90octane has hired Elyse Jarvis and Ciara Cole as marketing coordinators, and Sami Carroll as interactive account strategist.
Neil Cleary has joined Allen & Gerritsen as vice president, director, audience intelligence, and brand planning group. Cleary has worked with brands such as BMW, Unilever, British Airways, AT&T, McDonald's, and Walmart.
Ames Scullin O'Haire has named Steve Haber as director of brand and digital planning. He will be responsible for developing integrated and digital opportunities for the agency's clients.
Dirk Freytag, senior vice president at AOL Advertising, will now take on the executive leadership role of the advertising product management division. The group's mission is to streamline the connections between AOL's product and technology divisions.
Barker/DZP announced a couple of moves in staffing. Zach Kelly joined as account manager, and will oversee work for Chaum, a health and wellness client, as well as other agency accounts. Arielle Kepler has been promoted to account executive on the IDB Bank and Garden City Group accounts.
Dlvr.it, a Pheedo company, has named Bob Sacco as chief revenue officer. Sacco was most recently a founder of Travel Ad Network.
Evolve Media has launched Springboard Studios, a branded entertainment division that produces approximately 1,000 video segments a year. Springboard creates and edits video editorial for Evolve's publishing division, AtomicOnline.
Justin Schachter has joined eXelate as director of agency development. He will be heading East Coast agency sales and client development.
FUNimation Entertainment and iVdopia have collaborated to launch a rich media mobile advertising campaign anime entertainment on smartphone devices. The campaign highlights the Sept. 14 release of the "Corpse Princess" series on DVD.
JangoMail announced the availability of 101 new email templates as part of the company's partnership with TemplateZone, an email design service.
KG Partners has hired Michael Graham as director of strategic planning. Graham will develop and present integrated strategic solutions.
PJA Advertising + Marketing has named Robert Davis as senior vice president, digital marketing, for both East and West Coast operations. He will be responsible for digital strategy and delivery for the integrated agency.
R/GA has hired Antony Parchment as group director, production. Parchment will report to John Antinori, senior vice president, managing director, production, as well as Andy Sung, managing director, production.
Red Door Interactive was named in Inc. Magazine's "Inc. 5,000" list for the fourth straight year.
Revision3 has been leveraging Taboola's EngageRank video recommendation technology. After one month of usage, statistics showed that viewers were 90 percent more likely to watch another video when they used Taboola's video recommendations.
Stevana Case has joined PlaySpan as vice president of sales. She hails from a recent stint as senior director of business development at LiveGamer
Yahoo Inc. and Dex One Corp. have forged a partnership to increase online exposure for local businesses. All businesses advertising on Dex One's local search site, DexKnows, will be able to post their listings on Yahoo's Local search results.
YESNetwork.com has adopted Meebo to provide content for fans of the New York Yankees. Fans will be able to connect with each other through their favorite social networks.
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