People on the Move
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
  • Barbara Yolles
    McCann Erickson
    McCann Erickson named Barbara Yolles as executive vice president, chief growth officer North America. Yolles joined McCann in May 2010 as CMO of McCann Midwest.
  • Jeffrey L. Hinz
    MediaCom
    Jeffrey L. Hinz was named managing partner, digital director for MediaCom U.S. Hinz joins the agency from ID Media, where he was senior vice president, director of digital and emerging media.
  • Eric Forst
    Visible Technologies
    Visible Technologies has promoted Eric Forst to vice president of strategic agency partnerships.

  • Eduardo A. Braniff
    Imagination the Americas
    Eduardo A. Braniff was named CEO for Imagination the Americas. Braniff assumes this role after serving as global insights director for the past three years.
  • Ari Brandt
    MediaBrix
    MediaBrix, formerly Smartclip USA, has hired Ari Brandt as chief executive officer.
  • Andrea Redniss
    Media Storm
    Media Storm named Andrea Redniss as managing director, digital.
  • Chris Thomas
    Proximity Worldwide
    Chris Thomas, chairman and CEO, BBDO Asia, has been named to the additional role of chairman, Proximity Worldwide. Thomas will take over from Andrew Robertson, president and CEO of BBDO Worldwide, who has been filling this position.
  • Doug Sweeny
    Y&R West
    Doug Sweeny was named president of Y&R West. Sweeny joins Y&R West from Levi Strauss & Co., where he spent the past four years serving as the vice president of global brand marketing.
  • Eva McCloskey
    Co: Collective
    Co: Collective hired Eva McCloskey as chief curator.
  • Carol Paruch
    Adnetik
    Adnetik named Carol Paruch as vice president/sales automotive in its Detroit office.
  • James Currie
    Warschawski
    Warschawski hired James Currie as director of integrated marcom.
  • Joe Congiusti
    Legolas Media
    Legolas Media named Joe Congiusti as senior vice president, accounts and Lindsey Bourne as marketing manager.
  • Daniel Blackburn
    LEVEL
    LEVEL hired Daniel Blackburn as vice president of mobile. Most recently, Blackburn was senior vice president at The Hyperfactory in Los Angeles.
  • Tonya Martin
    Baldwin&
    Baldwin&, Durham hired Tonya Martin as senior project manager, working on Burt's Bees and BMW.
  • Cory O'Brien
    Heat
    Heat hired Cory O'Brien as social media strategist and director of the agency's newly formed Social Media Marketing Practice. O'Brien was formerly account manager at Swirl, San Francisco, working on the San Francisco Giants, Cengage Learning and Common Sense Media.
  • John Heenan
    Luckie & Company
    Luckie & Company hired John Heenan as chief marketing officer.
  • Emily Hipskind and Justin Inman
    Mediasmith
    Mediasmith promoted Emily Hipskind and Justin Inman to media analysts; Jessica Hollenbacher and Catherine Holton to media buyers; and Dawn-Marie Morris and Kristine Go to media supervisors.
  • Adam Bornstein
    Demand Media
    Demand Media has appointed Adam Bornstein as editorial director of LIVESTRONG.COM. Most recently, Bornstein served as fitness editor of Men's Health magazine.
  • Guillermo Vega
    Wieden+Kennedy
    Wieden+Kennedy hired Guillermo Vega as executive creative director for W+K São Paulo. Vega comes to W+K São Paulo from the New York office of Young & Rubicam, where he was regional creative director for Latin America, global creative director for Dell and Bacardi and group creative director on Virgin Atlantic, MTV, VH1 and Land Rover.
  • Jesse Sugarman
    Pearl Media
    Pearl Media has hired Jesse Sugarman as Midwest director of business development. Sugarman recently served as account manager for Kinetic.
  • Lisa Swartzman
    PALAZZO Advisory
    PALAZZO Advisory | Acquisition hired Lisa Swartzman as managing director.