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| Neil Ripley |
Neil Ripley, who has more than 20 years of media and technology experience, will join NBCUniversal’s advertising and partnerships division unit as VP-communications on March 14.
He will promote the narrative around ad technology, data, and cross-platform media measurement.
Most recently, Ripley was head of communications at Comscore, where he guided the company's PR related to its media measurement capabilities.
He also worked at MWWPR (now MikeWorldwide), Golin and Hill+Knowlton Strategies.
NBCU also named Margaux Fleuranges senior manager in charge of executive thought leadership and social media strategy.
She was senior associate, corporate communications at Univision, where she led external communications for its local media division and social media strategy for the company’s corporate B2B accounts.
Earlier, Fleuranges worked at 5W Public Relations, Tractenberg & Co. and Rubenstein PR.
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