London: The “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling donated $15 million to a multiple sclerosis charity which will be set up a clinic in the name of her mother who died of the degenerative disease at the age of 45. “I have supported research into the cause and treatment of multiple sclerosis for many years now [...]
San Francisco: Pereira & O’Dell has hired Nick Chapman Director of Strategy to oversee the strategic planning direction across the agency’s roster of clients from strategy to implementation. Chapman joins Pereira & O’Dell from Venables Bell and Partners where he was Brand Strategy Director for all ConAgra brands (Orville Redenbacher’s, Slim Jim and Chef Boyardee), [...]
New York : Ethel Park has been named senior fashion editor of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, effective August 30. She will report to T editor Sally Singer and T fashion director Michelle Kessler-Sanders. T is a leading style and fashion magazine published by The New York Times. “Ethel has fearless style, great [...]
G2, a top-five global marketing services agency, has named Gretchen Ramsey to the new role of Director, Social Media, in G2 USA’s Interactive Marketing Practice. Ramsey will oversee social media strategy for G2’s roster of digital clients. She will work in G2’s Philadelphia and New York offices. With more than 16 years of reputation management [...]
Boston :The Boston Globe today appointed Jason Kissell to the position of vice president, advertising, effective immediately. Mr. Kissell will oversee advertising for The Boston Globe, Boston.com, and specialty publications. He will continue to report to Lisa DeSisto, chief advertising officer, The Boston Globe, and general manager, Boston.com. Previously Mr. Kissell, 39, was the executive [...]
New York: The Financial Times today announces the appointment of David Gelles as US media and marketing correspondent. Previously, he was a San Francisco-based technology correspondent & web content developer for the FT, covering social media, e-commerce and e-books. Gelles will move to New York in due course to cover long-established content and distribution companies, [...]
MediaCom announced today that Jason Lim has joined the agency in the newly created position of Managing Partner, Director of Direct Response Marketing. Lim comes to MediaCom from Halogen Response Media, a division of Starcom MediaVest, where he was SVP, Media Director. In this new role, Lim will build out the agency’s direct response practice [...]
Jon Gripton has been announced as the new Managing Editor for BBC Jersey. Jon will take over from Denzil Dudley, who retires in October after more than 30 years’ service with the BBC and 12 years with BBC Jersey. Jon joins the BBC from Sky, where he has worked for the last 10 years, most [...]
Los Angeles: Maurizio Vitale has been named senior vice president, marketing, OWN: THE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK, it was announced today by Christina Norman, chief executive officer, OWN, to whom he will report. In this position Mr. Vitale will be responsible for all on-air and off-air marketing and promotional opportunities for the network, as well as [...]
Alan Hodge has been named Trading Director for Maxus Worldwide, a new position with the rapidly expanding and award-winning GroupM global media agency, it was announced today. The announcement was made by Maxus Global CEO Kelly Clark, who said Hodge will manage the agency’s media buying commitments, participate in new business efforts, and work with [...]