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| Kate Jhaveri |
TikTok hires former NBA chief marketing officer Kate Jhaveri as global head of marketing. The position had been vacant since former Hulu vp, brand and culture marketing Nick Tran left the position in January. Jhaveri has also served as CMO at Twitch (Amazon’s videogame live-streaming platform), head of consumer marketing at Twitter and director of consumer and online marketing at Microsoft. In her new post, she will oversee TikTok’s consumer and brand marketing, and head up the platform’s marketing to content creators.
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| John Alpaugh |
Big Lots, a home discount retailer, names John Alpaugh CMO Alpaugh was most recently CEO at CyberMark, a digital marketing solutions provider, which he sold in June. Before that, he was CMO at PetSmart. In his new position, Alpaugh is responsible for managing the company's brand and marketing strategies and executions. "John has a proven track record of marketing excellence, is a strong collaborator, and possesses a great mix of analytical and practical instincts," said Big Lots president and CEO Bruce Thorn.
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| Jenna Grange |
Snell & Wilmer, a business law firm with more than 450 attorneys practicing in 16 locations throughout the US and in Mexico, hires Jenna Grange as CMO. Grange joins Snell & Wilmer from legal firm Davis Graham & Stubs, where she was also chief marketing officer. She is also marketing & business development regional vice chair for Lex Mundi, a network of independent law firms in more than 125 countries. to provide world-class cross-border legal solutions. “Jenna’s relationship-focused approach in identifying marketing opportunities pairs well with our firm’s longstanding belief that relationships are at the core of providing excellent legal services to our clients,” said Snell & Willner chief operating officer Kyle Day.
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.
