Tuesday, February 15, 2011
- TIME
Michael Safran has been named associate publisher, sales for TIME. He joins the magazine from Sports Illustrated where he was most recently national sales director. - Ames Scullin O'Haire
Ames Scullin O'Haire hired Courtney Komich as a project manager. - Wieden+Kennedy
Wieden+Kennedy hired Scott Vitrone and Ian Reichenthal as executive creative directors in the New York office. Vitrone and Reichenthal return to W+K from Y&R, New York, where they served as co-chief creative officers since 2008. - Y&R Toronto
Israel Diaz was named executive vice president, chief creative officer of Y&R's Toronto office. Diaz joins Y&R from David&Goliath, where he helped start the Toronto office. While there, he served as managing partner and executive creative director, overseeing Kia Motors Canada. - TLC
Laura Staro was promoted to senior vice president, research at TLC. - Digitas Boston
Digitas Boston hired Darren Foot as senior vice president, director of brand marketing; Jamie Ferreira as senior vice president, group creative director; and Donna Tocci as vice president/group director, social marketing. - The Laredo Group
The Laredo Group hired Kendall Allen as vice president. - Disney/ABC Television Group
Adam Sanderson, current senior vice president, brand marketing, Disney Channels Worldwide, has been named to the new position of senior vice president, franchise management, Disney/ABC Television Group. - Thornberg & Forester
Thornberg & Forester hired Javier Gonzalez as head of production. - Draftfcb
Liz Deutch has returned to Draftfcb in a newly created role: executive vice president, global director, customer engagement. Most recently, Deutch had served as global account leader at Enfatico, a member of the Y&R Brands group, where she oversaw the small and medium business account for Dell. - Undertone
Undertone promoted Chris Principe to performance director and hired Melinda Theo as director of inventory management. - Specific Media
Specific Media promoted John Chung to vice president of sales for the Great Lakes region. - Hallmark Channels
Toni Lorusso has been named director, ad sales marketing for Hallmark Channels. Prior to joining Hallmark Channels, Lorusso served as the integrated marketing & partnerships manager for Discovery Communications. - DG
Carlos Alegria has been named senior vice president of corporate planning and development for DG. - TruTV
TruTV promoted Robyn Hutt to senior vice president of original programming and Anthony Horn to senior vice president of current series and specials. - MediaVest
Sam Chadha joined MediaVest USA as executive vice president, managing director. Most recently he served as senior director of marketing innovation at KFC where he led sales marketing and innovation strategies, product consumer insights, and executed national programs. - LTU technologies
LTU technologies named Nick De Toustain sales manager for its New York office. De Toustain formerly worked for Thought Equity Motion. - Turner Entertainment Networks
Turner Entertainment Networks promoted Jeff Gregor to executive vice president and chief marketing officer of TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies and general manager of TCM.
