Peter Land, a veteran PR exec for Edelman, the NBA and Kraft, has left a senior post at PepsiCo for the senior VP, corporate communications, slot at AOL, following an overhaul of the company's marketing and comms.
Land will oversee internal and external comms. and work with the tech giant's IR, government affairs and policy groups, as well.
Based in New York, he reports directly to CEO Tim Armstrong.
Armstrong in a statement said Land has managed "multi-faceted, multi-stakeholder efforts on a global stage, which will become more and more important to AOL as we continue to grow."
The CEO over the past year consolidated AOL's marketing and corporate communications. In January, senior VP of corporate comms. and marketing Maureen Sullivan moved to oversees AOL's lifestyle brands and women's content.
Jolie Hunt, chief marketing and communications officer for the tech giant, left in December amid the overhaul.
Land joined Pepsi in 2009 to guide PR for its beverage unit and overall digital strategy. The former Washington Post sportswriter was a global managing director for Edelman, director of marketing comms. for the NBA, and directed European promotions for Kraft Foods.
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