<em>Departures</em> Picks Up Three Ad Execs

American Express Publishing's luxury lifestyle mag Departures has named Mark Cooper, Kathryn Banino Bano and Edward Cortese to a newly restructured ad sales team, the magazine announced today. Cooper, who will become Departures' new vice president for ad sales, was most recently ad director at Bon Appetit. Bano was the ad director of Details and will retain the same title at Departures; Cortese was fashion sales director for Robb Report and will now assume the role of category manager. "I'm thrilled to have Mark, Kathryn and Ed join our team -- these three proven professionals bring immense talent, customer-focus and passion to Departures," said Departures vice president and publisher Steve DeLuca in a statement. Press release after the jump. NEW YORK, NY (August 9, 2010) -- Departures magazine Vice President and Publisher Steve DeLuca announced today that Mark Cooper, who most recently served as advertising director of Bon Appetit, has been named to Vice President, Ad Sales of the magazine Departures, which is published exclusively for Platinum Card and Centurion members by American Express. Cooper's new position takes effect immediately. Kathryn Banino Bano, formerly the ad director of Details, and Edward Cortese, fashion sales director of Robb Report, have been appointed Ad Director and Category Manager, respectively. Bano begins on August 16; Cortese starts his new position today. DeLuca commented: "I'm thrilled to have Mark, Kathryn and Ed join our team -- these three proven professionals bring immense talent, customer-focus and passion to Departures. Mark's background in travel will be an invaluable asset, as this category is one of our largest, and I know his management experience will bring great leadership to the team. Kathryn has a proven track record in developing new cross-media platform programs for advertising partners; the accomplishments she has made in her career will be instrumental to the entire team as we grow our business in the future. Ed has established himself as one of the top sellers in the market with a wide breadth of knowledge and experience. A warm welcome to all who will bring great energy to our organization." Cooper was most recently advertising director of Bon Appetit, where he also served as executive director of travel/advertising director and travel director. Previously, he was publishing director at Advanstar Communications/Questex for travel agent custom solutions. Bano will report to Cooper in her newly-created position. She was most recently at Details where she was advertising director. Before joining Details, she was sales development director and executive director of Vanity Fair for six years. During her tenure, she received four sales person of the year recognition, including a 2007 "Condé Nast Sales Person of the Year" honor. Her extensive publishing experience includes director positions at Marie Claire, Time Out New York and Premiere. Cortese has been fashion sales director of Robb Report for the past two years. He joined Robb Report as director of marketing. Additionally, Cortese has worked for GQ, Eric Hertz Consulting, Worth Global Style Network, and Magic International. Since DeLuca joined Departures in June, Departures has broken new business accounts, including Asprey, Barney's New York, Ferragamo, among others.

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