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Cynopsis: Classified Advantage 12.07.10 Good morning – it’s Tuesday, December 7, 2010, and this is your weekly issue of Cynopsis: Classified Advantage! This edition includes the top job listings in the Television, Media and Ad Agency markets, professional development advice from national experts, your Q & A’s with our experts, and a summary of executive moves among top companies. I know a young lady, Marie, who works in Philadelphia. She loves the City of Brotherly Love and she bought a small house in a beautiful part of the city. Marie is very smart, very quick, and an extremely hard worker. And she is stuck. Background Marie went to a major East Coast university, and after her sophomore year, she was hired by said university to be a Professor’s assistant. She was the first undergrad to ever get this position within the business department. As part of her job, she often taught level 400 classes on Macro Economics, as a junior. I told you, she is really smart. When she graduated she worked for a company as an economist, writing daily articles about assigned sections of the world, and parts of the United States. She wrote beautifully and was constantly being quoted or interviewed by major newspapers and publications. She was on her way. Then a company contacted her that is based in her favorite city, Philadelphia. She took the job, got a raise and is now living in her small house. The new job was exciting, her boss was well educated, everything was going well. Stuck As I stated, her boss was well educated, but as it turns out, on paper only. He went to the right schools and has an impressive pedigree, but, is also sort of a dolt. He doesn’t cause problems, he does his work competently, but only just so. The management of the company keeps him around, because again, he looks great on paper and causes no harm. But the company also has no plans of promoting him, and he is somewhat forgotten. Of course, Marie didn’t know any of this when she was hired, but her co-workers soon informed her of the situation. Many people saw her potential and tried to get her moved to another department, but her boss refused. Marie was doing much of his work along with hers. He had it great and didn’t want to lose her. He’s not that stupid. After a year of other people trying unsuccessfully to get Marie transferred to another department, they stopped trying. She gets paid just enough to cover her monthly expenses, but it is more than most companies will offer a new employee. And now she is stuck. She is caught in this forgotten abyss the company has formed around her paper smart, life stupid boss, and she cannot get out. Her mind is too active, her ambition too great to sit by in this nowhere job, but every attempt she makes to get out is thwarted by either the dolt’s umbrella or personal financial concerns. She is becoming disengaged, and this wondrously brilliant person, has been plateaued at the tender age of 27. The solution sounds easy doesn’t it? It did to me, either get re-assigned or get out. But getting re-assigned isn’t as easy as it sounds, especially when her immediate supervisor desperately wants to keep her, and getting out would mean getting out of everything, including her beloved home. I like Marie, she is the kind of person who could make a real positive impact on any company, and right now, she isn’t making any. This makes her angry, and it makes me angry too. And I don’t know who to blame. She didn’t know her supervisor was the poster boy of insubstantial, and I understand, that while being incredibly selfish, with Marie around, he’s got it pretty good. Co-workers tried, so they get a pass. And because Marie had the bad luck of being placed with the forgotten but good on paper worker, the higher ups have no idea of what they are missing. So I guess everyone is to blame a little, but no one too much. Listen folks, we need all the Marie(s) we can get. She is tough, brilliant, talented, makes quick decisions that incorporate future consequences, and she is being absolutely wasted. So bosses, I know you’re busy but look closer at what you already have. There are Marie(s) everywhere, find them. Immediate supervisors, stop being so selfish. Being generous may not pay immediate dividends, but will usually work out for you in the end. Too many companies are being crippled by the economy, you need to put the needs of the many ahead of your own. And Marie, don’t give up, it will break my heart if you do. I know it’s hard, but someone who can make a difference, will. If you have any specific questions or topics of particular interest you’d like our Experts to address, please let me know! You can reach me – John Cox – directly at [email protected] . We are always on the look out for more Experts to advise our readers – if you’re a headhunter, job coach, career advisor, etc., and may be interested in contributing to this edition from time to time, please contact me at [email protected] . Dr. Gregory House, the grumpiest, pride-filled character on television. He’s an equal opportunist dispenser of meanness. While there are many times in the show that House should be ashamed of his behavior, there have also been moments where that goodness buried deep inside of him, presents itself, and he does something that he can be proud of. Which is of course, what makes us obsessed with watching him. Pride can be a great thing and pride can be detrimental to your success. Too many people let pride get in the way of fulfilling their dreams. For example: getting a supplemental job to keep you afloat during slow times or asking for help. If you fall into any of the following “pride traps,” let me give you some suggestions to turn the pride that’s holding you back, into something you can be proud of.
If the idea of taking these actions is making you feel angry, bitter, resentful, and stubborn, DO THEM DESPITE your feelings! Feeling proud is a much better feeling. It’s easy to wind up grumpy and alone like House, if you let your pride diminish the special person you are. Allow yourself to feel proud today! Jessica Sitomer,The Greenlight Coach,is a top Entertainment Industry Speaker and Coach and is the author of And…Action! Powerful, Proven, and Proactive Strategies to Achieve Success in the Entertainment Industry. To learn more about her, visit, www.TheGreenlightCoach.com . If you have any specific questions you’d like our Experts to address, please email them to me, John Cox at [email protected]. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE
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My boss gave me a very expensive bottle of wine for the holidays, but didn’t get anyone else in my department anything. I am a single woman, he is a married man. What should I do? Thank him and give him a holiday card wishing him and his WIFE/FAMILY (if there are kids) a happy holiday and New Year. Then go about business as usual. I would rather live in a world where I deserve an expensive bottle of wine for my hard work then a world where I focus on being giving gifts for the “wrong reason.” If he actually hits on you, as a single woman, I’m sure you’ve been hit on before and know how to reject a man with grace and poise. The fact that he has a wife and is your boss makes it much easier to let him down carefully without bruising his ego. If he doesn’t let it go, you have a choice to make which may include human resources or finding a new job. I am a black gay man. If you can give me some advice about how to get back in the game. I have been going through this for the past 3 years. My career started as a production associate and I worked my way to manager/project manager of an on-air department at a very popular cable network. I spent 11 years working at this network until I got laid off 8 months into my new promotion job. Was it fair??? No but what is fair in life. It took me 10 years to make it to that position. While my white counter-parts became managers and directors in half the time. I was one of a handful of people of color that held the position of manager or higher. I have always been told if you work hard and have a passion for what you love…you will go far. I find in the business of television and film it is hard for people like me to get opportunities. The doors don’t open for us all the time. I hear a lot of companies talking about diversity but when I go for interviews I often observe a sea of white and maybe a couple of black, brown or Asian faces. How does the person of color get experience when no one is hearing your calls? As much as we like to say that we are color blind I hate to say some employers like to hire what they are familiar with or comfortable around. Especially when 9 of 10 times the person that is hiring is white. I can only blame the economy for so much. It would be good to hear your insight on my situation and render some solutions. There is only one sentence in this question that I will answer “give me some advice about how to get back in the game,” the rest of it, is only keeping you stuck and limiting your ability to get work. I still have to address the rest though: Having coached hundreds of people who fall into the “minority” category (which as a woman I fall under as well), I can tell you, that successful people focus on their end goal, and anything that is an obstacle (and EVERYONE has obstacles, no matter what their sex, religion, race, or sexual preference), they find a way through, over, or around it. I once moderated a panel for a diversity committee. So many of the questions where geared toward the prejudices in the industry. Interestingly enough, no one on the panel wanted to address these types of questions. All but one said the same thing, “Sure I’ve experienced it, but I just ignored it and kept focused on the work.” The “all but one” said, “if it’s happened to me, I never noticed. I believe I get hired because of the person I am and the work I do.” Sadly, many of the audience members didn’t want to listen to what the panel was saying, and kept interrogating them for proof of the reason ‘they’ were not being hired. I finally had to interject by pointing out that they had a wonderfully diverse panel of extremely successful people, and that their time would be better spent asking them questions about how they became so successful, not trying to dig up obstacles that clearly didn’t stop them. So, onto your advice: 1. Create a contact list of everyone you know in the industry, what they do, and rate how well you know them. Then analyze your list. Do you know enough people who are in positions to hire you? If so, are you their number one or two phone call when they have a position? If yes, do they have a position open? My guess is no. Therefore you have to determine who is missing from your contact list and 2. Create a target list of people you want to meet. If you’ve already done this, 3. it’s time to get business advice and guidance mentors as well as meet a LOT more people. 4. Go to at least one networking event each week. 5. Volunteer to help in companies where no positions are open, but where you want to create relationships. These are the basics of getting work and you keep doing them over and over until you meet the person who is going to give you your next job. And for you in particular, I recommend you speak to people in other industries who are successful, as well. The reason is because you made a statement about “the business of television and film” and you will learn that there are obstacles to getting jobs in any industry. The obstacles may be different, or maybe not, but the one thing that will play a major factor in you getting back in the game with be a change in your outlook moving forward, staying focused on the job of getting the job, and then being successful at that job. I say you focus on staying “in the handful.” You made it that far once, which means it can be done. Jessica Sitomer, The Greenlight Coach, answers an entertainment industry question daily at www.AndActionBook.blogspot.com . Have a question for our experts? Send it to [email protected]
field pitches, identify trends, and help establish the strategic development goals for Alternative programming
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NBC Universal Universal City CA http://www.nbcunicareers.com / OTHER INDUSTRY JOBS OF INTEREST … creates/updates reports on deals, inventory and revenue the voice of the consumer and leads the rest of the company to deliver customer centric technology driven marketing solutions for our clients responsible for annual/quarterly revenue forecasts and budget models for Kids and Family networks manage the full system development lifecycle of ad sales data warehouses and reporting systems support senior members of the team during account pitches, including concept ideation, consumer insight research, pitch presentation, and supporting data to make the sale write and produce promos and branded content as part of the Logo Creative team handle business and legal affairs matters across various Comedy Central departments, with a special focus on acquisitions and new media/digital/ancillary distribution executing the planning, logistics, budgeting and oversight for multiple brand campaigns as well as all day-to-day operational needs of the department oversees the live-action properties on Nick.com, including show sites for iCarly, True Jackson, Big Time Rush, Victorious & The Troop supporting the VP of Database and Analytics with outlining the scope, size, cost and time line of various CRM and database development projects, as well as developing action plans on how to achieve the outlined design specifications design audience development and traffic plans for each website in the News Group develop digital marketing capabilities to drive increased revenues and profits from sales to consumers of print and digital content sales and maximizing revenue in Latin American territories, following an HBO Latin American window shepherding an advertising order from checking inventory availability to managing campaign delivery to ensuring accurate invoicing generate a strong mix of ideas for the magazine’s front-of-book diet and fitness section, as well as diet features revenue closure, account relationship building, customer satisfaction, partnership with TV counterparts, and product implementation success P&L, liquidation processes, headcount and financial oversight for the planning and reporting cycles preparation and analysis of external financial reporting generate Upfront and Scatter media plans that maximize the use of inventory while fulfilling agency/client requirements revenue goals for new business at WNJU Telemundo 47 lead the Digital Ad Sales planning and account management team for CNBC.com produce and/or coordinate the production of timely and relevant pre-game shows, halftime shows and promotional content responsible for all aspects of game and feature creation, technical implementation and maintenance of the current MaxPart infrastructure as well as the exploration of new games drive overall success of ESPN International’s live event broadband video players with a focus on growing key metrics such as audience, engagement, and revenue oversight of editorial content, booking and staffing guide the comprehensive development and execution of strategic programs to support field sales activities, linking together event marketing and communication strategies in order to drive brand engagement project manage and implement the production of short-form content for assigned Digital Media business units must have a keen eye for design and a solid background working with WPF or Silverlight will read and edit contributed content from staff writers, freelancers, press releases and wire stories position our company for the future, solving new and emerging methodology, data, measurement and reporting challenges that will affect our businesses in a significant way in the near, and more distant, future ensures the S&P review of Cartoon Network’s Original and Acquired Animation, Live Action and Alternative program content at all stages of production for compliance with the Network’s guidelines focus on strategically growing the TVinContext product as an industry differentiator as well as a company wide innovation and tool for future market penetration provides high level strategic oversight of PR efforts supporting the Turner Network Sales leadership team managing and executing specific aspects/work streams with strategic consulting projects and web development efforts managing and overseeing multiple strategy projects within a client, mentoring and growing Senior Consultant and Consultant level employees leading the creative strategy and vision within individual business units assisting in production and delivering daily news headlines for a four hour daily morning newscast for WWJ-TV CBS Detroit revenue closure, account relationship building, customer satisfaction, partnership with TV counterparts, and product implementation success assists the VP/Digital & Interactive Media with client acquisition (presentations and contract negotiation) help launch and manage social media presences for clients on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Ning, YouTube and other relevant social media/collaboration sites understand the social listening landscape and assess the strengths/weaknesses of social listening technologies and vendors operating in this space generate monthly billing for clients, including creation of manual events, input of contract billing information, selection of invoice sets, and creation and mailing of invoices manage and deliver medium-sized projects (3-10 members) on-time and on-budget assume responsibility for project negotiations and preparation of and documentation for, acquiring television product and other rights on an acquisition, co-production and commission basis responsible for overseeing Production Assistants cutting highlights for the Final Score and any other Programming that our department produces Music Production Cuesheets from creation to submission and audit analyzes collective bargaining agreement to develop interpretation of intent, and terms of contract direct digital marketing campaigns for multiple films (7-9 annually) creating and executing project plans for multiple projects prepares marketing presentations by analyzing a program performance on broadcast or cable television, and exploring and developing angles that distinguish Warner Bros. programs as more desirable purchases than competitive programs primary Digital Media solution architect for DETE, MARS, EVD, MSB and TOPS ownership for the synthesizing the overall business process and application solutions through interpretation of client business requirements owns the synthesized view of the overall Residuals Business Process Solution, reviewing user enhancement requests to ensure validity, and reviewing the business process after implementation to ensure it is operating as designed manage music video acquisition process in two cities, from arrival to broadcast creating, producing and managing multimedia content for mun2’s website conceptualize, design, develop and animate broadcast design projects for the network such as ID’s, show opens, animated banners, promo and marketing material daily application operations of the .media Custom Stack in New York and Los Angeles for three mission critical applications provide leadership in developing viable content protection and filtering options with ISPs, consumer electronics device manufacturers and other technical intermediaries in digital theft platforms revenue closure, account relationship building, customer satisfaction, partnership with TV counterparts, and product implementation success provide HR counsel to Managers on employee relations issues, ensuring fair and consistent enforcement of policies and practices driving & coordinating all cross-functional aspects of internal or externally-created entertainment projects from inception to market and evolving once in-market work collaboratively; sketch, prototype, design, concept, and wireframe together with developers, designers, writers, and analysts high level of collaboration with multiple content strategists, IAs, designers, etc. executing solid interactive designs that speak to creative and art direction provided coming up with ideas on assigned projects and creating design solutions that meet requirements outlined in the creative brief lead CNET’s social and community strategy and development successful delivery of large-scale client engagements and/or multiple smaller engagements for a single client ~ RECAP: THIS WEEK’S CYNOPSIS CLASSIFIEDS & INTERNSHIPS ~
ATTENTION JOB RECRUITERS FOR THE TELEVISION AND ADVERTISING INDUSTRY – send us your contact information so we can begin to build a database for referrals. We get people all the time around the country asking us for names of local recruiters. Help us out – send us your contact information, name, company, address, phone, email and fax. NY and LA are great, but we also need names of firms in Chicago, Dallas, Miami, Atlanta, DC, and elsewhere. We have people to send you! Email your info to [email protected]. JOB OPENING: ACCOUNT DIRECTOR, AFFILIATE SALES/ Current TV/NYC: 5+yrs sales, marketing and acct. mgmt in affiliate distribution. Strong acct. relationships with top 10 MSO’s a +. Travel req’d. Resumes to: [email protected] (12/11) JOB OPENING: ASSOCIATE DIR PRIME & ASSOC DIR NEWS/ABC TV/NYC: Create, maintain, implement Ad-Sales related marketing efforts for all Prime/News related assets of network 5+ yrs exp in media disneycareers.com Reqs: 272120 & 272118 (12/11) JOB OPENING: TRAFFIC COPY/LOG COORD-NY: Willing to learn, good attitude, attn to detail in fast paced- enviro. Steward air for continuity, accuracy.Work w/AEs & Agencies.Train to back up log editor. [email protected] (12/11) JOB OPENING: SUPERVISOR, ONLINE PROGRAMMING/iNDEMAND/NYC: Handles all content info and programming for storefronts + supplier relationships. Degree+2-3 yrs cable/online media. Apply: [email protected] (12/11) JOB OPENING: MANAGER, VOD PROGRAMMING/iNDEMAND/NYC: Programming, scheduling & negotiating for content. Degree + 5 years in programming/scheduling/cable. Heavy Excel. Apply: [email protected] (12/11) JOB OPENING: HBO DIRECTOR, INT’L DISTRIBUTION Latin American Sales/NYC: Min 3 yrs exp in licensing feature films, TV series & movies to broadcasters in Latin America. Fluency in Spanish req’d. Apply: http://bit.ly/g3kMdP (12/11) JOB OPENING: CREATIVE DIR/SR COPYWRITER/TBS/TNT/ATL, GA: Creative Director/Copywriter TV marketing/promos req., innovative, cutting edge, strong writing skills Resumes: [email protected] ; www.turnerjobs.com Ref. #120534BR (12/10) JOB OPENING: MKTG & PRODUCT MGR/NatGeo/DC: Optimize Home Ent bus. (pkgd media & digital) across int’l mkts. Asst w/ negotiation of distr. agreements. 5 yrs exp in int’l mkt/bus pref’d. Apply: nationalgeographic.com/jobs ID 4373 (12/10) JOB OPENING DIR SALES OPS/NBC/NYC: Collaborate w/ Pricing/Plan’g, IT, Sales& external partners to design/deploy func reqs& logic of1stx-platform ad ind sales& reporting sys. Apply: [email protected] ID: 1283541 (12/10) JOB OPENING MGR, AD SALES MKTG/NYC/Multimedia Co: Ideatio, n, proposal writing & execution of integrated sponsorship programs. Strategic, creative thinker, can juggle multiple projects. 4+yrs exp, incl. digital. [email protected] (12/10) JOB OPENING: ANALYST, PROGRAMMING RESEARCH/TV Land/MTV Networks/NYC: Ratings analysis, 1 yr TV research exp. Analytical/numeric/detail/data interpretation skills/Knowledge Nielsen systems. EOE/M/F/D/AAP www.mtvncareers.com (12/10) JOB OPENING: VP SALES DVLPMNT & MRKTNG/NYC/ ABC TV: dev strtgy & presentation materials to drive adv & promo sales efforts of ABC’s assets 10+ yrs media biz digital exp a must Please apply disneycareers.com Req: 272119 (12/9) JOB OPENING: ONLINE ADV ACCT MGR/ ABC TV/NYC: Coord spnsrshp/ media campgns, proj mgmt, anlyze perf rprts, test creative assets 1+ yrs of exp Please apply: disneycareers.com req: 266583 (12/9) JOB OPENING: TRAFFIC COORD/Comcast Networks/NYC: 2+ yrs exp req. Prepare com’l spots & logs for air. VCI exp pref. www.ecentralmetrics.com/url/?u=1683482366-335 (12/9) JOB OPENING: VP, Digital Sales/The Hub/NYC: Must have strong digital sales and mgt experience, preferably at broadcast net and/or major cable net. Apply at http://thehub.catsone.com/careers (12/9) JOB OPENING: CONTENT SALES MGR (3)/Thought Equity Motion/NY LA CHI: World leader in video licensing. Expert ideation, consultative & relationship sales exp. More info: http://corporate.thoughtequity.com/ Res: [email protected] (12/8) JOB OPENING: DIGITAL PLANNER/NEW YORK: Support Digital AE’s thru Ad Sls PP&I in efforts to maximize ad revenues. Apply: www.aetn.com/careers https://www.abso.com/jobboard/Default.aspx?JOBBOARDID=618&JobDetail=84079 (12/8) JOB OPENING: DIGITAL RSRCH MGR (E!/Style/G4/)LA: Analyze & track online & mobile properties. Distill data into meaningful analyses. 4yrs a, n, alytics exp & degree pref’d. Omniture Site Catalyst a must. Apply: [email protected] (12/7) JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR, TALENT/Nickelodeon/NYC: 5+yrs Talent Booking Exp, Est. contacts w/in Ent Biz for booking, Knowledge of NICK brand/popculture/current trends, EOE/M/F/D/AAP. Apply www.mtvnetworkscareers.com (12/7) JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR, INTEGRATED MARKETING/NEW BUSINESS/Nickelodeon/NYC: 6+yrs marketing brand creative exp, Knwlge all media plats, Partnership/Brand Mgmt/Entertainment exp A+, EOE/M/F/D/AAP. Apply www.mtvnetworkscareers.com (12/7) INTERNSHIPS – These positions are for credit only – nobody gets paid here. These ads are always posted for free , and students work for school credit only. For more information on the specs for posting an Internship ad, email Trish at [email protected]. SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: ON-AIR Dept/iN DEMAND/NYC: seeking interns to help in in-house edit facility logging, viewing reels, tape dup. Apply: [email protected] (12/11) SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: MARKETING & PR Depts/iN DEMAND/NYC: seeking intern to support marketing activities and publicity for movies, sports and events. Apply: [email protected] (12/11) WINTER/SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: PROD INTERNS/NBC STUDIOS/NYC: completion of at least two yrs of college level courses related to field of interest is pref’d Proficient PC skills good organizational skills a must. Resume to: [email protected] (12/10) WINTER/SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: Development Company seeking part time intern in Times Square area. Looking for smart, funny and reliable person for research on new shows. Good writing skills a plus. Contact [email protected] (12/7) WINTER/SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: MARKETING INTERNSHIP/Univision Sales/NYC provides practical experience in the communications industry and teaches daily operations within sales and marketing for Univision.com. Send resumes to [email protected] (12/7) WINTER/SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: MARKETING/OUTREACH INTERN/WordWorld/NYC: Write marketing documents and assist with admin needs. Desired skills: strong written and verbal communication, creativity, tech savvy. Res/cov ltr to [email protected] (12/7) ~ RECAP: THIS WEEK IN EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
John Ford joins ION Media Networks as President/Programming based at the company’s New York office. John, as part of the network’s senior management team, will supervise all facets of ION Television’s content efforts encompassing continued acquisitions, potential originals, scheduling and creative strategy and positioning. John will additionally work closely with Marc Zand who was promoted to EVP/Content Acquisitions and Digital Networks. Marc will manage the network’s TV series and movie pick-ups and negotiation activities. Marc reports to John Ford and also continues to head ION’s digital channels Qubo and ION Life. FremantleMedia tapped Kim Ardal as Managing Director for Blu, the company’s production unit in Denmark. Kim will head all development and production operations for the Danish production unit, working in tandem with multiple divisions within FremantleMedia and reinforcing current relationships with broadcasters and other non-broadcast partners in the region. Based in Copenhagen, Kim will report to Daniela Matei, CEO Nordics, Central Eastern Europe and Balkans, FremantleMedia. Bleacher Report, publisher of original sports-targeted editorial content, appointed Patrick Keane to its Board of Directors and further added two sales directors. Patrick previously was CEO at Associated Content. Brian Kelly will become West Coast Director of Sales joining from CBSSports.com and Ryan Gould was hired as East Coast Director of Sales coming from Burst Media. Entertainment Studios, Inc. has employed Jason Charles, Mario Giampaolo and Joanna Kuebel as VPs/Sales and Marketing for the company’s Domestic Syndication unit. Strategic media agency, Media Storm hired Judy Vogel as Director/Insights and Analysis. Judy joins the agency from PHD where she served as SVP/Director of Research. In her new position, Judy will be based at Media Storm’s New York office and will head media research support for the company’s buying divisions in addition to creating custom research for clients among other duties. Canadian-based Muse Entertainment Enterprises announced it is expanding by opening a new office in London and has appointed Cynthia Kennedy to oversee operations in London as Director/International Sales. Cynthia is charged with selling Muse Entertainment’s productions encompassing TV miniseries, TV movies, series and family programming to television and cable networks and DVD distributors globally. Nancy Mazzei takes on the new position as VP/Design at The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC). Nancy will manage design efforts for the network’s on-air and digital assets in addition to supervising a team of graphic artists. She will be located at TWCC’s Atlanta headquarters, reporting to Bob Walker, EVP/Marketing and Cross-Platform Development. Fran Pessagno was added at MediaVest USA as EVP/Managing Director where he will offer oversight of the company’s Comcast AOR and be a part of the Executive Committee. Fran is based in New York and reports to Bill Tucker, CEO. Previously, Fran was Director/Operations at OMD East. OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network named Darren Olive as VP/Digital Media Advertising Sales and Jill Buzas as Director/Advertising Sales, Midwest Region. Darren and Jill both previously held positions within Discovery Communications’ ad sales division. At OWN, Darren will lead a national digital sales team while based in New York. Jill will head the Chicago office for OWN and manage the Midwest Region sales efforts. Premier Retail Networks, Inc. (PRN) tagged Dr. Raymond Pettit as VP/Market Research. Prior to this appointment, Raymond was President of ERP Associates. Canada’s CTV announced Robert Hurst, President /CTV News and Current Affairs, will be soon be leaving the company though will remain with CTV News until his replacement is named in the next several weeks. Producer Louise Clark has established a new production venture named Lark Productions in Vancouver and will serve as President. In addition, Erin Haskett was tapped as VP/Development. The new entity will develop scripted and non-scripted content for Canadian and international markets. Veria TV named Gabriella Messina as Head/Programming, effective immediately. Gabriella will report to Hal Rosenberg, GM and her responsibilities include overseeing the strategic development and acquisition of original TV content for the company’s TV network and website. Previously, Gabriella was Executive Producer/Digital Video at Scripps Networks. Longtime recruiter Carrie Pryor is taking the helm of the new venture Greenwich Harbor Partners based in New York City. The goal of her new company is to target executives in the areas of entertainment, media and technology. In two months, Jana Bennett will be joining BBC Worldwide as President/Worldwide Networks and Global iPlayer. When Jana begins next February she will have oversight over BBC Worldwide’s wholly-owned BBC-branded channels in addition to BBC Worldwide’s 50% shareholding in UKTV. She will further head the Global iPlayer which is due to launch in the first half of next year. Sean McManus, President/CBS News and Sports announced David Berson was appointed EVP/CBS Sports and President/CBS College Sports. David will begin his new position January 3 where he will be an integral part of all facets of CBS Sports’ operations, reporting to McManus. David will also head CBS College Sports Network and manage the daily operations of the cable sports channel. Prior to this position, David was EVP/Programming Planning and Strategy at ESPN. WNET has added Harvey Seslowsky as Senior Director/Local and National Advertising and Jennifer Kirby as Senior Director/Foundation Relations. In his new position, Harvey will manage WNET’s national and local sales efforts reporting to Kerry Kruckel Gibbs, VP/Development. Jennifer will supervise the organization’s grants funding on behalf of WNET’s series and community initiatives and programs. She also reports to Kerry Kruckel Gibbs. Furthermore, WNET hired Patrick O’Connell as Senior Major Gifts Officer, reporting to Carey Bartram Meltzer, Director/Major Gifts and Laura Gordon as Foundation Relations Specialist. Effective immediately, Kevin Adell, CEO of The Word Network will continue in this role and will additionally assume the title of President of the religious broadcast company, replacing outgoing President Lewis Gibbs. Additionally, Steven Antoniotti was named as the new President/GM of WADL-TV, owned by Adell Broadcasting Corporation, also succeeding Lewis Gibbs. Previously, Steven served as VP/GM. Bravo promoted David O’Connell to SVP/Production and Operations and further named Christian McLaughlin as VP/Production. David will carry on production management for Bravo, overseeing all details pertaining to the production of original series and specials. David is based in Burbank and continues to report to Frances Berwick, President, Bravo Media. After joining Bravo from VH1, Christian will oversee the production of Work of Art: The Next Great Artists, Rocco’s Dinner Party and Roble & Co (wt) among other series. Christian is located in New York and reports to Shari Levine, SVP/Production, Bravo. Discovery Communications elevated Alyson Jackson to VP/International Production Management, reporting to Lee Bartlett, EVP/Global Production Management, Business and Legal Affairs. Ilana Susnow takes on new responsibility as VP/Marketing with NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution. Ilana will relocate from Los Angeles to New York for this new role where she will supervise all marketing efforts across the unit’s sales teams including advertiser and cable sales. Ilana will report to Donna Mills, SVP/Marketing, Communications and Affiliate Relations, NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution. Joseph Powers assumes the role of LSM for WTVT FOX 13 in Tampa, part of the Fox Television Station group, effective immediately. Joseph will manage the sales efforts, reporting to Shawn Gossett, VP/GSM. Vme tapped Patty Marrero as SVP/Director of Sales based at the network’s national offices in New York. Patty will be in charge of all national advertising and sponsorships in addition to managing Vme’s sales operations and the national sales team. Prior to this appointment, Patty served in sales positions at Univision and Galavision. Eric Kuhn is joining United Talent Agency (UTA) in the company’s digital media department. In Eric’s newly-created position at UTA, he will work to target opportunities for clients via social media. Most recently, Eric was with CNN as the network’s Audience Interaction Producer. Later — John Cynopsis Ad Sales: Member of Interactive Advertising Bureau (iab) To subscribe to any Cynopsis edition(s) click here . Cynopsis Media LLC All outgoing e-mails are scanned and sent out virus free. Copyright Cynopsis 2010 To unsubscribe from future mailings, please click here. |
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