Spotify Just Hired 2 Former WPP Execs to Take Closer Aim at Ad Agencies and Auto Brands

Angela Solk and Craig Weingarten join the music platform

Spotify announced two new executive roles today to cozy up to ad agencies and automotive brands.

The digital music service has hired Angela Solk as its global head of agencies. Solk will be tasked with cultivating relationships with major holding companies, including WPP, Omnicom, Publicis, Dentsu Aegis and Interpublic. Solk (pictured below) brings more than 20 years of experience, most recently at WPP-owned GroupM/Mediacom, where she was evp, global head of partnership integration. She will be based in New York with Spotify.

Per an email from a company rep, “[Solk]’s focus is to advance how Spotify scales its advertising business with agencies and educates them on how to best optimize their capabilities (pairing 1st party audience segments, music intelligence for insights, real-time targeting solutions, etc.).”

Additionally, Craig Weingarten (pictured below) is now global head of strategic partnerships and verticals at Spotify, where he’ll lead a new Detroit-based, automotive-focused sales team.

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