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| Mark Manning |
Huge, IPG's "global experience agency," promotes Mark Manning to global chief operating officer, a newly created position. Manning was previously president, west region, a role that will now be filled by Ryan Ku, former chief strategy officer at Eleven. Reporting to CEO Mat Baxter, Manning will assume responsibility for all of Huge's global operations, managing client services, program management, and central shared services. In addition, he will oversee the agency's internal products, capabilities, processes, platforms and tools. "Mark represents a standard of excellence in leadership and brings an essential foundational knowledge of the company, given his commitment to Huge going back to 2016," said Baxter.
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| Jennifer Henry |
Alpha Teknova, which provides custom products and reagents for bioprocessing, bioproduction and molecular diagnostics, hires Jennifer Henry as senior vice president, marketing. Henry was most recently senior director of global brand at eBay, responsible for corporate brand strategy, identity, and integrity. She has also held executive marketing positions at Facebook, Google and Apple. At Teknova, she will drive the company's corporate brand strategy and product marketing efforts. "I hoped to attract a top-notch marketing and branding professional who would bring a fresh, consumer-oriented perspective to Teknova's marketing strategy," said Teknova CEO Stephen Gunstream. "We are fortunate to have found exactly in Jennifer."
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| Esther Song |
Pure Beauty, a California-based boutique cannabis brand, names Esther Song as its first chief marketing officer. Song was previously senior vice president of marketing and communications for cannabis retailer MedMen. Her other posts have included vice president of VIP public relations and partnerships at Tory Burch, and senior account executive at BPCM. "Her exemplary background in both cannabis and the fashion and lifestyle space will be instrumental to expanding our brand in California as well as other legal markets," said Pure Beauty CEO Imelda Walavalkar.
The DUX Group, a Washington, D.C.-based strategic communications 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.
Evan Shenkman, who has 25 years of law firm experience, is now a partner at professional services firm Baretz+Brunelle. He helped design and implement the first generative AI product for legal professionals.
