media strategist; Andrew Wetzel to interactive designer; and Chelsea Chung to assistant account executive. - Euro RSCG
Matt Ryan, global chief marketing officer of Euro RSCG, has been promoted to president of global brands for Euro RSCG Worldwide and global chief marketing officer of Havas Worldwide. In addition, Naomi Troni, formerly global new business director of Euro RSCG Worldwide, has been promoted to global chief marketing officer. - Loyalty Lab
Loyalty Lab hired Keith Rose as president. - American Express Publishing Corporation
Mark Stanich will add president of digital media to his current responsibilities of senior vice president and chief marketing officer at American Express Publishing Corporation. - Evolve Media
Evolve Media hired Paul Santello as senior vice president of brand sales and marketing. - Arnold Worldwide
Arnold Worldwide created a Global Strategic Leadership team, to be based in the agency's Boston office. Neela Pal will lead Business and Brand Strategy globally, an expansion of her existing North American role at Arnold. Lisa Borden and Frank Sanni will join the micro-network to lead the Department of Human Nature, and Integrated Planning, respectively.
