Denise Wong has been appointed president of Burbank, CA-based marketing agency Midnight Oil. She effectively replaces Tom Still, Midnight’s former CEO who left the firm last September. Previously Wong, a Toronto native, was president at George P. Johnson, part of Project Worldwide. Earlier the 20-plus year agency veteran served at McCann, Grey, Ogilvy and DDB. “Denise’s visionary leadership style and ability to create, motivate, and deploy cohesive and talented teams will further evolve Midnight Oil’s innovative offering,” stated John Hans, CEO of parent company Imagine, which acquired the agency in 2016. Imagine creates printed marketing materials and other visuals for …

Dentsu Aegis Network has tapped two senior executives for its Brazil operation including the appointment of Rodrigo Andrade to the dual role of chief operating officer for DAN and CEO Isobar Brazil Group.  The agency has also named Rui Branquinho chief creative officer for both DAN Brazil and Isobar Brazil Group.  Andrade was previously with AlmapBBDO while Branquinho was previously at Young & Rubicam.  As DAN Brazil CCO, Andrade is tasked with leveraging the group’s one P&L operational model by streamlining and connecting the group’s agencies and expertise.  The appointments are effective immediately with both executives reporting to Abel Reis, …

ROI Influencer Media as tapped former IPG Mediabrands strategist Mary Hill for the position of director, brand & content strategy. In the new role, Hill is tasked with growing the firm’s multicultural division by both expanding the company’s media offerings and its influencer talent roster.   Hill has held roles at Mediabrands’ UM agency, working on multicultural insights and media programs for Fortune 1000 brands such as Sony Pictures Entertainment and The Coca-Cola Company.  She has managed custom media programs with multicultural content strategy, creative ideation and planning and has cultivated relationships with top multicultural influencers.   

The Wonderful Company is adding two new hires to bolster its in-house marketing and advertising team. Corey Bartha, former director, integrated production at Publicis Seattle, will be assuming the same role at Wonderful effective January 22. Bartha will oversee all content production, including video, print, social, activation, and experiential in this newly created role.   Amber Justis, previously with BBDO, has been named to the new position of executive creative director to help manage and direct the creative work across all Wonderful products, including Wonderful Pistachios and Wonderful Halos. Both new hires will report to chief creative officer Darren Moran. Wonderful …

IPG Mediabrands has named Scott Berwitz senior vice president, corporate communications. In the post Berwitz will lead global internal and external public relations for IPG’s media management group, which includes media agencies Initiative, UM and an array specialist operations.  Berwitz will report to Tom Cunningham, IPG’s vice president of corporate communications.     Berwitz comes to IPG Mediabrands with nearly twenty years of public relations agency and in-house corporate communications experience. He most recently served as a vice president at DiGennaro Communications, heading up PR activities for numerous ad agencies, ad tech firms and social media platforms. Before that, …

PMX Agency, part of Stagwell Group, has named Jeff Johnson as its executive vice president. In the role, Johnson will work with the agency’s corporate development and marketing teams to help lead the strategy and cultivation of omnichannel, global opportunities for brands served by PMX.  Previously Johnson was global chief client officer at Dentsu Aegis’ iProspect. He also held roles including managing director and co-CEO at Covario, where he was involved in multiple acquisitions as well as the eventual acquisition of Covario by Dentsu Aegis. Earlier he spent several years at iCrossing where he held numerous executive roles including managing …

Jack Morton, the Interpublic-owned experiential agency, has appointed Melissa Rose as chief people officer, a new role at the company.  In this role, Rose joins the agency’s HR team, where her primary objective is ‘strategic people operations,’ or  helping the agency continue to grow, retain and nurture its talent.  Rose will serve on the agency’s executive leadership team reporting to the chairman and CEO, Josh McCall, in Boston.  Rose, a 20-plus year industry veteran, previously held positions at Hill Holliday, ISM, Carat and iProspect. Most recently, she served as vice president, human resources at Anaqua, an intellectual property software …

Isobar, part of Dentsu Aegis Network, has promoted Dave Meeker to Global Director, Emerging Technology, a new position at the agency.  In addition to his current US responsibilities as a vice president, Meeker will now also be responsible for expanding Isobar’s innovation and emerging technology offering globally. Meeker will work with teams across Isobar’s 45 markets, and with the technology and innovation specialists in Isobar’s Nowlab—an innovation unit he will now lead--across US, APAC, Brazil and EMEA. Meeker will continue to be based in the US, reporting to Jean Lin, global CEO, Isobar and Geoff Cubitt, CEO, Isobar US.  As US …

Audience behavior platform Quantcast, has appointed agency veteran Rob Horler as chief operating officer effective immediately. The role is new at the company. Horler will be based in New York. Horler's responsibilities will include oversight of global commercial operations, including the sales and services organization.   He will report to Quantcast's CEO and Founder Konrad Feldman and will serve on the company's executive leadership team and join Quantcast's board of directors.  Horler previously served as a senior executive at the Dentsu Aegis Network for over 19 years. Most recently, he served as CEO of Dentsu Aegis U.S. which under his leadership grew significantly …

Collins is adding nine executives as the brand experience and design agency expands its New York and San Francisco offices. Based in the New York office, Claire Morris joins as managing partner to lead the company’s client service team, as well as company operations. Morris has over two decades of experience at agencies including Havas, Ogilvy, Young & Rubicam, Taxi and 360i. Emily Morris (no relation to Claire) joins the New York team as senior business director; Amir Ouki, ex-ForUSAII, is named director of development; Sanuk Kim joins as associate designer and Katie Persichilli, Dorothy Smith and Taylor Holland also …