Editor's note: We list the companies and people alphabetically according to what company hires what person or another company. Our weekly column is always looking for announcements, so please email them to roger@imediaconnection.com
Carat Fusion announced that Bill Mungovan has been hired to take a lead role in managing search campaigns for the agency's west coast clients. Carat Fusion has hired several other new staff: Valerie Kruk and Renee Robertson have been hired in the agency's Boston office; Laura Krug and Joshua Bock have been hired in the New York office, and Logan Neilson and Tiffany Lee have joined Carat Fusion's Los Angeles office. All have been hired as SEM associates.
Coremetrics, a provider of on-demand web analytics and marketing solutions, announced that Rugs Direct has chosen Coremetrics for the management of its search engine marketing (SEM) and online analytics initiatives.
Digitas announced the hire of Greg Verdino, a recognized expert in emerging media and marketing platforms and convergence, and his appointment as vice president and director of emerging channels. Verdino will lead the agency's approach to emerging channels and is charged with platform development, client engagements for the agency's leading new media users, original branded content, and new channel engagement evangelism.
Dow Jones Online announced that it has selected Operative's Dashboard 2.0 to streamline its online advertising operations. The publisher will now be able to provide its clients with enhanced customer service because they will have the functionality to capture and record all transactions with each advertiser and agency and access them intuitively through one interface.
EmailLabs a subsidiary of J.L. Halsey Corporation announced that the company has appointed Stefan Pollard as director of consulting services and Akila Krishnamurthi as manager of customer support. Company veteran Lena Waters has been promoted to director of marketing.
NeboWeb, an Atlanta-based interactive marketing agency, announced the opening of its Charlotte, North Carolina office.
