-Dentsu America alum Jack Bamberger was appointed as president, digital of MEC North America.
-Our pal and SheSays platform proprietor Ale Lariu is hosting her first New York-based SCAMP conference and is promoting it through Pinterest (above). link
-Grey NY’s “Best Man” spot for E*Trade won the audience over in the CBS primetime special, Clash of the Commercials: USA vs The World. link
-Google has sealed the deal on its $13 billion Motorola Mobility buy. link
-Saatchi & Saatchi worldwide digital CD Tom Eslinger is moving from London to New York and adding director of integrated production responsibilities to his workload. link
-DUMBO design agency HUSH signed Erik Yang full-time to its roster. link
-If you have a few minutes, check out the Roman Polanski-directed short for Prada, which debuted at Cannes and stars a rather familiar pair of actors (above). link
-WPP unit Xaxis, which is housed under the GroupM umbrella, opened up a Toronto office, which will be led by managing director Rodney Perry.
-VivaKi’s R&D unit, Nerve Center, has has collaborated with BlueKai to develop a new data platform called Audience Insights. link