The Grapevine: Job Openings

March 2006 Archive

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March 30, 2006

Agency Positions:

Company: Burson Marsteller, NYC

Title: Loses a Director/VP in its health care practice, who accepted a SVP post

Company: Ruder Finn, DC

Title: Loses an executive VP-director of global government affairs

Company: Connors Communications

Title: Loses VP level, key Director

Other Changes:

Company: Warner Bros., Burbank, CA.

Title: Loses SVP worldwide communications and live events

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March 24, 2006

Agency Positions:

Company: JS2 Communications, New York NY

Title: General Manager/Vice President

Grow and manage small New York office of California-based lifestyle/corporate/entertainment PR and marketing consulting firm JS2 Communications. Will report directly to firm principals.

Company: Porter Novelli, SFO

Title: Lost the leader of its Tech practice

Other Changes:

Company: Spike TV, NYC

Title: Lost its Communications VP

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March 20, 2006 [Anonymous Contributor]

I think it is unlikely that B-M will replace Carlos Lareau as COO: It was a position by title only under Ken Reitz anyway and if the new CEO does not have any definite plans it probably will not be filled anymore.

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March 13, 2006

Vice President, Financial Media

Lippert Heilshorn & Associates, Inc.

New York, NY

 

Vice President, Financial Media: Lippert Heilshorn & Associates, Inc., a full service independent Investor firm, seeks seasoned Financial Media Relations Professional. Candidate must be an ambitious, organized team builder, with minimum five years’ hands-on experience in media relations for clients in varied industries including healthcare, diversified industrials, technology and consumer goods, and with established contacts.

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March 13, 2006

Vice President

W.T. Blase & Associates

New York, NY

 

W.T. Blase & Associates is a financial marketing and media relations boutique located in midtown Manhattan. The firm is seeking a Vice President who thrives on challenge and wants to share in the rewards of building a first-class business. Very competitive salary, revenue sharing and generous commission and benefit program

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February 27, 2006

Agency Positions:

Company: Airfoil (SE Michigan and Silicon Valley)

Title: Vice President (either location?)

Company: Burson Marsteller

Title: lost its COO based in Europe; no replacement named; decision on hold to fill position

Company: Cooper Katz, NYC

Title: lost SVP in charge of PR for Word of Mouth Marketing

Company: Edelman

Title: lost a VP, media relations, Chicago

Company: Frank About Women (Winston Salem No. Carolina)

Title: VP and also a New Business Development Leader (no specific level, but assume VP)

Company: Hill and Knowlton

Title: lost its Dir. US Corp. Practice in LA

Company: Horn Group

Title: lost its Managing Director in San Francisco (early 2006)

Company: Thunder Factory (Northern CA)

Title: lost a VP

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February 22, 2006

Preliminary information about searches:

Corporate Positions:

Company: AIG Group, NYC

Title: VP, Communications (Top post reporting to the new president. Korn Ferry has the assignment.)

Agency Positions:

Company: Edelman, SFO and Silicon Valley Office

Title: Openings at the EVP, GM level

Company: Ketchum

Title: SVP level, Director of Global Healthcare

Other Changes:

Company: Abbott Labs

Title: VP (Search on hold as of the end of 2005; the position was not funded)

Company: Aetna

Title: Lost its VP, Corporate PR

Company: Edelman

Title: Lost its SVP, consumer practice, LA

Company: Novaritis

Title: Lost its head of pharmaceutical communications

Company: Tyco, Princeton, NJ 

Title: No longer has a SVP of Marketing and Communications and will not fill the position

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February 8, 2006

Preliminary information about searches:

Corporate Positions:

Company: CIT Group, Inc., Livingston NJ

Title: Sr. VP level (reopened last Nov. current status not known)

Agency Positions:

Company: APCO Worldwide

Title: loses VP, Healthcare (no successor announced)

Company: Berns Communications Group, NY

Title: Vice President

Company: Bock Communications (high tech agency), Orange County, CA

Title: Vice President

Company: Edelman, NY

Title: Vice President

Company: Euro RSCG Magnet

Title: Lost their VP and deputy national technology practice leader (no replacement named)

Company: Feinstein Kean Healthcare (Ogilvy), Cambridge, MA

Title: VP/SVP Healthcare

Company: Fleishman-Hillard

Title: Managing Supervisor/Vice President Hispania

Company: Fleishman-Hillard

Title: Senior Vice President, Healthcare Public Relations

Company: Fleishman-Hillard

Title: Sr. VP, Business to Consumer Marketing, Chic.

Company: Gavin Anderson, NYC

Title: VP/Sr. VP

Company: GCI Group

Title: Vice President, Consumer Marketing

Company: GCI Group

Title: loses Senior VP Healthcare (no successor announced)

Company: Golin Harris -- Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles and Irving (CA offices)

Title: Tech PR positions at VP levels

Company: Manning Selvage & Lee, NYC

Title: Senior VP Healthcare

Company: Morrissey & Co., Boston

Title: Lost a Senior VP (no replacement named)

Company: Noonan Russo, division of Euro RSCG Life PR

Title: Vice President NYC (life sciences/healthcare)

Company: Padilla Speer Beardsley

Title: Vice President, (Health Care/Medical Device) Minneapolis

Company: Weber Shandwick, Boston

Title: Lost an SVP (no replacement named)

Company: Widmeyer Communications, DC

Title: Vice President, Business Development

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January 30, 2006 [Anonymous Contributor]

National Semiconductor reorganized its traditional communications functions under a communications VP. That role is being filled by the VP of worldwide marketing and sales on an interim basis. Human Resources seemed to think that a requisition will be opened for the position, possibly in the spring 2006.

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January 30, 2006 [Judy Cushman]

Here is an opportunity for senior executives to anonymously share with colleagues news about Vice Presidential searches and above. These may be the jobs a newly hired executive did not take. It may be news about developing searches before they are “officially” announced. Or, it could be information that tells colleagues to be on the alert for problems lurking below an attractive job description. This section will be as valuable as readers make it by their willingness to express their opinions and share information. Again, no sources will be revealed. I am starting this section with an informal list of jobs.

What firms are handling searches and what do we know about how good the job is, the requirements/compensation level? This is meant to be a clearinghouse for senior corporate officers who are interested in knowing what options there are.  Of course, these would be opportunities my sources are not interested in pursuing.

Also, if there were any information about the job or the hiring organization (e.g. they have been looking for so long; I’m not sure they know what they want. Or, this is an excellent opportunity for a hard charger who wants to work all the time and make a killing.) I would be happy to post all of this information on this page.

Preliminary information about searches:

Title: VP, Communications    Company: Sybase - Filled, see VP Hires & Above

Title: VP, Public Affairs (Some Public Affairs & Media Relations Experience)     Company: Chase

Title: EVP, Communications    Company: JC&A Client - life sciences company in Seattle

        (Offer accepted, no official announcement yet)

Recently filled searches:

Title: Sr. VP Level, Corporate Communications    Company: Washington Mutual

         (this position was recently filled by Sari Macrie from Cardinal Health)

Title: VP, PR    Company: Unisys

Title: VP, Shanghai Office    Company: Edelman

Title: VP, Media Relations/Communications    Company: Experian (Filled late 2005)

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