Tuesday, May 4, 2010
- CBS Corporation
Zander Lurie has been named senior vice president of strategic development, CBS Corporation. - Mediabrands
Mediabrands named Brendan Moorcroft as chief executive officer for Cadreon, a custom audience marketplace allowing Universal McCann, Initiative, and Mediabrands Ventures to connect with target audiences and maximize the effectiveness of digital investments. Most recently, Moorcroft was senior vice president of global digital strategy for UM and Mediabrands Digital. - Red Peak Group
Red Peak Group hired Paul Kingsley as chief operating officer. - Catalyst S+F
Catalyst S+F hired Tim Hanlon, former executive vice president/managing director of VivaKi Ventures, as a partner responsible for the firm's venture investment and advisory strategies. - Momentum Worldwide
Momentum Worldwide hired Dax Callner as a vice president on its global innovation team. Callner joins from Jack Morton Worldwide, where he served as senior vice president of strategy & planning. - T3
Jennifer Mollo, who had been serving as vice president, group account director at T3, has been promoted to senior vice president, director of client services. - Euro RSCG Worldwide
Euro RSCG Worldwide named Stacy Mackler executive vice president and chief marketing officer. She was previously vice president of global communications for Clinique. - Barefoot Proximity
Troy Hitch joined Barefoot Proximity as vice president/creative director. Hitch will serve on the firm's executive leadership team and oversee the development of a branded entertainment practice. - Organic
Marita Scarfi has been appointed chief executive officer of Organic. Scarfi previously served as the executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Omnicom network agency. - La Comunidad
La Comunidad expanded its strategic planning capabilities to include Media Services and Connections Planning, and hired David Lawlor to head the new division as director of media services and connections planning. - Night Agency
Night Agency hired Jill Meisner as director of communications. - La Comunidad
La Comunidad hired Roberta Bantel as senior account director. She was formerly managing director/president of TBWA Agency division in Berlin, managing more than 70 employees, leading new business activities and working on clients such as Apple Computers, Absolut Vodka, Mars Europe and Sony Playstation. - Euro RSCG London
Euro RSCG London hired Samantha Alonso as a senior planner and Rachel Filer as a planner. Alonso was previously head of brand and business strategy at Naked Communications and Filer joins the agency from Dare Digital. - JWT New York
Ingrid Bernstein was tapped to head up JWT New York's Experience Department, which will use digital technologies to create effective, long-lasting communications platforms for brands. Most recently, Bernstein served as a digital strategy director at JWT New York. - Wieden+Kennedy New York
Stuart Smith will return to Wieden+Kennedy New York as head of planning. Smith, who was head of planning for W+K London from 2003 to 2008, will fill the position vacated by Neal Arthur, who earlier this month was promoted to managing director of W+K NY. Smith spent the past two years as director of planning for Google Creative Lab. - Betawave
Betawave hired Pete Auerbach in the newly created position of senior vice president, sales. - DNA
DNA hired Tom Sobotta as account director; Erin Petterson as an account coordinator; and promoted Gretchen Anderson to account supervisor. - Nexage
Nexage hired Ernie Cormier as chief executive officer and president, taking over for Devkumar Gandhi, who will remain active with Nexage as founder. - Palisades Mediagroup
Palisades Mediagroup hired Laura Jean Bracken as executive vice president, chief operating officer, and Shelley Watson as senior vice president, media director, national broadcast group. - Saatchi & Saatchi X
Saatchi & Saatchi X hired Kevin Shelhamer as senior vice president, managing director of the Chicago office and Robert Thompson Ph.D. as vice president, research & discovery of the Chicago office. - Allen & Gerritsen
Catherine Kolodij has been named senior vice president of strategy at Allen & Gerritsen. Previously, Kolodij was vice president, strategy at Hill Holliday, responsible for consumer insight and brand positioning for Liberty Mutual, Procter & Gamble, Rockport and Cognos. - Canoe Ventures
Canoe Ventures promoted Dana Runnells to vice president of marketing and communications.
