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| Jonathan Tress |
Matter Communications names VP, media marketing Jonathan Tress to head up its newly formed media group. Before joining Matter, Tress worked on ad campaigns for brands including IKEA, Burger King, Miller Lite and Domino’s Pizza. Under his leadership, Matter’s media group leverages a mix of media buying, search engine marketing, social media, lead gen and more—to help amplify and ensure results for clients. “Jonathan’s leadership and expertise has been instrumental in helping ensure clients meet their marketing goals,” said Matter president Mandy Mladenoff. “We’re seeing companies expand the use of integrated media strategies within their marketing mixes to deliver on these critical revenue and marketing goals.
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| Steve Sturges |
Paycom Software, Inc., which provides cloud-based human capital management software, names Steve Sturges CMO. Sturges co-founded Oklahoma City-based VI Marketing and Branding in 1992 and served as a partner and creative consultant for Paycom for more than 15 years. As Paycom’s chief marketing officer, he will lead strategy, development and execution across all marketing and communication functions. "Steve brings three decades of experience in marketing, branding and advertising to our team. I’m excited to see him continue to elevate our innovative brand, engage our clients and drive further demand generation for our salesforce," said Paycom founder, chairman and CEO Chad Richison.
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| Carol Dasaro, Julianna Jacobson, Mike Adorno |
Hot Paper Lantern promotes SVPs Carol Dasaro, Julianna Jacobson, and Mike Adorno to partners in the agency. Dasaro is SVP of program management and operations, responsible for the strategic resource planning and operational execution of client programs and the agency’s creative and web development resources. Jacobson is SVP of marketing communications, leading the strategy and execution of corporate communications, internal communications and digital marketing campaigns for B2B and B2C clients. As SVP of communications, Adorno is responsible for implementing and driving external public relations and media strategies for clients. He also leads Digital Sport by HPL. “It was important for the agency to promote from within and bring each of these leaders into the partnership structure to both reward them for their outstanding work and contributions, but also help continue to solidify the agency’s leadership for the long term,” said Hot Paper Lantern CEO Edward Moed.
Seven Letter hires Allie Raffa, who was most recently White House correspondent for NBC News, as a senior director... Points of Light, an organization founded by President George H.W. Bush that is dedicated to volunteer service, names Jeff Zanelli as CMO... Frontieras North America, an energy and environmental technology company, appoints Nora Shepard as VP of communications.
Alcoa has named Emily Olson, who has more than 20 years of experience working in capital-intensive industries in the Americas, Europe and Asia, EVP & chief external affairs officer, effective April 6.
Longacre Square Partners has named Humza Vanderman partner and head of its London outpost as the financial communications firm expands into Europe.
FGS Global adds former Pfizer EVP and chief corporate affairs officer Sally Susman to its global executive board as an independent member, effective April 1... Codeword brings on Kim Baffi, who was previously Salesforce VP and creative director, as executive creative director... Amperity, an AI-powered customer data cloud, appoints Bridget Perry as CMO.
MOIA America, a Volkswagen Group of America subsidiary that develops and tests autonomous, all-electric ride-pooling vehicles, names Marcus Gamo head of U.S. communications... Continental Strategy brings on Francisco Petrirena as VP in its Miami office. Petrirena was previously chief of staff to former Miami city manager Art Noriega... MSQ Sport + Entertainment brings on Lauren Weil as EVP, Max Hirsch as VP of sponsorship, and Brooke Losee as VP.
