 Jamie Allen |
Didit hired Jamie Allen to be general manager of its automotive marketing division. Allen joins from Newsday Media Group, where he was most recently VP of major retail sales/automotive sales, print/digital. While at Newsday, he developed a multimedia automotive portal featuring search technology to connect buyers with franchise dealerships. “With an impressive range of capabilities, Jamie’s combined skillsets, business acumen and devotion to his work will allow him to serve as an integral leader in taking our auto marketing division to the next level,” said Dave Pasternack, Didit CEO.
 John Mahoney |
Hotwire named John Mahoney to the newly created position of chief client officer. Previously VP, client partner at Sapient Razorfish, Mahoney managed integrated communications and marketing campaigns for such global accounts as HP Enterprise and Visa. He will be part of Hotwire’s global leadership team. The agency has also promoted John Brown to group SVP for strategy and innovation and has moved Sahana Jayaraman up to the position of EVP and global head of Hotwire’s Digital Brand Lab.
 Jenna Brossman |
J. Walcher Communications promoted Jenna Brossman from senior account executive to integrated marketing communications manager, a new position at the agency. Brossman joined JWC in 2013, and has worked with clients in areas including retail, real estate, associations and nonprofits. Before joining the agency, she was an account executive at Cook + Schmid. At JWC, she manages a wide variety of full-service clients by collaborating with and overseeing staff and partners in implementing integrated marketing campaigns.
 Mark Scheets |
Mason, Inc. is bolstering its digital and interactive capabilities with the hiring of Mark Scheets, John Boison and Cliff Huzienga. Scheets is joining the firm as digital strategy and analytics manager. He comes to Mason from Basement Systems, Inc., where he was an SEO specialist. Boison, who was an IT team manager at ConnectiCon, is coming on as a search marketing analyst and Huzienga, who was creative director at Time to Save, joins the agency as a web developer.
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.
