-IPG-owned Lowe & Partners’ healthcare arm ICC Lowe has welcomed Matt Brown as general manager of its flagship Parsippany, NJ office as well as head of its emerging technology and medical device division, Redshift.
-W+K Portland and Nike address children’s lack of physical activity in a new film directed by Lance Bangs dubbed “Extra Time” (above).
-TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris co-founder and current TBWA\Worldwide creative director John Hunt picked up Lifetime Achievement honors at the 34th Annual Loerie Awards. link
-Two years after splitting for a production gig at W+K New York, Marc Maleh has returned to R/GA as group director of the agency’s Data Visualization capability.
-The folks behind The Big Ad Gig, which will unfold next week, Oct. 3, at the New York Times Building, have created a Google doc RSVP form for the event. link; link
-Kansas City-based Barkley has hired Mullen Boston alums/husband-and-wife John and Katy Hornaday as account supervisor and ACD, respectively.
-Vibrant Media redesigned its core in-text advertising product. Check out the demo here.
-New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has laid down her “turnaround plan” for the online brand. link
-Twitter co-founder/board member Evan Williams reveals that his “dream metric” is “how many people saw your tweet.” link