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| Ann Lentz |
Dix & Eaton has promoted Ann Lentz to senior vice president of creative and program management. Lentz was previously vice president and director of production services at the agency. Before coming to Dix & Eaton in 1998, she was a production manager for Bill Brokaw Advertising. In her new post, Lentz is responsible for developing strategies to improve current capabilities and develop new ones, ensuring on-time delivery of client campaigns, cultivating strong vendor relationships and supporting organization special projects. She also leads the internal team focused on helping Dix & Eaton enhance and measure its environmental and social responsibility profile. The agency has also brought on Allison Wood as an account executive, specializing in digital and marketing communications.
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| Katie Huang Shin |
AxiCom, WPP’s technology specialist communications agency, has named Katie Huang Shin president of AxiCom US and promoted AxiCom UK managing director Kate Stevens to president of the agency in Europe. Huang Shin most recently served as president, technology sector and chief strategy officer at WE Communications. Before joining WE, she held senior executive positions at Porter Novelli, FleishmanHillard and Weber Shandwick. At AxiCom, Huang Shin will lead the firm’s business strategy and operations across North America. Stevens will stay in her current position of Managing Director of AxiCom UK, while transitioning to her European leadership role. She joined AxiCom UK in 2007 from WPP agency GCI, where she worked on the Dell account. European board member and AxiCom director Nick Head will take on the role of role of European managing director.
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| Jenny Wang |
Kglobal has promoted Jenny Wang to vice president. She was previously an account director at the firm. Wang has also served as an account supervisor at Raffetto Herman Strategic Communications, where she planned and executed campaigns that included online and traditional media, executive positioning, reputation management and thought leadership. In her new post, Wang leads integrated communications campaigns on behalf of clients across sectors, provides crisis communications and issues management counsel, and develops new business leads and opportunities.
Brunswick Group partner Christine Schirmer has joined DoorDash as VP-global external communications, a new post.
Kevin King, who served as global practice chair at Edelman Digital, has been appointed president of The Now Agency.
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.
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.
