Mary Baglivo, is the new chairman and CEO of Latin America and multicultural at Saatchi & Saatchi. Baglivo, until recently CEO of Saatchi & Satchi New York and who had added the title of CEO of the Americas in 2008, will shift her focus to the agency’s Latin American operation and Conill, Saatchi’s Hispanic marketing unit. Durk Barnhill — an executive who spent time at several Interpublic Group shops as well as Mother and Taxi – is stepping into the new role of CEO Saatchi & Saatchi New York. Barnhill, 46, starts in September and will report to worldwide CEO Kevin Roberts.
Entravision Communications filed a statement at the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) announcing Jeff Liberman’s promotion to COO. The Radio President position he occupied before his promotion will not be filled. An Entravision spokesperson told Radio Ink that Jeffrey Liberman has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Entravision Communications Corporation, where he will oversee the operations across all of Entravision’s media platforms, including television, radio, and digital. He will no longer carry the title of president of Entravision’s radio division.”
Corinna Cisneros just joined Mobilezapp.com International as their VP on International Sales. Cisneros will be responsible for establishing a sales network around the world. Mobilezapp is a premier provider of B2B, B2C and B2E mobile apps. Mobilezapp creates high-end mobile apps for the iPhone, iPad, Androd, Blackberry, Windows Mobile and Symbian platforms.
Digital First Media , which operates MediaNews Group and Journal Register Co., has named Jonathan Cooper as vice president media relations and employee communications. Cooper most recently served as vice president of Digital First Media during the company’s inception. He previously served as vice president of content for Journal Register Co. where he led the company’s digital cultural transformation through the Ben Franklin Project, a unique open-source publishing experiment where Journal Register used free and low-cost digital tools to publish 18 daily newspapers and websites.
Source Interlink Media (SIM) announced the appointment of Jerry Pitt as Senior Marketing Director for the Performance Auto Group. In his new role Pitt will focus on integrated marketing programs across the Performance Auto, Motorcycle and Truck & Off-Road groups, as well as interact with all other divisions at SIM.