Tuesday, November 23, 2010
- Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia hired Missy Foristall as senior vice president, digital programming and strategy. - M&C Saatchi
M&C Saatchi hired James Bray as creative director for the Los Angeles office. James joins M&C Saatchi from Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, where he was responsible for "Firsts" campaign for Sprint, as well as the NBA, Netflix and Adobe. - LEVEL Studios
LEVEL Studios hired Brien Grant as creative director. - Digitas
Digitas hired Doug Ryan as managing director of the Chicago office. - Euro RSCG New York
Euro RSCG New York hired Al Kelly as chief creative officer. - DDB Chicago
DDB Chicago hired Eric Johnson as executive producer of music & integration. Johnson joins DDB from Young & Rubicam where he served as the executive music producer. - Deutsch New York
Deutsch New York, part of the Lowe & Partners network, tapped Bert Moore as partner, chief strategy officer. Moore was formerly worldwide chief strategy officer for Lowe & Partners. - Wexley School for Girls
Wexley School for Girls hired Amber Askins as account director; Ali Sooudi as art director; and Matt Kappler as copywriter. - Cramer-Krasselt
Cramer-Krasselt named Danielle Arceneaux vice president, director of public relations for its New York office. - Mullen
Mullen elevated Mark Wenneker to chief creative officer and Edward Boches to chief innovation officer. - Baldwin&
Baldwin& hired Barbara Wittig as account supervisor on the agency's Burt's Bees account. Previously, Wittig was account executive at McKinney, Durham, on Nationwide Insurance and Virgin Atlantic Airways. - Shazam
Shazam hired Evan Krauss as executive vice president, advertising sales. - Garrigan Lyman Group
The Garrigan Lyman Group hired Joe Huber as media director. - AKQA San Francisco
AKQA San Francisco hired Paul Nowikowski and Craig Kind as art director and copywriter, respectively, working on the Xbox and Google accounts. Nowikowski and Kind joined AKQA from Glue Isobar in London. - Wieden+Kennedy
After spending five years in Japan as managing director of Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo, Trish Adams will return to Portland to lead the Target account. Blake Harrop, formerly senior vice president and account lead for Samsung at Digitas, will fill the managing director role in Tokyo. - Clear Channel
Robert W. Pittman, former chief executive officer of MTV Networks and AOL Networks and former chief operating officer of America Online and AOL Time Warner will serve as chairman of Media and Entertainment Platforms at Clear Channel. - Knewco
Knewco hired Craig Swerdloff as chief executive officer. Most recently, he founded two vertical ad networks: the Hockey Ad Network and Fishing Ad Net. - Trailer Park
Trailer Park promoted Craig A. Platt to vice president, theatrical producer. - Havas Digital
Havas Digital elevated Micah Nyatsambo, formerly the agency's director of social media, to director of emerging technology. David Puner, formerly the social media voice of Dunkin' Donuts, has been named director of social media, replacing Nyatsambo. Lastly, Sarah Amitay was named vice president, director of mobile marketing. - Proximity Canada
David Jones has joined Proximity Canada's Strategy and Insights group in the newly created role of vice president, social strategy. - Bailey Lauerman
Bailey Lauerman hired Nick Main as senior copywriter and Jeff Filby as art director. - David&Goliath
David&Goliath hired Brian Dunbar as managing partner, director of client services and Claudia Caplan as chief marketing officer. - Cactus
Cactus hired Diana Knutson as media planner/buyer. Prior to joining Cactus, Knutson worked as a media supervisor for Fallon, focusing on the NBC, Bravo TV, USA Network, Equinox Fitness, Johnson Controls, H&R Block and Purina accounts. - Experian Simmons
Experian Simmons named Paul Cannon as senior account director. - The Visionaire Group
The Visionaire Group named Ajay Chadha as vice president of business development. Previously, Chadha was co-founder of Planet Distribution and Ignition Entertainment.
