Revolving Door Roster Updates: Assembly, Junapr, Sunday Afternoon and More

Revolving Door Roundup is an ongoing series tracking moves at agencies around the world. While the series has been part of AgencySpy for the past few years, we’re taking our weekly roundups to the Adweek site. Thursdays highlight acquisitions, client wins, product and agency launches and other news, while Fridays review hires, promotions and other personnel moves.

Agencies around the world are celebrating this Friday with new promotions, hires and partnerships aimed to accelerate growth and innovation in 2023.

19th and Park

Elisa Peebles was named head of strategy at 19th & Park. Additionally, Markia Erickson was named vp, client services and Leslie Alexander was named associate vp, client services.

Assembly

Assembly named Valerie Davis as its North American CEO. Previously the agency’s North American president, Davis will continue to oversee all operations in the region.

Coalition of Healthcare Communications

The Coalition of Healthcare Communications (CHC) welcomed James Potter as executive director. With significant experience in executive management and senior advocacy, Potter has served in leadership positions at New Hampshire Media Society, American Chiropractic Associate and American Academy of Physical Assistants.

ConsultMyApp

Gordon Bowman joined ConsultMyApp as sales director. Bowman will lead the agency’s business development strategy for clients including 02 Priority, General Motors, Channel 4 and Holland & Barrett.

Elmwood

Elmwood made two new appointments to its global leadership team with the goal of powering its brand vision. Abi Main joined as global chief financial officer and Kristin Nevin joined as global client partner.

EssenceMediacom U.S.

EssenceMediacom U.S. named Preeti Nadgar as its new chief strategy officer. Nadgar has over 20 years of experience in strategy at creative and media agencies, and has worked with brands like Kellogg’s, P&G and Samsung.

Furlined

Furlined signed directing duo Biceps for U.S. commercial representation. The pair, Egoitz Audikana and Victor Aguilar have garnered worldwide acclaimed and earned two Cannes Lions for their breakout film “Even More Confusing Times” for Burger King.

Gunpowder, Inc.

Gunpowder, Inc. formed a new executive leadership team, focused on growing the business, fostering a collaborative team environment and delivering high quality outcomes for clients. Carie Breunig was appointed as chief operating officer, Leah Berg as president and Caitlin Conley as vp of finance, with founder Ryan Chuckel remaining as CEO.

Gut

Gut brought on Pedro Porto as its new chief content officer. Formerly the director of Twitter Next Latin America, Porto will help clients identify opportunities to make more relevant content for audiences and build impactful, creative brand experiences.

HeyLet’sGo!

HeyLet’sGo! has brought on Lisa Gapinske as its new president. Gapinske joined from her previous account leadership roles at Sleek Machine, Allen & Gerritsen, MMB and Hill Holiday.

Junapr

Communications and public relations firm Junapr welcomed two new hires. Charlotte Lyman joined as senior communications manager and Debbie Mast joined as operations and marketing manager.

Lippincott

Lippincott welcomed Brendán Murphy as executive global creative director. Murphy brings over 30 years of experience leading design programs for brands across industries all around the world.

London Alley

London Alley brought on Karter Krasselt as creative director. This news comes after the appointments of Alex Gardner as chief marketing officer and Luke Anderson as partner and investor. 

Making Science

Making Science welcomed three senior team members, all previously at Google. Jason Downie was named CEO, Nick Piano chief revenue officer and Mallory Bradford chief customer officer.

Minted Content

Minted Content signed commercial and film director Carl Erik Rinsch to its exclusive roster for representation. Rinsch has worked with brands like Mercedes-Benz, Audi and Heineken.

Mother

Mother promoted Jed Cohen to co-executive creative director at its Los Angeles office. Cohen will serve alongside Simon Bruyn to provide creative leadership across Mother’s client roster, including Sonic, Postmates and Peloton.

Neon Flux

Neon Flux welcomed Scott Geftman as vice president of strategy. Formerly president of Rowing Blazers and the director at The Sage Group, Geftman will now support Neon Flux’s growth by raising capital, structuring deals and positioning companies for scale.

PureRED

PureRED signed on Jason Whiting in the new position of chief growth officer. Whiting will oversee the brand’s marketing and communications, as well as all strategic direction for the business development team.

Rachel Harrison Communications

Rachel Harrison Communications welcomed new members to its leadership team to support its recent growth. Lauren Ryback Hurth and Amber Appelbaum both joined as managing directors at the New York office and Kaitlin Egan joined as senior director at the LA office.

Semcasting

Semcasting made new appointments to its executive to fuel brand adoption of its identity solutions. Dan Green was named chief revenue officer, Justin Thompson general manager of identity and healthcare services and Ryan Calabrese vice president of business development, healthcare, pharma and financial services.

Squeak E. Clean Studios

Squeak E. Clean Studios hired Jennie Armon as its east coast executive creative producer. Armon has over 15 years of industry experience working for clients including BMW, Uber and Oreo.

Sunday Afternoon

Sunday Afternoon welcomed Rich Tu as executive creative director and partner. The award-winning multidisciplinary artist and design will work to grow the agency’s internal design studio.

The Ev&Ex Agency

The Ev&Ex Agency welcomed Meg Gleason as svp, executive creative director. Gleason brings 20 years of industry experience working with brands including Google, Condé Nast, Target and NBC.

Trailer Park Group

Trailer Park Group appointed Julian Sarmiento as its vice president of innovation at its production company and innovation studio, Mirada. Sarmiento will provide real-time immersive and interactive solutions for content and experiential on behalf of Mirada and TPG’s six other speciality companies.

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