Here are some of the top personnel moves in marketing last week. Our congratulations to these people taking on new challenges!
Hulu’s Head of Branded Content Bryan Thoensen Exists: Thoensen headed Hulu’s integrated marketing division for 4 years. Hulu will now incorporate branded content into their ad sales group.
Top Marketers Farley, Odell Trading Places At Ford: Some top marketers at the vehicle company are trading places with Jim Farley moving to EVP and president for Europe, Middle East and Africa and Odell taking EVP of global marketing.
BuzzFeed Hires HuffPo’s Director of Native Advertising: BuzzFeed is looking to monetize and believes Tessa Gould, formerly of the Huffington Post, is the one for the task.
Vevo Hires Former Bedrocket, Turner Exec to Lead Consumer Marketing: Stacy Moscatelli will lead Vevo’s consumer marketing and branding efforts.
Shannon Out At Hyundai, Automaker Confirms: Steve Shannon, VP of Marketing for Hyundai, is leaving the position amid other surprising top-level shake ups the automaker is making.
Alexis Ohanian Is Returning to Help Run Reddit: Quite a surprise that Ohanian has returned to help the company he founded. As a result, Yishan Wong who was acting as CEO has exited.
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