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| Jon Meakin |
Clarity has named Jon Meakin to the newly created role of president, North America, and Kara Silverman is joining the firm as managing director, NYC. Meakin most recently served as global head of strategic services and San Francisco managing director at Grayling, overseeing strategy and execution for domestic and international clients. He has been a board member of the International Association for the Measurement and Evaluation of Communication since 2018 and is the founding chair of that body’s Agency Group. In his new post, Meakin will oversee Clarity’s teams in New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Silverman previously ran Various and Co., a creative communications consultancy, and was the first global head of marketing for global podcast company Acast. She succeeds Ruth Sarfaty, who will now serve as Clarity’s head of client services, North America.
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| Soon Mee Kim |
Omnicom Public Relations Group has named Soon Mee Kim chief diversity, equity & inclusion officer, a newly created position, effective Sept. 16. Kim joins OPRG after 14 years at Porter Novelli, where she was most recently executive vice president and global diversity, equity and inclusion leader. In her new post, she will be responsible for working with OPRG agency leaders to develop policies, practices and programs that advance diversity, equity and inclusion internally, along with client and external initiatives. “As Porter Novelli’s first executive dedicated to diversity and inclusion, Soon Mee has made a great impact,” said John Doolittle, interim CEO of OPRG. “As the largest group of communications professionals in the world, we have a great opportunity to create long-term change.”
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| Marta DeBellis |
HireVue, which provides virtual interviewing and assessments technology, has brought on Marta DeBellis as chief marketing officer. DeBellis comes to HireVue from information technology company Instructure, where she also served as CMO. She previously held senior marketing positions at Adobe, McCann Worldwide and Intel. At HireVue, DeBellis will lead all marketing efforts, including demand generation and digital marketing, product marketing, field marketing, international marketing and public relations. “Her work across brands, most notably in launching and growing international awareness and demand in Adobe’s cloud solutions, shows that she brings the skillset HireVue needs at this time of significant growth,” said HireVue chairman and CEO Kevin Parker.
Carmichael Lynch president and manager Julie Batliner is joining Padilla as president, succeeding Matt Kuchariski. Kucharski will transition to a fractional role with the agency as an executive counselor through the end of the year.
Evan Shenkman, who has 25 years of law firm experience, is now a partner at professional services firm Baretz+Brunelle. He helped design and implement the first generative AI product for legal professionals.
Accenture brings on Emma Chalwin as CMO, effective Oct. 1. Chalwin joins Accenture from Workday, where she also served as CMO, with responsibility for building the brand and driving customer demand in markets around the world... The Vitamin Shoppe appoints Kimberley Gardiner EVP, chief marketing and growth officer. She joins from Tractor Supply Company... Fluent, a provider of commerce media solutions, names Jeanniey Walden as CMO.
maslansky + partners, a specialist consultancy within Omnicom Public Relations, names founding partner Keith Yazmir president of the firm... The National Football League Players Association names Matt Taylor chief communications officer, effective Sept. 8... Repay Holdings Corporation, a provider of bill payment solutions, appoints Charles Nabhan as head of investor relations.
Bospar hires veteran technology, cybersecurity and healthcare sector journalist and content creator Doug Olenick as tech and healthcare content director... The Huntington National Bank appoints Ameesh Vakharia as EVP and chief marketing and digital products officer, a newly created role... SDA International, a Honolulu-based strategic communications firm, promotes Cassie Kim to SVP. 
