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 ::: Jake Wheeler- SapientNitro ::: Melissa Vogel-IBOPE Media ::: Sonia Guzmán – Grupo BT brands + tourism ::: Marina Lemos – David ::: Vanina Beraldi – Softtek :::  María Chaparro – Alcance Media Group ::: Alexandre Jordao – Augusto Valente-Batanga Media::: Roberto Perez-Alterna TV :::

jwJake Wheeler joins la comunidad, a part of SapientNitro, as Creative Director. Jake brings with him more than a decade of creative leadership in content and campaign development across both digital and traditional channels. Based in Miami, he will report directly to Jose Molla and Joaquin Molla, Chief Creative Officers at la comunidad. Wheeler joins la comunidad from Grey New York where he led the Volvo North America business as Executive Creative Director. Prior to Grey, he served as Creative Director at SapientNitro.Wheeler also oversaw key projects for Bacardi, Tag Heuer, and Microsoft in China.

IbopeMediaExecutivos238_cortada-361x500Melissa Vogel takes over IBOPE Media Multimedia management for Brazil and Latin America. In this new position, she will be responsible for business strategy, operations, product development and the launch of audio, text and multimedia measurement tools including Target Index.Part of IBOPE Group for 18 years, she was executive director of New Business for the IBOPE Group and general manager of operations for IBOPE Media in Panama. He also managed the operational areas of IBOPE Nielsen Online Brazil (internet), Target Group Index Brazil and Media Mix (Radio and Newspaper). In the last three years, she has held positions in Marketing, being responsible for auditing solutions and advertising investment in , and more recently, for the area management. Melissa has a degree in Radio and Television from the School of Communication and Arts (ECA) of the University of Sao Paulo.

Batanga is expanding content offerings into Spanish-speaking Latin America:

Alexandre_JordaoAlexandre Jordao, currently General Manager of Batanga Brazil, will be taking on an expanded role, overseeing all of the company’s Latin American business out of Batanga Media’s Sao Paulo office as EVP/GM of Latin America.

 

2a918feAugusto Valente will be overseeing Batanga Media’s just spun off Performance Advertising Business. The new unit is called Groovit Digital. Valente is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

 
 
 
15336_468Alterna’TV, a subsidiary of Eutelsat Americas based in Miami, has announced the appointment of Roberto Perez as Senior Director, Marketing and Distribution, for the United States, Canada and Mexico. The announcement was made today by Aymeric Genty, the new CEO of Alterna‘TV.Perez brings nearly a decade of marketing and distribution experience with America’s largest cable and satellite service providers to his new role with Alterna’TV, having worked for DirecTV, Comcast and Cox Communications.As Senior Director, Marketing and Distribution for the U.S., Canada and Mexico, Perez will be responsible for increasing carriage and enhancing market penetration for the suite of channels and networks represented by Alterna’TV in North America and Mexico.Perez joins Alterna’TV after serving as a Retention Consultant for DirecTV in El Segundo, CA. Prior to this, he was Director of Marketing at Comcast, a post he held since 2010. Previously, Perez worked as a Multicultural Marketing Strategist for Cox Communications (2007 to 2010) A graduate of Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) in Caracas, Venezuela, Perez earned a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Atlanta’s Oglethorpe University.

maria-sacramento-chaparroFB-156x156Maria Chaparro is the new account executive at Alcance Media Group in Mexico, after having worked with the newspaper El Universal and Grupo Expansion. Chaparro is a graduate of Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (TEC) with a focus on digital marketing.

descarga (1)Grupo BT brands + tourism has hired Sonia Guzman as sales director for Latin America. Guzmán will work from Miami offices. BT + tourism brands clients include Condé Nast Traveler for United States and Spain markets, and Financial Times, plus its own set of media including Boletin Turistico publications and platforms, Travelista and Travelers Guide. Recently, it has also incorporated Forbes representation in Mexico , USA and Canada.

Marina_Lemos-David-156x156Marina Lemos is Brazilian advertising agency David new director of digital integration. Lemos has 14 years of experience in the digital market and worked in agencies like 10 minutos and Ogilvy & Mather. She has held several accounts including Kraft Foods, Coca Cola, Claro, Magazine Luiza, Kimberly & Clark and Motorola, among others.

vanina-beraldiVanina Beraldi has taken over as Softtek new head of regional marketing  for hispanic South America.Softtek is a provider of IT services for Hispanic South America.

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