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| Ashley Willis |
FischTank PR hires Ashley Willis as its first vice president. Willis comes to the agency from Resound Marketing, where had been since 2011, most recently serving as senior account director. She has overseen campaigns that include product launches, funding and corporate announcements and executive elevation for clients in both corporate and consumer industries. In addition, she has secured media recognition for businesses and executives across platforms that include Bloomberg, Fast Company, FOX Business, Wired and TechCrunch, and has garnered buzz for consumer brands with such outlets as “The Today Show,” Refinery 29, Oprah Magazine, and Real Simple.
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| Alasdair Lennox |
Global brand and design consultancy LANDOR & FITCH names Alasdair Lennox group executive creative director of experience, Americas. Lennox will be the first group creative director across both Landor & Fitch studios in any region. Landor & Fitch, part of WPP, encompasses the formerly separate consultancies Landor and Fitch. Lennox joined Fitch London in 1998, and most recently served as executive creative director at Fitch. In his new post, based in New York City, he will oversee more than 70 employees across North America, comprised of creative directors and designers. “As the Experience and Brand worlds continue to collide, I’m looking forward to Alasdair inspiring our creative, strategy, and technology teams to collaborate across disciplines and affecting major change in our industry,” said Landor & Fitch president, Americas, Gabriel Miller.
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| Erin Yamauchi |
Sacramento, CA-based eStreet.co appoints Erin Yamauchi as director of public relations. Yamauchi comes to the agency from Wagstaff Media & Marketing, where she served as manager. She was previously a PR specialist at Viking Cruises. In her new role, she oversees eStreet.co’s public relations arm and is responsible for building internal and external communications campaigns, optimizing the agency’s growing suite of client services, and driving innovation across teams. “Her expertise will be pivotal as we continue to diversify and enhance the scope of services our agency provides,” said estreet.co partner Will Hailer.
Tim Turpin, who led the venture capital and emerging technologies practices at Sparkpr during a more than 16-year run, has joined CodePR, a boutique shop focused on the VC arena.
Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery’s still-unnamed new sports joint venture has recruited SiriusXM SVP of communications Jessica Casano-Antonellis to head up its communications... State Street Corporation names Elizabeth Lynn EVP and global head of investor relations... Tailwind Nutrition, a sports nutrition specialist, hires Kristen Flemington as VP of marketing. 
Casey Hernandez, who rose to the senior VP for global corporate communications post at Herbalife, has joined Seven Letter strategic communications shop in its DC office.
James Byrne, a former New York Police Department detective who led the executive communications team for commissioner Edward Caban, will join the Secret Service on May 20.
Signal Group promotes Julian Graham to director and Vinny Sheu to director of creative content... Bevel appoints Libbie Wilcox as director of its New York office and lead of its alternative asset practice... Feldman Strategies names Chloe Barr communications manager. She was at Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis.
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