 Craig Berman |
Amazon Entertainment VP Public Relations and Publicity Craig Berman has left the company, according to a report on Deadline.
Berman had been with Amazon since 2004, with duties that included advising CEO Jeff Bezos on corporate/crisis communications, communications duties for the company’s fulfillment network and consumer PR for Amazon’s retail business. He worked on the launches of the Kindle, Fire Tablets, Fire TV and the voice-activated Echo/Alexa systems.
At Amazon Entertainment, he dealt with two controversies that centered on sexual harassment charges: the removal of “Transparent” star Jeffrey Tambor and the exit of Roy Price from the top spot at Amazon Studios.
Before coming to Amazon, Berman was a senior vice president at MWW Group.
“I have had an amazing 14-year run at Amazon, but I am ready for something new,” he told Deadline.
No replacement for Berman has been named.
FINN Partners appoints Ernst Flach as partner in its global travel practice. Flach was most recently VP, destination marketing at MMGY Wagstaff... Faeth Therapeutics, an Austin, TX-based clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on improving outcomes for cancer patients, names Matt Biegler as SVP, investor relations... Public Communications Inc. promotes Matt Sobczak and Joash Mencias to VP.
Kevin King, who served as global practice chair at Edelman Digital, has been appointed president of The Now Agency.
Brunswick Group partner Christine Schirmer has joined DoorDash as VP-global external communications, a new post.
Nate Gatten, executive VP at American Airlines, will join Apple on Aug. 31 as VP-government affairs.
The Ogilvy Group names WPP Open X global communications & marketing director Nicole Parkinson as global head of marketing and promotes SVP, creative communications Kappie Kopp to global head of communications... Creativ Company appoints Sarah Saul as VP of marketing and communications. Saul joins the firm from Roku... Insulet, a medical device company, adds Joan Campion, Adam Feigen and Jane Hoffman to its communications team.
