People on the Move at Indicate Media, Waterhouse PR, DVL Seigenthaler, Havas PR & Current Marketing

Bill McCue has been appointed vice president at digital agency Indicate Media. Previously a senior vice president at NYC’s North 6th Agency, he will be working with Indicate founder Todd Barish on marketing strategy, business development and talent recruitment. McCue will also serve as lead on client accounts and will take on daily staff management and operations duties at Indicate's lower Manhattan headquarters.

Amanda Plecas has been named VP/chief creative director at Waterhouse Public Relations in Chattanooga. Before joining Waterhouse, Plecas served as head of communications and government relations at Wacher Chemie. Her remit includes overseeing the development of PR and marketing communications strategies, as well as determining the vision and overall focus of Waterhouse’s strategic and creative services.

Philip McGowan has been upped from VP to partner at Nashville-based DVL Seigenthaler, a Finn Partners Company. He specializes in media relations, issues management, government and community relations, and strategic planning. DVL Seigenthaler has also announced the promotions of Lisa Button to senior VP, as well as the hiring of Christian Lail and Olivia Parven as account coordinators and Noelle Grimes as associate art director. A four-year veteran at the firm, Button’s previous positions have included VP and senior account supervisor. Lail, a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate, and Parven, who graduated from Rhodes College in Memphis, both started as interns at the agency. Grimes, a New Orleans native, received a BFA in Graphic Design from Watkins College of Art.

Deanna Tomaselli, Catherine Clements and Megha Pai have joined the staff of Havas PR’s Pittsburgh office. Tomaselli has been brought on as an account supervisor, working for such clients as Transitions Optical and the International Play Equipment Manufacturers Association. She comes to Havas PR from PRSA Pittsburgh, where she served as communications director. Clements and Pai will both be fellows at the firm. Clements has interned at WordWrite Communications, as well as Bethlen Communities and The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Pai has worked as a business consultant and graduate assistant for the Small Business Development Center at Duquesne University, where she will complete her MBA this August.

Leah Hattendorf, Matt Sulzer, Sarah Anderson and Blair Grant have been hired by Interpublic Group agency Current Marketing. Hattendorf, who has worked at The Escape Pod, JWT New York and FCB Chicago, is taking the role of SVP – planning, based in Current’s Chicago office. Sulzer, who has served as creative lead at agencies including VML, Critical Mass and DDB, joins the Chicago office as creative director. Anderson, who has run her own consultancy as well as holding executive positions at Ruder Finn, Weber Shandwick and Edelman, will take the post of EVP – integrated media, working out of the agency’s New York office. Grant, who has run her own event planning company, is coming on board in New York as an account supervisor, supporting such clients as De’Longhi and Samsung.