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| Matthew Harrison |
August, which launched in October, hires Matthew Harrison as managing director based in the firm’s New York office. Harrison joins August from FTI Consulting, where he was senior director in its strategic communications segment. He previously served as director of consulting at Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors, a commercial litigation firm. At August, Harrison will help lead client engagements with a focus on litigation support and crisis situations. “He is an outstanding client-focused professional whose passion and expertise will greatly contribute to our culture and capabilities,” said August chief executive officer Steven Goldberg.
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| Beth Feldman |
Nexstar Media names Beth Feldman executive director of communications for the company’s networks division, effective April 4. Feldman joins the company from Beyond PR Group, where as a partner she developed and executed digital media activation campaigns for such television programs as “The Talk,” “Survivor” and “The Good Wife.” She was previously vice president for the CBS Communications Group. In her new post, Feldman will oversee internal and external communications for Nexstar’s cable news network, NewsNation; its nationally distributed diginets, Antenna TV and Rewind TV; and WGN Radio in Chicago. “She is an industry insider, has well-established relationships with important media outlets and has conducted many successful promotional and awareness campaigns for a broad array of news, talk, and entertainment programming,” said Nexstar Media networks division president Sean Compton.
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| Brent Rossi |
The Cleveland Browns hire Brent Rossi as senior vice president of marketing and media. Rossi comes to the team from the American Hockey League’s Bridgeport Islanders, where he was president of business operations. He also managed fan engagement for the New York Islanders, the Bridgeport club’s parent team. Before that, he was executive vp of marketing and business strategy at Pegula Sports and Entertainment. In his new post, Rossi will oversee the Browns’ marketing; events; digital, video and radio content; website and social media; community relations; and creative services departments. "Brent has tremendous marketing and fan engagement experience within the NFL and across the sports and entertainment industry," said Haslam Sports Group (which owns the Browns) executive vp and COO Dave Jenkins.
Brunswick Group partner Christine Schirmer has joined DoorDash as VP-global external communications, a new post.
Kevin King, who served as global practice chair at Edelman Digital, has been appointed president of The Now Agency.
FINN Partners appoints Ernst Flach as partner in its global travel practice. Flach was most recently VP, destination marketing at MMGY Wagstaff... Faeth Therapeutics, an Austin, TX-based clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on improving outcomes for cancer patients, names Matt Biegler as SVP, investor relations... Public Communications Inc. promotes Matt Sobczak and Joash Mencias to VP.
Nate Gatten, executive VP at American Airlines, will join Apple on Aug. 31 as VP-government affairs.
The Ogilvy Group names WPP Open X global communications & marketing director Nicole Parkinson as global head of marketing and promotes SVP, creative communications Kappie Kopp to global head of communications... Creativ Company appoints Sarah Saul as VP of marketing and communications. Saul joins the firm from Roku... Insulet, a medical device company, adds Joan Campion, Adam Feigen and Jane Hoffman to its communications team.
