Jones Gets Empowered

Kal Kan Veteran to Lead Shop’s L.A. Office
LOS ANGELES–De Verges “Dee” Jones has joined Empower MediaMarketing (formerly Media That Works) in the newly created post of senior vice president/general manager in Los Angeles.
Jones brings to the Cincinnati-based media and marketing company more than 20 years of experience on the client side of the business. Most recently, he was Pan-American marketing director for Kal Kan Foods, a division of Mars. He reports to Empower chairman Bill Price.
The company found Jones through Los Angeles executive recruitment firm Brown, Bernardy, Van Remmen.
“It’s always been my dream to hire someone with Dee’s experience, who can relate to the client’s needs and pressures and reconnect the media to the marketing,” said Tim Hahnke, the agency’s executive vice president/partner, who will work with Jones on new business efforts.