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2024 US Cannes Lions Young Lions Winners Announced

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木曜日, 4月 18, 2024

National CineMedia (NCM) , the largest cinema advertising platform in the country and the US representative to the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, announces the winners of the 2024 US Young Lions competition.

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  • National CineMedia (NCM) , the largest cinema advertising platform in the country and the US representative to the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, announces the winners of the 2024 US Young Lions competition.
  • The winners will compete in person as TEAM USA in the global Young Lions competition at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity , the world’s leading celebration of creative marketing and communications, taking place from June 17-21 in Cannes, France.
  • Following two years of investment and redesign of the US Young Lions program, NCM will be formally launching the US Lions Community at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity this June.
  • Initiative, an official 2024 Event Sponsor of the US Young Lions competition, hosted the TEAM USA Winners Announcement event last night at their New York office.

Island Adds Accomplished Industry Veteran Matt Fairbanks as Chief Marketing Officer

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木曜日, 11月 2, 2023

As Island scales globally in the wake of strong U.S. and International demand for its market-leading Enterprise Browser, Island today announced the addition of Matt Fairbanks to its executive team as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and the appointment of Ellen Roeckl , Island’s former head of marketing, as the company’s first Chief Communications Officer (CCO).

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  • As Island scales globally in the wake of strong U.S. and International demand for its market-leading Enterprise Browser, Island today announced the addition of Matt Fairbanks to its executive team as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and the appointment of Ellen Roeckl , Island’s former head of marketing, as the company’s first Chief Communications Officer (CCO).
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231102765707/en/
    Matt Fairbanks has joined Island as Chief Marketing Officer.
  • As head of marketing, Fairbanks was instrumental in the company’s successful IPO and subsequent growth.
  • With Fairbanks as CMO, the Sophos marketing team redefined and reinvigorated the brand, delivered massive increases in marketing pipeline, and helped the company realize a 3X increase in annual recurring revenue.

Mimecast Names Cross-Agency Team from IPG as Global Agency of Record

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水曜日, 10月 18, 2023

NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A cross-agency team from IPG's marketing services division has been awarded global agency of record for Mimecast, the leader in email and collaboration security. This strategic alliance will bolster Mimecast's considerable global presence built across two decades of enabling organizations of every size and every sector to work protected.

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  • Weber Shandwick, Jack Morton and Genuine awarded global duties across public relations, creative, experiential and integrated marketing strategy
    NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A cross-agency team from IPG's marketing services division has been awarded global agency of record for Mimecast, the leader in email and collaboration security.
  • This strategic alliance will bolster Mimecast's considerable global presence built across two decades of enabling organizations of every size and every sector to work protected.
  • We are deeply confident in the team we've built to do this for Mimecast."
  • The IPG agencies officially kicked off work with Mimecast in August and the first campaign is slated to run November 2023.

Pinstripes Expands Senior Leadership Team, Hires Chief Financial Officer and Chief Marketing Officer in Advance of Public Listing

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水曜日, 9月 27, 2023

“We’re very excited to welcome both Tony and Shannon to the Pinstripes team at this exciting time in our history,” said Schwartz.

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  • “We’re very excited to welcome both Tony and Shannon to the Pinstripes team at this exciting time in our history,” said Schwartz.
  • Prior to Columbus Industries, he was President of Purafil Inc. and before that Group CFO of Filtration Group’s Indoor Air Quality businesses.
  • She offers a depth of knowledge across all areas of marketing including branding, communications, digital, advertising and public relations.
  • From 2015-2022, Keller served as Chief Marketing Officer of True Food Kitchen, an award-winning restaurant brand renowned for pioneering full-service healthy dining.

CMRignite Appoints Trish Taylor as Chief Strategy Officer

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水曜日, 6月 28, 2023

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CMRignite, the nation's largest minority-owned cause marketing and social impact agency, announced today that Trish Taylor, PhD has been named its chief strategy officer. This new hire will add expertise to the agency's behavior change portfolio, which has seen exponential growth over the past three years across its public sector clients.

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  • WASHINGTON, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CMRignite, the nation's largest minority-owned cause marketing and social impact agency, announced today that Trish Taylor, PhD has been named its chief strategy officer.
  • Taylor, who holds a doctorate in social and health psychology, is an award-winning communications professional who has led and implemented nationally recognized behavior change campaigns in the public, private and nonprofit sectors.
  • "Trish is a respected behavior change expert, as well as a passionate leader with a proven track record of spearheading large-scale integrated communications campaigns," said David Bowles, president of CMRignite.
  • In her role, Taylor will serve on the executive leadership team and lead business development and strategy across all client engagements.

MAHA Launches Darwin, an Evolutionary Reputation Intelligence Platform

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木曜日, 6月 1, 2023

SAUSALITO, Calif., June 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MAHA Global , a leading evolutionary AI SaaS company, announced today the launch of Darwin, the first reputation intelligence platform which unifies multi-stakeholder sentiment, corporate behavior as well as competitive and financial analytics.

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  • SAUSALITO, Calif., June 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MAHA Global , a leading evolutionary AI SaaS company, announced today the launch of Darwin, the first reputation intelligence platform which unifies multi-stakeholder sentiment, corporate behavior as well as competitive and financial analytics.
  • For the first time, these methods can be applied to corporate data sets.
  • “Darwin provides a much needed scientific approach to help reputation teams improve their business outcomes by helping them better align their organization’s interests with their stakeholders,” said Haider Nazar, Co-Founder and CEO of MAHA.
  • This outdated framework provides fewer insights to reputation management teams.

Ken Kerrigan Joins The Bliss Group as Co-Leader, Professional Services Practice

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木曜日, 1月 12, 2023

Leading-edge marketing communications agency The Bliss Group announced the appointment of Ken Kerrigan as Senior Vice President and co-leader of the firm’s Professional Services Practice Group.

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  • Leading-edge marketing communications agency The Bliss Group announced the appointment of Ken Kerrigan as Senior Vice President and co-leader of the firm’s Professional Services Practice Group.
  • In this role, Ken will share responsibility with Keri Toomey for spearheading public relations and communications programs for professional services clients, driving growth, and overseeing strategic counsel.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230112005219/en/
    Ken Kerrigan Joins The Bliss Group as Co-Leader, Professional Services Practice (Photo: Business Wire)
    “Our firm started in professional services 47 years ago, and it has remained a priority ever since,” said Bob Pearson, CEO of The Bliss Group.
  • He holds a master’s degree in Communications Management from the SI Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

A New Key Leader, Brian Rose, Joins The Curion Team As CFO

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金曜日, 1月 6, 2023

DEERFIELD, Ill., Jan. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Curion, a full-service product and packaging consumer insights firm, is pleased to announce the successful search for its new CFO, a key leadership position filled on December 13th, 2022 by Brian Rose.

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  • Curion, a full-service product and packaging consumer insights firm, is pleased to announce the successful search for its new CFO, a key leadership position filled on December 13th, 2022 by Brian Rose.
  • DEERFIELD, Ill., Jan. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Curion, a full-service product and packaging consumer insights firm, is pleased to announce the successful search for its new CFO, a key leadership position filled on December 13th, 2022 by Brian Rose.
  • As Curion's new CFO, Brian will have diverse responsibilities for the HR, Operations, and Finance functional groups within Curion.
  • Brian will be working closely with highly impactful members of Curion's leadership team including Sean Bisceglia, CEO, and Keren Novack, President.

The Weber Shandwick Collective Launches Business & Society Futures to Advise Clients Across Business Strategy, Stakeholder Expectations and Societal Impact

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木曜日, 12月 1, 2022

NEW YORK, Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Weber Shandwick Collective (TWSC) launched Business & Society Futures, comprised of the Collective's advisory brands, Powell Tate, United Minds, KRC Research and Weber Shandwick's Corporate Affairs, Public Affairs and Social Impact & Sustainability practices. The agency network also announced the creation of The Collective Senior Advisors, a new group of outside senior advisors who will counsel clients on leadership positioning, organizational effectiveness, policy and regulatory complexity, positive societal impact and value creation for all stakeholders. 

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  • - The Collective Senior Advisors, a new group of external senior advisors from business, government, civil society and academia joins Business & Society Futures to advise clients on business strategy, stakeholder insights and leadership positioning
    - New research finds that CEOs & C-suite leaders believe societal issues and stakeholder expectations are now directly connected to commercial performance.
  • NEW YORK, Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Weber Shandwick Collective (TWSC) launched Business & Society Futures, comprised of the Collective's advisory brands, Powell Tate, United Minds, KRC Research and Weber Shandwick's Corporate Affairs, Public Affairs and Social Impact & Sustainability practices.
  • "The formation of Business & Society Futures and the addition of The Collective Senior Advisors enables us to more seamlessly and nimbly provide clients a range of expertise and capabilities related to their company's business performance, stakeholder expectations and societal impact."
  • Business & Society Futures will be led by Chris Deri, Weber Shandwick's Chief Corporate Affairs Officer and President of TWSC's C-suite Advisory Business.

JACK MORTON APPOINTS FIRST GLOBAL CO-PRESIDENTS AS CEO TRANSITIONS TO CHAIRMAN

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木曜日, 9月 29, 2022

BOSTON, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Jack Morton, the global brand experience agency, announces new leadership positions resulting in the agency's first Global Co-Presidents in its 83-year history.

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  • Josh McCall, CEO & Chairman will remain Chairman through the end of this year, supporting the Co-Presidents.
  • McCall joined Jack Morton in 1984, and since 2003, he has served as the agency's third CEO following his predecessor, Bill Morton, and agency founder Jack Morton.
  • Millon will retain his role as CEO at Genuine, Jack Morton's digital marketing agency.
  • Davies and Millon will remain based in Boston and the Jack Morton executive team will report into the Global Co-Presidents.