MDC Partners appointed Khartoon Weiss as senior vice president, business development. In the role, Weiss will focus on Doner while also supporting the rest of the holding company’s network and MDC’s media and digital capabilities, working closely with senior vice president Ryan Linder and reporting to chief marketing and business development officer Bob Kantor.
Weiss arrives from Mediacom, where she has served as managing director, chief growth officer since 2013, where she developed and directed long-term strategic objectives and managed strategic relationships with clients. Prior to joining Mediacom, she served as vice president of integrated marketing communications at Clear Channel, where she worked with clients including American Express, Budweiser and MasterCard. She joined Clear Channel in 2011, following six years as vice president, director, new business development with BBDO New York.
“The members of our senior new business team serve as key partners to marketers in identifying the ideal model and teams to drive their businesses forward,”Kantor said, in a statement. “Khartoon’s diverse experience on both the agency and publisher side make her an exceptional fit for MDC’s entrepreneurial culture, and together with our existing team, we’re now poised to have even greater success building the types of partnerships for our partners and clients that generate measurable business growth.”