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| Steve Templeton |
Mspark ad agency recruits Steve Templeton as VP of marketing. Templeton comes to Mspark from growth equity investment firm CATO Advisors, where he was head of market development and VP of sales and marketing. He was previously group director, sales and marketing strategy at Gannett and national VP, sales and marketing at the Los Angeles Times. At Mspark, Templeton is responsible for marketing functions, including go-to-market strategy, demand generation, and digital and social engagement. "I am excited to have someone with Steve’s broad range of experience in our industry to drive our marketing strategy and lead our team moving forward,” said Mspark chief customer officer Brian Blackman.
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| Kate Rouch |
Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange hires Kate Rouch, former global head of brand and product at Facebook, to serve as chief marketing officer. Rouch had been with Facebook since 2010, and her marketing teams won awards including two Silver Lions at Cannes. In her new position, Rouch will be responsible for all of Coinbase’s global brand, product and performance marketing efforts. “Kate’s experience at a company with the scale and impact of Facebook will be invaluable as we continue building our brand, growing our teams and working to bring millions more people into the cryptoeconomy,” said Coinbase chief operating officer Emilie Choi.
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| Christie St. Martin |
Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment appoints Christie St. Martin VP, online marketing. Prior to joining MGE, Christie served as the chief content officer of Queens.gg, a female-led gaming lifestyle company. She also served as CEO of Gamers.Vote, a nonpartisan, non-profit, pro-democracy organization that encourages and supports the act of participation. At MGE, she will execute and lead the company’s iGaming marketing strategy and help direct its growing marketing team. “Christie St. Martin's exceptional background in the digital gaming industry will positively impact our innovative expansion efforts and brand development in the digital frontier," said MGE president and CEO Ray Pineault.
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| Janet Shapiro |
Smith Publicity names Janet Shapiro VP of publicity. Shapiro has been with the agency since 2009, most recently serving as director of publicity services. As VP of publicity, she will work on campaign strategy as well as continuing to design and help implement new service offerings. Shapiro will also be a key contact for authors and publisher teams. “Janet is a dynamic, innovative and charismatic leader whose talents will help elevate Smith to even higher levels of outstanding client service,” said Smith Publicity senior vice president Marissa Eigenbrood.
HUNTER promotes Gigi García Russo to president and Michael Lamp to chief digital & transformation officer.... Cars.com Inc. a car-shopping marketplace, names Sarah Kettler CMO, effective June 15...The Trade Desk, an advertising tech company, appoints Sarah Gavin as CMO and EVP.
Brittany Sullivan, who held the senior VP-executive director of marketing post at Golin, has moved to Burson.
Codeword brings on Melody Brue and Jess Graham as part of a push to bolster its capabilities in market intelligence and commercial strategy... Havas Edge, which specializes in data-driven media, creative and customer acquisition strategies, for health, tech, consumer, retail and financial brands, promotes Pam Caputo to EVP, health media... Rezolve Ai, the London-based developer of Brain Suite, an enterprise AI platform purpose-built for agentic commerce, appoints Michele Fisher as CMO.
Jamie Dowd, who was most recently president of the health practice in the Americas at Weber Shandwick, comes on board at Allison Worldwide as global president, health + wellness, effective June 22.
Burson is bringing on Hanover managing director, Middle East Jonty Summers as head of corporate affairs in Dubai at the end of June... Ridgepost Capital, which had over $45 billion in assets under management as of March 31, names Brian McKenna VP, investor relations, effective June 15... The Center for AI Safety appoints Rochelle Nadhiri as head of public engagement. 
