Fanscape adds some new talent, plus other interactive industry hires, partnerships, launches and announcements.
Fanscape, an interactive marketing agency, has hired Michael Francesconi as its senior manager of social media and Lori Hlad as a new account director.
Gorilla Nation announced that it has been selected as the exclusive Canadian and Australian sales rep for selected advertisers for key HIT Entertainment's popular brand websites, including Barney.com, ThomasAndFriends.com, BobTheBulider.com and RainbowMagicOnline.com.
MediaVest USA, announced the promotion of MediaVest's Kelly Burke, Marie Casimir, Jennifer Chatham, Eric Goldberg, Dan Kern, Kristin Multer, Kerry O'Sullivan, Megan Riley and Samantha Voisin to VP.
Quantcast announced that TS Kelly has joined the team in the role of VP of media research. Quantcast also announced that Todd Teresi will join its executive team as chief revenue officer.
RPA announced the appointment of Gayle Gray, associate media director, to the position of director of integrated media, reporting to Meridee Alter, SVP, media director.
Steak, the search-inspired communications agency, has been appointed by Alpha Media Group Inc., which publishes such titles as Maxim and Blender, to manage search marketing campaigns. Mark Schwartz, who recently joined Steak as VP of business development, secured the new business.
TBA Global, an integrated connective marketing and communications agency, announced the Connective Learning platform, a modern way to build learning programs that connect learners with content, while developing the learner's skills to connect messages to additional target audiences.
Traffic Marketplace announced that it has completed the acquisition of Livemarkets, the developer of proprietary click-to-chat technology that enables consumers to launch a chat session via any banner ad and provides advertisers with the ability to interact directly with consumers without any additional software or applications. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Both companies are privately held.
Travel Ad Network (TAN) announced that the IATA Travel Centre, an initiative to provide travelers with personalized passport, visa and health documentation advice for their international flight itineraries run by The International Air Transport Association, has joined TAN. Meanwhile, TAN announced the hiring of Jeffrey John DeKorte as VP of product development.
Editor's note: We list the companies and people alphabetically according to what company hires what person or another company. Our bi-monthly column is always looking for announcements, so please email them to mediamotions@imediaconnection.com.
Rich Cherecwich is assistant editor, iMediaConnection.