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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.
Jim O’Leary, Weber Shandwick global president and North America CEO, has joined Penta Group, the DC corporate advisory, as CEO.
ROKK Solutions has named Amy Fox chief corporate communications officer to oversee its new corporate affairs unit.
Orchestra adds Andrew Bates and Kristen Orthman to its advisory practice. Both of them worked in the Biden administration... DeepIntent, a healthcare demand-side platform, appoints Ian Colley as CMO... Fanatics Commerce, a direct-to-consumer platform within sports apparel and fan gear company Fanatics, names Jamie Gersch CMO... Cboe Global Markets, a global markets operator and pioneer in equity derivatives, hires Julie Bauer as SVP, head of government relations.
August brings on Andrew Jarrell as a managing director in its New York office. Jarrell comes to the agency from Group Gordon, where he most recently served as chief strategy officer... PSD, which produces activewear and underwear worn by and made for professional athletes, hires Dan Harbison as SVP of marketing and Monica Lin as VP of brand marketing... UKG, an AI platform that combines HR, pay and workforce management, names Vitor De Souza chief communications officer. 
Dezenhall Resources brings on Jessica DeLoach as VP. DeLoach was previously deputy director of public and media relations at the Southern Poverty Law Center... Crowe Media hires Alissa Kasawdish as senior integrated PR manager. Kasawdish was previously an account supervisor at J/PR... Benefitbay, a SaaS platform that lets users make their own benefit decisions, names Lindsey Unterberger as VP of marketing.
