Joined
Greg Tedesco, social media strategist, Porter Novelli, to MWW Group, New York, as a senior digital strategist in the firm's Dialogue Digital unit. He is focused on social media programs for Sara Lee Corporation. Also, Daisy Matias, digital strategist for Reader's Digest, as a senior digital strategist on the Nikon account. Tim Baker, VP, digital strategies, FTI Consulting, joins MWW as senior digital strategist on McDonald’s and Nextag. And Arielle Jones, previously with FD (now FTI), joins as an associate digital analyst.
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Mike Russell, managing director, business development, Meredith Integrated Marketing, to MSLGroup Americas, New York, to the new position of senior VP of sales and business development covering its eight practice areas and 19 owned operations. He was previously with Hearst Corp and Time Inc.
Tina Cassidy, VP for Solomon McCown, to Inkhouse, Waltham, Mass., as chief content officer and senior VP. She is the firm's 25th staffer. Cassidy was a 17-year reporter and editor for the Boston Globe and is the author of "Birth: The Suprising History of How We Are Born."
Kate Bruns, press secretary, Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Me.), to Hamilton Place Strategies, Washington, D.C., as a director. She was communications director to former Rep. Mary Fallin (R-Okla.).
Matt Dornic, director at Quinn Gillespie & Associates, to CNN, New York, to handle digital PR, starting Dec. 5. He takes over for Jennifer Martin, who moved to Apple’s PR unit.
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Whitney Davidson, senior A/E, GolinHarris, to Idea Grove, Dallas as VP of account services. Clay Zeigler, former assigning editor at the Dallas Morning News, joins as VP of content. Joy Jennings, a writer for Dean Foods, joins as an A/S.
Keith Negrin, director of client strategy, Maccabee Group, to Carmichael Lynch Spong, Minneapolis, as a senior counselor, leading clients like Sherwin-Williams in the firm's home industry group. He was at CLS from 2004-07.
Jenna Bennett, AA/E, LaBreche, joins CLS as a senior associate on American Standard, H&R Block and S-W. Perrie Finsand, A/C, Weber Shandwick, to CLS as a social engagement specialist for CITGO and Lutron. And Amber Fadok joins as an associate in New York after an internship.
Julianne Whitelaw, director of corporate communications, Cisco, to Weber Shandwick, San Francisco, as senior VP and corporate practice leader for Northern California.
Simon Ruparelia, global program planner for digital marketing at Unilever, to GolinHarris, Singapore, to lead its Asia Pacific digital team.