Tuesday, June 7, 2011
- UrbanDaddy
Jonathan Lustig was named Midwest sales manager at UrbanDaddy. - Initiative
Initiative hired Tej Desai as senior vice president, group business director. - goodness Mfg.
goodness Mfg. hired Richard Cran as director of account services. - NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal promoted Hilary Smith to senior vice president, communications of Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integrated Media. - The Media Kitchen
Caterina Bartoli was promoted to partner, group director from group director at The Media Kitchen, a division of kirshenbaum bond senecal + partners. - Viewable Media
Jeremy Haft was named director, east coast sales for Viewable Media. - Mechanica
Ted Jendrysik joined Mechanica as a creative director. Most recently, Jendrysik was creative director at Arnold. - JWT
JWT hired Laura Agostini as chief talent officer. Agostini joins JWT from MEC, where she was also chief talent officer. - Draftfcb New York
Anthony Nelson was hired by Draftfcb New York to lead its integrated production department. Most recently, he was executive integrated producer at Crispin, Porter + Bogusky Boulder. - LEVEL Studios
LEVEL Studios hired Roger Wong as group creative director. - Arnold Worldwide
Arnold Worldwide tapped Kryssy Bloch as vice president, director of digital talent management. - Newcast
Newcast, the branded entertainment division of ZenithOptimedia, named Jacqueline Fernandez as director of branded entertainment. Most recently, Fernandez was account manager at V-Media. - Dentsu America
Dentsu America named Brian McDermott as chief creative officer. He previously served as managing director/executive creative director at Dentsu-owned mcgarryybowen. - Momentum Worldwide
Momentum Worldwide named John J. Steere as managing director and Korey Yu as business director. - Digitaria
Digitaria hired Stephanie Shkolnik as social media strategist, a new position. - FetchBack Retargeting
FetchBack Retargeting promoted David Bendtsen to west regional agency sales director. - The New York Times
Jill Abramson, a former investigative reporter and Washington bureau chief for The New York Times, will become the paper's executive editor, succeeding Bill Keller, who is stepping down to become a full-time writer for the paper. Abramson will be the first woman to be editor in the paper's 160-year history. - Media Storm
Media Storm promoted John M. Thomas to associate media director, digital. - Six Flags Media Networks
Six Flags Media Networks hired Michael Farrell as manager, corporate alliances; Jay Gerber as account executive, corporate alliances; and Melissa McLeanas as partnership marketing manager. - Saatchi and Saatchi X
Saatchi and Saatchi X hired Betsy Reithemeyer as vice president of global communications. - Cartoon Network and Adult Swim Ad Sales
Cartoon Network and Adult Swim Ad Sales named Patty Gillette as vice president, brand activation and media partnerships. - Hook
Hook hired Dave Evans to lead company strategy and development. Evans joins the team after a stint as executive integrated producer at Saatchi & Saatchi LA. - Cactus
Cactus hired Gennifer Hobbs as account director. Prior to joining Cactus, Hobbs worked as an account director at Karsh & Hagen. - Cheil North American Holdings
Henry Dosch was named chief financial officer of Cheil North American Holdings. - HookLogic
HookLogic appointed David Metter as president, automotive. - The Visionaire Group
Michael Daniel joined The Visionaire Group as vice president of technology and Long Tran joined as associate creative director. - Arnold Furnace
Arnold Worldwide expanded into Australia through the creation of Arnold Furnace. Existing Furnace managing director Tony Singleton will lead Arnold Furnace. - Domani Studios
Domani Studios hired Tom Padula as client solutions manager. - RadiumOne
RadiumOne named Doug Chavez as vice president, marketing. Previously, Chavez was director of digital marketing for Del Monte Foods. - Digital Kitchen
Digital Kitchen hired Shannon Babcock as new business director, William Byrne as director of communications and Tina Roth as director of creative recruiting. - Blast Radius
Blast Radius hired Brian Davis as senior client director on Sports Authority.
