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| Cassandra Sweet |
Mission Control Communications ups Cassandra Sweet and Connie Zhang to VPs. Sweet was previously a senior reporter at the Wall Street Journal and an editor at Dow Jones Newswires, covering renewable energy and climate policy. Zhang has worked with growth-stage tech startups and companies, as well as with such environmental agencies as the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and San Francisco Department of Environment. In their new positions, they will both lead agency teams to support and advise planet-forward startups and further the agency’s mission to help end the world’s dependence on fossil fuels.
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| Jessica Jensen |
Job site Indeed names Jessica Jensen chief marketing officer. Jensen previously served as SVP of marketing for KAYAK and CMO at OpenTable, both part of Booking Holdings. Before that, she was head of products, platforms & insights for business marketing at Facebook, leading global positioning, marketing strategy and communications of Facebook’s family of business offerings, including Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. In her new post, Jensen will lead Indeed’s global marketing programs. “Jessica brings incredible experience and new perspective to Indeed, and at the same time has a huge respect for everything we have built,” said CEO Chris Hyams.
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| Julie Strider |
Macy’s promotes Julie Strider to VP, external communications. Strider will report Macy’s SVP, corporate communications Bobby Amirshahi. She has been with the company for more than 13 years, most recently serving as senior director, media relations. Strider has also been publicity director at Bauer Publishing. In her new role, she oversees the national and regional media relations teams, which have been brought together and jointly renamed as external communications, reflecting what the company says is a united consumer media relations and PR function.
Edelman names United Entertainment Group CEO Jarrod Moses as vice chairman. Moses will continue in his role at UEG... Burson brings on Matthew Wagner, who was most recently global client relationship manager and energy sector lead at Edelman, as EVP and global client leader... The Key PR appoints Jodi Maroney as principal. Maroney joins the agency after a 25-year run at Access Brand Communications.
Jeffrey Rosen, senior chair of the corporate department at legal firm Debevoise & Plimpton, joins FGS Global, where he will serve as senior advisor.
HUNTER brings on Lori Ruggiero as managing director of its corporate communications practice... Covo Intelligence, an independent research and intelligence firm, names Tony Cheevers director of strategic growth... MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) hires Brian Swarth as SVP of marketing, effective July 20. 
Whit Clay, who exited the Co-CEO slot at Sloane & Co. 18 months ago to head Longacre Square Partners’ New York office, has been promoted to serve as the first CEO of the financial communication shop.
Global Strategy Group names Claudio Taratuta as an EVP of the L@B, its in-house creative and media agency. Taratuta joins GSG from Praytell, where he was a founding team member... ROKK Solutions appoints Kris Havens as EVP of intel and insights. Havens was most recently a partner at Penta Group... Cliff House Maine brings on William Courtney Lowe as chief business development and brand strategist. Lowe joins Cliff House Maine from Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod, where he was VP of marketing & business development. 
