Linda Bailey and Stacey Davis joined the Cadient Group, King of Prussia, Pa. Ms. Bailey becomes senior copywriter; she had been a lead writer at the Newtown, Pa., office of InVentiv Health. Ms. Davis becomes creative director for copy; she has worked as a freelance creative director, copywriter and marketing consultant for the last decade.
Hester Bloch joined Isobar, London, in a new post, global chief marketing officer. She had been global marketing director at AKQA, part of WPP. Isobar is part of the Aegis Group, which is being acquired by Dentsu.
Jonathan Bokor joined MediaVest, New York, in a new post, senior vice president and director for advanced media. He had been general manager for interactive television solutions at Canoe Ventures, New York. MediaVest is part of the Starcom MediaVest Group division of the Publicis Groupe.
Bold Communications Group, Daniel Island, S.C., and Pearson DeBoer Creative Solutions, Salisbury, N.C., are merging under the Bold Communications Group name. Financial terms were not disclosed. Pearson DeBoer becomes the Salisbury office of Bold. Matthew DeBoer, a partner at Pearson DeBoer, is leaving to pursue other opportunities, the merged agency said. Patrick Pearson, a partner at Pearson DeBoer, becomes vice president and general manager at Bold. Jonathan Weaver, creative director at Pearson DeBoer, becomes creative director at Bold.
Michael Bryce joined DraftFCB, part of the Interpublic Group of Companies, as executive vice president and executive creative director for the Irvine, Calif., office and a satellite office that the agency is open soon in Los Angeles. He succeeds Teddy Brown, who is now at the DraftFCB headquarters in Chicago as an executive creative director. Mr. Bryce had most recently been creative director at 72andSunny, Los Angeles, part of MDC Partners.
Jana Carriere joined Scales Advertising, St. Paul, in a new post, client services director. She had most recently been an account supervisor at the New York office of TPN, part of the Omnicom Group.
Catalyst Public Relations, New York, was acquired by IMG Worldwide, New York, as IMG seeks to expand into the communications realm. Financial terms were not disclosed. Catalyst, which also has offices in Charlotte, N.C., and Los Angeles, will operate under its current name and management as part of the consulting business at IMG.
Adam Chandler joined the New York office of Jumptap in a new post, senior vice president for sales. He had most recently been executive in residence at Lerer Ventures and before that was chief revenue officer at the Thrillist Media Group, New York. Jumptap created the sales post after Todd Anderman, who had been chief revenue officer, left to join Thrillist as president for sales, marketing and operations; Mr. Anderman’s post at Thrillist, which is new, includes the duties that Mr. Chandler had handled there.
Sabrina Chapman joined SKG, Las Vegas, as a public relations account executive. She had most recently been a writer for publications like Las Vegas Weekly and Las Vegas magazine, covering spirits and cocktails.
Dbray Media, Parsippany, N.J., was hired by three clients. They are: Becker Brothers, Montclair, N.J., and New York, a real estate firm; Cinchcast, New York, a webcasting company that had previously worked with Affect, New York; and MyEchain, Raleigh, N.C., which offers apps that help consumers upload, store and organize their loyalty cards, membership cards and rewards cards.
Dentsu, Tokyo, said it would encourage certain employees to retire early with an incentive program. The effort is aimed at employees who will be ages 40 to 59 as of March 31 and will have worked at Dentsu for 10 years or longer. It is the sixth early-retirement incentive program at Dentsu and the first since 2007.
Mark Hansen joined the Chicago office of DDB Worldwide, part of the Omnicom Group, as executive vice president and director for account management. He assumes those duties from Peter McGuinness, chief executive at DDB Chicago, who had been acting as head of accounts for the last 18 months, the agency said. Mr. Hansen had been group account director for North America at TBWA/Chiat/Day Los Angeles, which is the Playa del Rey, Calif., office of TBWA/Chiat/Day, part of the TBWA Worldwide division of Omnicom.
Jason Hoffman joined Optimedia, New York, in a new post, senior vice president for digital. He had been head of United States digital media and strategy at OMD, part of the Omnicom Media Group division of the Omnicom Group. Optimedia is part of the ZenithOptimedia division of the Publicis Groupe.
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
Correction: January 14, 2013
An earlier version of this column misidentified the New Jersey city where the real estate firm Becker Brothers, a client of Dbray Media, is based. It is Montclair, not Roseland.
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