We’re closing out the first Friday in June with the top hires, promotions and transitions at agencies everywhere.
62Above
62Above welcomed Rachel Haik as account supervisor. Haik will work on accounts including Monterey County Convention and Visitors Bureau and Chicken Ranch Casino and Resort.
Amplify
Amplify expanded its Los Angeles creative and strategy teams with three new appointments. Jo Kang was named group creative director, Jessica McCarthy was named svp operations and Kat Leinhart was named creative strategist.
BCW
Corey duBrowa was named chief executive officer at BCW. DuBrowa is currently vp of global communications at public affairs at Google and Alphabet and will succeed Donna Imperato following her retirement.
Billion Dollar Boy
Billion Dollar Boy named Simon Harwood as the agency’s first global performance director. Harwood will work to grow and optimize performance across data, strategy and paid media.
Broadhead
Broadhead hired two managing directors to support new office openings. Kelley Briggs and Jaime Komitor will spearhead agency presence and growth in Charlotte, North Carolina and Portland, Oregon.
Buffalo Groupe
Buffalo Groupe promoted Glenn Gray to executive vice president. Gray will focus on growth across data, digital, creative and PR, as well as owned companies, which includes five marketing agencies in media and events.
Edelman
Edelman appointed Pam Scheideler as U.S. brand chair. Still maintaining her previous role as U.S. head of digital, she will assume the new role effective immediately.
Epsilon
Epsilon strengthened its retail media offering with new addition Dave Peterson. The industry veteran will serve as general manager, global head of retail media.
Green Stone
Green Stone elevated Sean Cardiff, Inah Mercedes and Eli Bynum to partners. It also welcomed new addition Scott Prindle as partner, innovation.
Laughlin Constable
Laughlin Constable named Katy Gajewicz its chief strategy officer. Gajewicz will drive agency vision for strategic intelligence practice, which includes strengthening its brand, social and communications strategy offerings, as well as its marketing automation specialization.
Mondo Robot
Mondo Robot hired Dave Rowley as executive creative director. Rowley will mentor the design team in creative execution and integrate design across the development process, positioning the organization for long-term success.
New Commercial Arts
New Commercial Arts made two promotions to maintain and increase client success. James Derrick was named head of client service and Lauren Nuttall was named head of account management.
Pack
Pack, a digital experience platform for growing brands, announced partnerships with ecommerce design and development agencies, including Trellis, Scoutside, Coldsmoke Creative, eHouse Studio, Nessa Labs, 383, Knit, Akantro and Helixian. Pack also welcomed two new executives to lead company departments. Kevin O’Brien joined as vice president of partnerships and Margaret Julian joined as director of product marketing.
Periscope
Periscope announced seven promotions after a series of recent client wins. Jaima Clavette was promoted to vice president, PMO and operations, Dustin Joyce and Richard Gordon Smith to group creative director, Tricia Warren to group account director, Meryl Burman to executive director, business development and Sarah Myers and Brianna Houser to group project manager.
Public Label
Public Label brought on two new team members to expand its creative offerings. Bruce DeFrees joined as executive creative director and Emil Czarnowski joined as group creative director.
Raucous Content
Raucous Content launched a new curated directorial roster under the sole leadership of EP Steve Wi. The roster includes Salsa, Rob McElhenney, Kiran Koshy, Giacomo Boeri, Craig Rasmus and Amy Nicholson.
StrawberryFrog
StrawberryFrog hired Rasika Narang as its first chief growth officer. With over 15 years of experience, Narang will lead marketing, new business development and digital innovation.
TravelBoom
TravelBoom welcomed Olivia Clifton as its new content writer. Clifton will tap into experience in writing, social media management and brand strategy to improve the brand’s content marketing efforts.
TwentyFirstCenturyBrand
TwentyFirstCenturyBrand chose Sara Tate as European partner. Tate will run the agency’s new transformation practice, and will be charged with establishing a new offering around behavioral change and brand transformation.
Volt Studios
Volt Studios brought on Mike Nelson as animation director. Nelson will work to enhance and grow Volt’s creative offerings in 3D animation and motion design.
Worldcom OOH
Worldcom OOH expanded in Europe with a business center in the U.K. Samantha Lambe was appointed as chief revenue officer to lead the consolidation of the European team from the U.K. and drive expansion.