Gorilla Nation launches a new vertical, plus other interactive industry hires, partnerships, launches and announcements.
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 mediamotions@imediaconnection.com.
Agency.com announced the appointment of VP Executive Creative Director Michael Rivera, and VP of Media Jeff Cole to the Chicago office.
Apogee Search announced that Ian Strain-Seymour has joined the team as director of search marketing services.
Critical Mass, an interactive services part of Omnicom Group, was named the interactive agency of record for Valvoline.
Dealer.com, a provider of online marketing solutions for the automotive industry, announced that former Cobalt Group and Dealix Corporation VP Dean Evans has joined the company as CMO.
eXelate, the creator of a targeting data marketplace, announced that it has secured $4 million in first-round financing from Carmel Ventures and is launching the eXelate Targeting eXchange.
Gorilla Nation launched GNkids, its newest vertical market aggregation of several large web properties reaching boys and girls ages 6-14. The vertical will be headed up by Kyle Fletcher as VP of ad sales.
Marchex announced that it has named Nicolas J. Hanauer vice chairman of its board of directors.
NetPlus Marketing has been awarded the Web Marketing Association Standard of Excellence award for its work on the Undergear e-commerce site.
Q Interactive, an interactive marketing services provider, announced the promotion of Carrie Stec to VP of sales.
Revver, a video-sharing service powered by advertising, announced that it has hired Damian Amitin as director of sales for the Eastern region.
Tacoda has named Khan Smith, VP of product management, the company's chief privacy officer, replacing Mark Pinney who recently became head of business planning at AOL's Platform A.
WhittmanHart, a provider of digital marketing solutions, has named David Skinner CEO of WhittmanHart Interactive and appointed him to the board, effective immediately.
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