 Karen Zuckerman |
Burson Cohn & Wolfe has acquired HZ, a leading digital communications shop.
Based in Rockville (MD), HZ has nearly 200 staffers in Washington, Baltimore, New York and Los Angeles providing mobile activation, social media, brand identity, content, video, search marketing and data analytics services.
Clients include Hilton, Organic Valley, Salesforce, King Arthur Flour and Rockefeller Center.
Donna Imperato, CEO of BCW, called the deal a "major step toward becoming a global leader in integrated communications."
Karen Zuckerman, founder/chief creative officer of HZ, will report to Imperato.
SKDK has Ryan Thompson, who was chief mobilization officer for the Harris for President campaign, to run its new Blizzard TXT, a new peer-to-peer SMS/MMS texting platform.
Eric Petersen, who was senior VP-social strategy & innovation at Weber Shandwick during a seven-year run, has joined Ruder Finn.
Adam Shapiro, who helped develop FGS Global’s digital strategy, has joined Reevemark as its digital head.
Avika Dua, who was digital director for New York governor Kathy Hochul, has joined SKDK as a VP to work on both political and corporate campaigns.
Maxwell Nunes, who was director of paid media for South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, has joined SKDK as executive VP.
