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| Anne Swan |
Prosek Partners puts Anne Swan in chief creative officer seat. She joins Prosek from design company Dear Future, where she also served as chief creative officer. Before that, she was executive creative director at Siegel+Gale. Swan has created work for such clients as Hewlett Packard Enterprise, CVS Health and American Express. Her appointment is intended to strengthen Prosek’s marketing offering and signals the firm’s commitment to building and protecting client brands. “Anne’s deep expertise in branding and design is a valuable addition to our current offerings and will be a step into the future for our firm’s holistic marketing capabilities,” said Prosek Partners founder and managing partner Jennifer Prosek.
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| Stephanie Dressler |
Dukas Linden Public Relations ups Stephanie Dressler to executive VP. Dressler, who joined DLPR as an account supervisor in 2012, is part of the agency’s executive management team consisting of Richard Dukas, Seth Linden, Zach Leibowitz, Zach Kouwe, Shree Dhond and Ed Nebb. In addition to managing and servicing large, high-profile clients, she plays a key new business development role at the agency and acts as a mentor and manager to team members. Before coming to DLPR, she was a senior associate at Montieth and Company.
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| Karen Ong |
Marketing for Change promotes Karen Ong to executive creative director. Ong has been creative director at the agency since 2010, overseeing public health and advocacy campaigns for such organizations and government agencies as the National Cancer Institute, American Academy of Pediatrics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. She supervises an award-winning team of graphic designers, copywriters, developers, and video producers and editors. “Karen pushes our creative teams to tap emotions and make people laugh… but it’s her deep understanding of behavior that sets her apart,” said chairman and chief creative officer Peter Mitchell.
Seven Letter hires Allie Raffa, who was most recently White House correspondent for NBC News, as a senior director... Points of Light, an organization founded by President George H.W. Bush that is dedicated to volunteer service, names Jeff Zanelli as CMO... Frontieras North America, an energy and environmental technology company, appoints Nora Shepard as VP of communications.
Alcoa has named Emily Olson, who has more than 20 years of experience working in capital-intensive industries in the Americas, Europe and Asia, EVP & chief external affairs officer, effective April 6.
Longacre Square Partners has named Humza Vanderman partner and head of its London outpost as the financial communications firm expands into Europe.
FGS Global adds former Pfizer EVP and chief corporate affairs officer Sally Susman to its global executive board as an independent member, effective April 1... Codeword brings on Kim Baffi, who was previously Salesforce VP and creative director, as executive creative director... Amperity, an AI-powered customer data cloud, appoints Bridget Perry as CMO.
MOIA America, a Volkswagen Group of America subsidiary that develops and tests autonomous, all-electric ride-pooling vehicles, names Marcus Gamo head of U.S. communications... Continental Strategy brings on Francisco Petrirena as VP in its Miami office. Petrirena was previously chief of staff to former Miami city manager Art Noriega... MSQ Sport + Entertainment brings on Lauren Weil as EVP, Max Hirsch as VP of sponsorship, and Brooke Losee as VP.
