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| Shauna Spenley |
Warner Bros. Discovery names Riot Games president of entertainment Shauna Spenley as its global chief marketing officer of direct-to-consumer. Spenley joined Riot Games in 2021, leading its expansion into film, television and music, as well as overseeing the company’s IP strategy and consumer products. She was previously VP of marketing and publicity at Netflix. In her new post, Spenley will oversee WBD’s global streaming marketing organization, with broad responsibilities across branding, content marketing, subscriber growth, retention & engagement, marketing science, research and media. “We are so fortunate to be able to bring in a talent of Shauna’s caliber and it says a lot about our achievements, our assets and team, and opportunity ahead of us that she can’t wait to join our One WBD Team,” said Warner Bros. Discovery CEO and president, global streaming and games JB Perrette.
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| Lauren Schulz |
CRH, a provider of building materials solutions, appoints Lauren Schulz as chief communications officer. Most recently, Lauren was head of global communications at Verizon Business. Before that, she was a strategic communications officer in the United States Marine Corps, where she also held public affairs and media relations positions. At CRH, Schulz will lead the company’s global communications strategy, brand and corporate narrative across all markets. "Her extensive experience and forward-thinking approach to communications will be invaluable as we continue to develop our brand and engage with our stakeholders worldwide," said CRH chief executive Albert Manifold.
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| Gregory Kennedy |
Alembic, an AI-powered marketing analytics platform for enterprises, appoints Gregory Kennedy as VP of marketing. Kennedy was most recently founder and principal consultant at BrandZen, a marketing strategy and content creation agency that has generated over 10 million organic social media impressions for B2B clients. He has also served as VP of marketing at travel marketing platform Sojern and head of content marketing at marketing services company NextRoll. At Alembic, Kennedy will work to drive awareness of its brand and product to support sales and customer acquisition. “Gregory joins Alembic at the right time and is the right person with the perfect experience and skill set to take our marketing, brand awareness and sales support to the next level,” said Alembic co-founder and CEO Tomás Puig.
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Alisa Granz, who was president and head of brand communications at Rogers & Cowen PMK, has joined MikeWorldWide.
GrandPad, producer of a digital tablet designed for users 75 and older, appoints Grace Dolan as CMO... FloQast, an accounting transformation platform, brings on Ben Schechter as CMO... Pierce Public Relations of Nashville ups Bri Carlesimo to VP of client experience, a newly created role. 
Timothy Miller, senior VP-external communications for PNC Bank, has signed on at Huntington National Bank, which is based in Columbus, OH.
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