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Job Openings

What jobs are available? What search firms are handling them and what we know about them (for better or worse)?

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For a complete list of openings and moves by company, click here.

Archives: 1/06   2/06   3/06   4/06


Announcements are provided by Judy Cushman except where otherwise noted.

March 26, 2008

Company: Atomic (Agency), San Francisco

Title: Senior Account Director/VP

Company: Brainerd Communicators, Inc., New York

Title: Vice President / Assistant Vice President

Company: French Culinary Institute, New York

Title: VP-Communications / Marketing

Company: GCI Group, New York/Chicago

Title: Vice President, Healthcare PR

Company: GolinHarris, New York

Title: Account Group Supervisor/VP, Employee Communications

Company: Kellwood Company, New York

Title: VP Marketing & Public Relations

Company: Ketchum Public Relations, DC

Title: Vice President, Public Affairs

Company: Ketchum Public Relations, New York

Title: Vice President, Brand Marketing Practice - Lifestyle

Company: Manning Selvage & Lee

Title: Senior Vice President/Practice Director

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September 27, 2006

Company: Applied Materials

Title: head of corporate communications

Company: Atari

Title: VP, Communications

Company: Citigate Sard Verbinnen

Title: Managing Director, Mid-West operations.

Company: JNDEO Co. Chicago

Title: Vice President

Company: Navitus Health Solutions

Title: SVP and COO.

Company: Public Strategies (Texas)

Title: Managing Director

Company: Ruder Finn, NYC

Title: SVP, Interactive

Company: Ruder Finn

Title: Sr. VP in its branding practice (NYC)

Company: Sony BMG Music Entertainment

Title: Senior Director Corporate Communications

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September 26, 2006

Company: AARP

Title: PR & Communications Chief, DC

Company: GCI Group, NYC

Title: Head of global medical practice

Company: General Motors

Title: Director of global communications technology and new media

Company: Hill and Knowlton Seattle

Title: President of its Technology Group

Company: The Huntsman Corp., the Woodlands, TX

Title: VP and deputy general Counsel (opening due to Promotion)

Company: KCSA worldwide, NYC

Title: Vice President

Company: McGraw-Hill Education, NYC

Title: VP Communications

Company: Padilla Speer Beardsley

Title: Vice President (Health Care/Medical Device) Minneapolis – position reopening

Company: Pharmaceutical Research Manufacturers of America

Title: Senior Director of Operations (DC?)

Company: Weber Shandwick, Cambridge MA

Title: leader of its Web Relations practice

Company: X Factor Communications

Title: loses a co-founder

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September 1, 2006

Company: Countrywide’s Corporate Communications Department

Title: 1st Vice President Bank Communications to develop and implement communications strategy.

Company: First Energy Company, Akron, Ohio

Title: Vice President, Corporate Communications

Company: GolinHarris, NYC

Title: Senior Vice President

Company: JS2 Communications, LA

Title: General Manager/Vice President for small, new NYC office

Company: October Strategies, Denver, CO and NYC

Title: Managing Director (Office not specified believe NYC)

Company: Widmeyer Communications, WA DC

Title: Vice President, Research & Polling

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August 8, 2006

Company: Austin Community College

Title: Loses Executive Director, Public Information and Marketing

Company: Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co., NYC

Title: Loses Global Communications Executive

Company: Brunswick Group

Title: Loses two, a partner and a Director of the NY office.

Company: Fiberlink Communications

Title: Loses CMO

Company: Frankel Communications

Title: Loses Exec. VP

Company: Hill & Knowlton

Title: Loses its EVP and GM of the NY office

Company: Hill & Knowlton, NYC

Title: Loses head of its US corporate practice

Company: Insignia PR, Hollywood

Title: Loses principal

Company: ITT, White Plains NY

Title: Has an opening for an SVP, Corporate Relations due to retirement of Tom Martin, incumbent. Search is underway.

Company: NBC Universal

Title: Loses senior VP-Corporate Communications and Media Relations

Company: PRSA

Title: Has an opening for Catherine Bolton’s position, COO; search is being handled by Spencer Stuart

Company: Samsung Group

Title: Loses VP of Global PR

Company: Whirlpool

Title: Loses senior manager, global corporate reputation and media relations

Company: YMCA of Metropolitan Washington

Title: Loses VP communication.

Company: The Zeno Group, SFO

Title: Loses a VP

Company: Ketchum, Chicago

Title: Advertising for Vice President, Corporate Practice

Company: Ketchum, DC

Title: Vice President Group Manager, Healthcare

Company: Ketchum, DC

Title: Vice President/Account Supervisor, Healthcare

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July 25, 2006

Healthcare

 

Company: Hill & Knowlton, NYC

Title: Loses head of US healthcare practice

Company: Porter Novelli, NYC

Title: Loses partner and founder of its healthcare practice

Company: Weber Shandwick, London

Title: Loses European Manager for healthcare unit

Company: Vaxgen, So. SFO

Title: Loses Vice President, Public Affairs; no immediate plans to fill the post

Company: Zeno Group, NYC an Edelman company

Title: Loses it Managing Director, Health Care.

Company: Pfizer, NYC

Title: Loses a Director of Public Relations

 

Other Jobs Openings

 

Company: ABI, NYC

Title: Loses Vice President, communications

Company: Edelman

Title: Loses three VP level executives from its Austin Office starting in April, 2006 through June, 2006.

Company: G.S. Schwartz

Title: Loses Vice President

Company: Home Shopping Network,

Title: Open VP-Corporate Communications, search via Arnold Huberman Assocs

Company: Malpractice insurer, NCRIC, Washington, DC

Title: Loses VP Corpcom and Investor Relations

Company: Motorola, Schaumburg, Ill.

Title: Loses VP-Communications and Public Affairs after a stint of shortly over a year. CEO Ed Zander is well known for being a challenge to communications pros, gained from his years in Silicon Valley.

Company: Polo Ralph Lauren, NYC

Title: Loses chief Investor Relations Contact suddenly; no details

Company: SCAN, the consumer trends service of Daniel Yankelovich Group

Title: Loses Senior VP, (communications related area)

Company: WPP Group’s Board of Directors

Title: Loses Howard Paster who also plans to leave his job as Exec. VP/PR by end of year

Company: Yahoo

Title: Loses Christine Castro, SVP of corporate communications. Search is via Korn Ferry, led by Don Spetner

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July 13, 2006

Company: Auction Drop, Silicon Valley

Title: Loses its Director of Marketing and Public Relations who leaves for a VP post.

Company: GolinHarris, Los Angeles

Title: Loses a vice president in the marketing and brand strategy practice.

Company: PerkettPR Inc., a virtual, SFO based, PR and strategic marketing communications agency

Title: Account Managers (8-15 years in PR with high tech B2B and B2C experience--at 15-year level equivalent to agency VP)

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July 3, 2006

Company: Ben-Abraham Associates, Financial Communications

Title: Loses VP

Company: Edelman, Chicago

Title: Loses EVP, Managing Director, Consumer accounts

Company: GolinHarris, Los Angeles

Title: Loses Senior Vice President for its Consumer practice

Company: Weber Shandwick

Title: Loses Senior Managing Director, Opinion Research

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June 23, 2006

Company: Merck

Title: Loses Joan Wainwright, Vice President of Public Affairs. Search is ongoing for her replacement.

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June 19, 2006

Company: Edelman’s Interactive Services unit

Title: Loses a VP

Company: 5W PR

Title: Loses VP

Company: Service Corporation International, TX

Title: Loses Managing Director (Communications) 

Company: State Street Global Advisors

Title: Loses a SVP communications

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June 18, 2006

Company: DeVries Public Relations, NYC

Title Openings for two Senior Vice Presidents for the Beauty and Consumer divisions.

Company: AnorMed, Vancouver

Title: Loses VP of Corporate Communications. Russell Reynolds has the search.

Company: AT&T Wireless

Title: Loses Senior Director of International and Multicultural Marketing

Company: Ben-Abraham Associates, NY

Title: Loses a VP

Company: Bite PR with offices in SFO, NYC, London and Stockholm

Title: Announces that they are interested in hiring all levels

Company: Burson Marsteller

Title: Loses Carlos Lareau, CEO for Continental Europe. A post that sources reported that Burson Marsteller not intend to fill

Company: Coca Cola, North American Division

Title: Loses Dir. of Public and Media Relations

Company: Coca Cola Enterprises, Midwest

Title: Loses Public Affairs/Community Relations Manager

Company: Deloitte & Touche

Title: Loses National Marketing Manager

Company: Earl Jean

Title: Loses its VP of marketing responsible for both marketing and PR.

Company: EBA Group, Hong Kong

Title: Loses it managing director

Company: Edelman, NYC

Title: Loses the head of its technology and business marketing groups

Company: EDS Canada

Title: Loses the head of Marketing and Communications

Company: GCI, Chicago

Title: Loses head of local office

Company: Golin Harris, Chicago

Title: Loses the head of its consumer brands practice

Company: Hill & Knowlton

Title: Announces 20 specific openings with needs in the life sciences and technology and general staffing needs throughout the entire organization.

Company: Ketchum

Title: Loses VP in its Corporate practice

Company: Ketchum

Title: Loses a VP, consumer practice

Company: Level 5 Strategic Brand Advisors

Title: Loses a VP and Senior Advisor

Company: Mansfield Communications

Title: Loses a VP

Company: Porter Novelli

Title: Loses the head of its healthcare practice

Company: Spectrum Science Communications’ Public Affairs Practice, DC

Title: Loses its Director

Company: WPP’s Young & Rubicam

Title: Loses Ann Fudge as CEO of WPP’s Young & Rubicam while Fudge remains CEO of Young & Rubicam Brands

Company: Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, CA

Title: Loses three senior corporate communications positions based upon reports from informal sources, including the overall head of the function

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June 7, 2006

Company: GCI Group, Chicago

Title: Loses the head of the firm’s Chicago office and global relationship manager for the agency’s partnership with Minneapolis-based Medtronic Inc. 

Company: ENR Services, Inc. (PR technology firm), Norwalk Conn.
Title: Loses a Senior VP responsible for sales, marketing and client service

Company: The Weiser Group

Title: Loses its managing principal, spearheading corporate communications

Company: Kent Strategies, DC

Title: Loses the President of the consulting firm

Company: Gateway

Title: Loses VP communications

Company: Ogilvy PR, New York

Title: Loses head of PR’s corporate practice due to resignation

Company: Rogers and Cowan, New York office

Title: Loses an EVP

Company: Fenton Communications

Title: Loses Senior VP responsible for energy future coalitions and environmental media services

Company: Euro RSCG Magnet

Title: Loses VP in corporate, financial practice

Company: Interstate Hotels and Resorts

Title: Loses VP Corporate Communications

Company: Exelon

Title: Loses VP, Corporate Communications

Company: Penton Media

Title: Loses its VP of Corporate Communications and IR and replaces her with a VP of investor and government relations

Company: National Association of Chain Drug Stores

Title: Loses VP Communications

Company: Ketchum, Chicago

Title: Loses SVP and Director of Brand Marketing

Company: Euro RSCG Magnet, DC office

Title: Loses EVP and GM

Company: Edelman, NYC

Title: Loses head of technology and business marketing practices

Company: ConAgra Foods

Title: Loses its Chief Communications Officer

Company: Rogers & Cowan, NY

Title: Loses EVP (entertainment segment)

Company: Weber Shandwick, SFO

Title: Loses SVP in charge of consumer technology

Company: LaForce+Stevens Design

Title: Loses VP in hospitality/design group

Company: Text 100, SFO (tech/corp. practice)

Title: Loses President of North American Unit

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