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| Jean-Luc Renault |
Infinite Global hires Jean-Luc Renault as an associate VP, based in Los Angeles. Renault comes to the agency from LA law firm Jenner & Block, where he was communications manager, overseeing media relations around high-stakes litigation, sophisticated transactions and law firm business matters. He has also served as a staff writer at the Los Angeles Daily Journal. In his new post, Renault will work with clients to develop public relations initiatives, including media relations, social media and content campaigns. “Jean-Luc has seen the nexus of media, communications, and the legal industry from every angle,” said Infinite Global president Zach Olsen. “I firmly believe his holistic perspective of California and national legal markets will help our clients achieve their strategic media and communications goals.”
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| Timo Pelz |
Reddit hires Instagram head of business marketing Timo Pelz as its first VP of business marketing. At Instagram, Pelz led the company’s global business brand and product marketing across all channels. He was previously industry lead, financial services for Facebook across Austria, Germany and Switzerland. At Reddit, Pelz is tasked with setting go-to-market strategy for the company’s advertising products and will oversee all aspects of business marketing for managed and self-serve ad clients. “Timo will be instrumental in elevating and driving Reddit’s unique value proposition for new and existing advertisers,” said Reddit CMO Roxy Young.
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| Stephen Gold |
SparkCognition, an infrastructure-focused artificial intelligence company, appoints Stephen Gold, who served as CMO for IBM’s Watson, to chief marketing officer. Gold most recently served as CMO at electronics manufacturing company HZO. "Stephen is a seasoned, strategic marketer and business leader with demonstrated success guiding top-notch organizations through market transitions and growth. I am looking forward to him playing an integral role in our future success," said SparkCognition founder and CEO Amir Husain.
Brittney Basden, who led public affairs and advocacy partnerships at the Washington Post has joined Bully Pulpit International as a managing director.
The DUX Group, a Washington, D.C.-based strategic communications firm that works with leaders in highly regulated industries, names Lauren Boland as VP... Workday, an enterprise AI platform for HR, finance and IT, names Sarah Kennedy Ellis CMO, effective Oct. 5. Kennedy Ellis joins the company from Google... Octave Specialty Group, a global specialty insurance firm, brings on Philip Stefano as managing director, head of investor relations. 
Michele Ziosi will rejoin Stellantis on Oct. 1 as chief PA officer responsible for Enlarged Europe and for the global coordination of the carmaker’s PA activities.
Inizio, which works with clients in the health and life sciences sectors, appoints Oisín Ó Gógáin as chief people officer... The Boston Beer Company names Allison Stransky CMO, effective Oct. 12. Stransky was previuosly VP and CMO at Samsung Electronics America... Newark Regional Business Partnership and its 501(c)(3) affiliate, the Renaissance Newark Foundation, bring on Kim Lewis-Collins as VP, marketing and business development, a newly created role. 
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.
