Miami Ad School, considered one of the world’s top advertising and design schools, is closing one of its campuses. The Atlanta campus will shut down in six months due to declining enrollment in the region, Rebecca Rovirosa, chief creative officer and academic director of Miami Ad School, told ADWEEK. The current students in Atlanta will ..
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FanDuel Sports Network named Jim Keller as the group of regional sports channels’ new executive vice president of advertising and sponsorship sales. Main Street Sports Group, FanDuel’s parent company, announced the news Monday, stating that Keller—who will report to Eric Ratchman, chief revenue officer of the umbrella company—will be responsible for leading the entire ad ..
Layoffs, restructuring, and vanishing entry-level roles: the past year has brought little relief for agency talent navigating a volatile job market. Since January 2022, staff-level jobs at U.S. ad agencies have declined by more than 10%, according to Live Data Technologies. Entry-level positions are being hit hardest, as agencies automate routine tasks and lean more ..
The Estée Lauder Companies has hired Aude Gandon as its first chief digital and marketing officer (CDMO). Effective Aug. 1, she will report to Stéphane de La Faverie, the brand’s president and CEO. Gandon joins from Nestlé, where she held the CDMO title since 2020. Before that, she worked as global brand managing director at ..
After two tumultuous years at the helm of X, CEO Linda Yaccarino announced her departure from the company last Wednesday. Who will replace her—as X is absorbed into Elon Musk’s AI venture xAI—remains uncertain. What most agree on: the next leader will look very different. “I don’t recall anyone who told the ad community to ..
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella was the highest-paid media CEO in 2024. Public documents show Nadella’s total compensation—including salary, bonuses, equity awards, and other compensation—amounted to $79.1 million for 2024. The figure is nearly five times more than what the median CEO who runs a company listed in the S&P 500 received during the same period, according ..
BoltChatAI’s parent company, Bolt Insight, has named Eric Dolan as head of North America. In this role, Dolan will be responsible for leading business activities across North America for the U.K.-based company, focusing on expanding the adoption of Bolt Insight’s research solutions, which include its AI-based qualitative research platform BoltChatAI. “I’ve spent my career at ..
Peloton has appointed Megan Imbres as its new chief marketing officer (CMO). It also promoted senior vice president of connected fitness software, Francis Shanahan, to chief technology officer, a newly created role at the fitness company. “Together, the appointments represent a commitment to creative and technical innovation to empower Peloton Members to live fit, strong, ..
Warby Parker’s longtime chief marketing officer (CMO) Lori Krauss quietly stepped down from her role April 2024, the brand confirmed to ADWEEK. Since then, the direct-to-consumer (DTC) eyewear brand’s marketing has been led by co-founder and co-chief executive officer (CEO) Neil Blumenthal and senior team members. A spokesperson didn’t elaborate on whether Warby Parker plans ..
After two years on the job, Linda Yaccarino is no longer CEO of the social platform X. Survey results suggests the public’s opinion of the site is now more divided than it was prior to her arrival in June 2023, even as advertisers return. “Being the CEO of X was always going to be a ..
