May 4, 2009

Companies
Coming/going:  Ron Prince has been named associate publisher-marketing at InStyle, New York. He was at Ron Prince Consulting... YMI Jeanswear, Los Angeles, named Deke Jamieson as evp-licensing. He was at NDJ Consulting... Taher G. Behbehani joined Arbitron, Columbia, Md.,  in the newly created position of evp/chief strategy and business development officer. He was at Time Warner Cable... Black Broadcasting Network, Houston, hired Paul E. Waters Jr. as svp-sales/marketing. He was at Colours TV/OlympuSAT.

Agencies
Promotions:  At AbelsonTaylor, Chicago: William Long and Michelle Samenfeld to sr acct execs... Kevin Messing to exec crtv dir at Fry, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Coming/going:  Barker/DZP, New York, hired John Lu as vp/dir-interactive. He was at Crispin Porter + Bogusky... Jacobson Rost named Pat Goggin as chief strategy officer in its new Chicago office. He was at Leo Burnett Worldwide... Natalie Naquin joined Peter A. Mayer Advertising in its Baton Rouge, La., office as acct exec-pr. She will work on the Louisiana Dept of Economic Development account. She most recently served as press secretary to U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor from Mississippi’s 4th Congressional District... Susannah George hired as sr acct exec at CRT/tanaka, Los Angeles. She was at Advanstar Communications... Newly hired at Tunheim Partners, Minneapolis: Kristin Gast and Natalie Wires, acct reps. Both were previously interns... Sports and entertainment marketing firm Octagon, McLean, Va., hired Chris Higgs as co-managing dir of golf in the Athletes & Personalities Division. Higgs was working as a consultant since leaving the LPGA in January... Fletcher Martin, Atlanta, hired Brandon Sutton as vp/mngmnt suprvr. He was at Octane Interactive... Michael O’Brien, former president of the global consumer practice at Cohn & Wolfe, appointed evp/dir-New York client service at Ketchum. He is returning to Ketchum after leaving in August 2004... CBX, New York, hired Matthew Norcia as acct dir. He was at Interbrand... Cheil USA, Ridgefield Park, N.J., appointed Arun Bordoloi as exec strategy dir. He was at LinkShare... Holly Robinson joined Brokaw, Cleveland, as digital strategist. She was at American Greetings...

Accounts, Etc.
Delta Air Lines this week will extend its designation as “Official Airline of the PGA Tour, Champions Tour and Nationwide Tour” through 2010. Delta has been Official Airline Sponsor of the PGA Tour since 1988... CRT/tanaka, Richmond, Va., retained by Cambria Suites, a unit of Choice Hotels International, Silver Spring, Md., to provide strategic support... Northlich, Cincinnati, tapped as lead agency by the Ohio Lottery Commission... JS2 Communications, Los Angeles and New York, signed its first clients for its project practice: PRoject JS2: Rare Concepts Group, which develops restaurants; Maggiano’s Little Italy, an Italian American restaurant chain; Margo’s Bark, a manufacturer of microbrewed root beer that dedicates 100 percent of its profits to animal shelter dogs; Karlin+Pimsler, an advertising creative boutique... NES Group signed to create Sanctify inspired jewelry and watches for all levels of distribution. American Classics owns the Sanctify brand. 360ep negotiated... Highway retailer Stuckey’s, based in Silver Spring, Md., inked 360ep as its licensing agency... Crenshaw Communications, New York, tapped by Club Quarters to handle media announcement for the River Hotel, a new boutique lodging facility in Chicago opening in May... TheBANK of Edwardsville, with 21 locations in Illinois, retained Adamson, St. Louis, for brand planning and development services for the bank’s financial management group and investment services business unit... Nature’s Variety, St. Louis, maker of natural, holistic dog and cat food products, selected Jeff Dezen Public Relations, Greenville, S.C., as its lead PR agency... EverBank Financial, Jacksonville, Fla., hired Carton Donofrio Partners, Baltimore, as its
lead agency.