Dailey Nabs Saatchi Media Chief

Emily Weiss, the top media director at Saat chi & Saatchi’s Torrance, Calif., office, joins Dailey & Associates this week as evp, media director.

Weiss, 42, will succeed Marc Feidelson, 63, who plans to retire from Dailey at year’s end. At Saatchi, Weiss led the 40-person media department, working primarily on the $380 million Toyota Motor Sales account.

A native of Westfield, N.J., Weiss came out west from Saatchi’s New York office in 1988. She said she is leaving after 20 years at the Publicis Groupe agency and its predecessor shops because she wants to work on a more diverse roster of clients.