Ypulse Youth Media Movers & Shakers
Posted by meredith on 03-15-2010
Today we bring you another installment of Youth Media Movers and Shakers. We’ve culled through industry publications looking for the recent executive placements we think you should know about. If you have executive news that you want us to highlight in our next “Movers and Shakers,” email me.
TransWorld Media has hired Andy Creighton in the newly created role of online content manager. Creighton, who worked previously as the Online Sales and Marketing Manager for Nixon, will oversee the Web sites of all six TransWorld titles in relation to content, design and ultimate usability, while working with staff to generate and maintain traffic. (Transworld Business)
In a cost-saving move, Walt Disney Studios is shutting down Robert Zemeckis’ ImageMovers Digital studio in Marin County, which employs 450 people. Those employees will be phased out over the course of the year until the facility closes by January. ImageMovers is completing production on “Mars Needs Moms,” which Disney plans to release in March 2011… Disney said the studio was “hoping to create a long-term production deal” with Zemeckis and his IMD partners, Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey, which would include the development of “Yellow Submarine.” (Los Angeles Times)
Jordan Berman has been hired as senior vice president, integrated marketing for MTV, the channel announced. Berman will report to Stephen Friedman, MTV’s general manager and Dan Lovinger, senior vice president of MTV’s integrated marketing and sales. (The Wrap)
MTV has hired Randy Sosin as senior veep of talent development and programming, reporting to network programming prexy Tony DiSanto. (Variety, reg. required)
Mr Youth hired Ethelbert Williams as vice president, brand development of its newly founded Midwest office in Chicago. Williams joins Mr Youth from Nokia where he served as global head of marketing in the UK and was responsible for driving the company’s global marketing roadmap, including acquisition programs for various mobile and online solutions. (Mediapost, reg. required)
John Collins is appointed Retail Marketing Director for EMEA, Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP). Collins will report to Kate Scholmann VP/Brand Management International. Collins will work with local consumer products teams and agents to help further relationships with multi-territory retailers including Carrefour, Auchan, Amazon, Tesco, MediaMarkt Saturn and Toys R Us for NVCP’s portfolio. He previously worked for Chorion and BBC Worldwide. (Cynopsis Kids)
Caroline Sun has been named senior publicist at Penguin Children’s. She had been senior publicist at Macmillan Children’s. (Mediabistro, reg. required)
David Dorn, of Warner Music Group’s Rhino division, has been promoted to senior VP of global sales and digital strategy for U.S. repertoire. Formerly senior VP of new media strategy—where he oversaw the labels e-commerce activites—Dorn will now oversee all physical and digital sales. He’s based in Los Angeles and reports to Scott Pascucci, president of Rhino Entertainment. (Billboard)
Wieden+Kennedy hired Rebecca Stambanis as global planning director on the Nike account. Stambanis spent the past three years as deputy head of brand strategy at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco, where she led and managed strategic planning on accounts such as Nintendo, Comcast, Haagen Dazs, The Commonwealth Bank and Dreyers. (MediaPost, reg. required)
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