Burson-Marsteller, a global public relations and communications consultancy, has appointed Christine Jones as regional managing director for Asia-Pacific. Jones is a senior communications executive with 25 years of experience working in several markets including Australia, Europe and Asia. A recognized expert in pharmaceuticals, consumer health, consumer goods, as well as issues and crisis management, Jones has [...]
Continue reading...28. December 2009
Between the start of the recession in December, 2007, and the most recent numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which cover up to October, 2009, the advertising industry lost a little over 26,000 jobs. That’s approximately 14% of all positions in advertising agencies nationwide. Between January and October of 2009, 8% of all agency [...]
Continue reading...25. August 2009
Paul Banham joins the London office of JWT as digital creative director, replacing Fernanda Romano. Banham has held senior creative positions at agencies including Archibald Ingall Stretton, Agency.com, and WCRS. With a history stretching back to 1864, JWT (formerly J. Walter Thompson) is one of the world’s largest advertising and communications companies. It is one of the [...]
Continue reading...24. August 2009
RPMC has announced that Michael Birkin, former Vice Chairman of Omnicom Group and CEO of Omnicom Asia-Pacific, has taken a majority position in the privately held company, effective immediately. Birkin will hold the title of partner at RPMC, and will oversee its expansion in the marketing services and consulting sector. He will found a New York [...]
Continue reading...18. August 2009
Oliver Payne, formerly of Saatchi & Saatchi and OgilvyOne, has founded a new London agency called The Hunting Dynasty, to provide advertising exclusively for clients with sustainable or green products and services. Oliver brings 15 years of digital and advertising agency experience from the “wrong side of the fence’” on BP, P&G, Cisco, Ford, IBM, Castrol, [...]
Continue reading...17. August 2009
Todd Smith joins Logic Media Group from Affinion Group, as a partner and as president and chief communications officer. He will lead new business development for DSMI. The firm will re-brand itself as Deane Smith Media Innovations. Founder Silas Deane will be chairman and chief executive officer. Nashville, Tennessee’s Logic Media Group, now Deane Smith Media Innovations, [...]
Continue reading...14. August 2009
Fahlgren CEO Steve Drongowski will step down at the end of the year; newly elected chairman Neil Mortine replaces him. Drongowski was with the firm for a quarter-century. He will remain with the agency through 2010 as a consultant. Mortine is president of the company’s Fahlgren Mortine Public Relations division. Founded in 1962, Fahlgren is Central Ohio’s third-largest [...]
Continue reading...13. August 2009
aQuantive, now called Microsoft Advertising, has lost its CEO Brian McAndrews to Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group. Madrona brought on McAndrews as a managing director. McAndrews built up aQuantive and led it through 15 acquisitions, before selling it to Microsoft for $6 billion in 2007. He was senior vice president of Microsoft’s Advertising & Publisher Solutions group [...]
Continue reading...12. August 2009
Perry Fair has joined Grey New York as a Creative Director. Since 2008, Fair ran his own consultancy, Crush&Destroy, in collaboration with Sabertooth of Venice, California. He was previously Creative Director on the Nissan account at TBWA/Chiat/Day, Los Angeles. He has also worked on Nike, Gatorade, Coca Cola and Target. At Burrell Communications in Chicago, Fair was [...]
Continue reading...11. August 2009
BrightLine iTV Marketing Specialists has hired Meg Meurer Brossy as its new Senior Vice President of business development, based in New York City. Brossy was previously chief marketing officer of 24/7 Media, where she headed up the company’s B2B, direct marketing and advertising efforts; managing director of new business development & communications for the League of [...]
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