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New Hires at Oliver Russell

Oliver Russell in Boise has added two new faces to their staff:

Greg Herzog joins the agency as Account Supervisor, and Raechelle Clark as Account Coordinator.

From Oliver Russell’s website:

Greg joins the team from Creative Media Development, a leading integrated marketing company based in Portland, where he served as producer of direct response interactive projects and product launches for Cisco, Microsoft, and Autodesk, among others. His work experience spans nearly a decade as a strategist and manager in direct response.

Raechelle joins Oliver Russell from the Boise branch of the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Boise, where she was in charge of fundraising activities and cause-related marketing programs throughout Southern Idaho. Prior to that, she was a manager at the Arts and Culture Alliance of Coeur d’Alene and communications director at the Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce.

Greg will plan, monitor, and track campaign results to ensure optimal performance on behalf of our B-to-B and direct response clients, as well as supervise the account team. Raechelle will manage internal processes and assist in client communications to ensure projects run smoothly, with accuracy, and on schedule.

Congratulations to both.

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Headline Roundup

Duke study: TiVo doesn’t hurt TV advertising – via Triangle Business Journal

Bud Light to Be NFL’s Official Beer – via Wall Street Journal

BBDO Snatches Webby Agency Award – via Adweek

Industry Explores New Compensation Model for Talent – via Ad Age

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Headline Roundup

Just because we haven’t done one of these in a while… A few headlines from around the industry:

Local TV, Radio Ad Market Poised To Rebound: May Top $34 Bil By 2014 – via MediaPost

Welcome to the New Normal – via Talent Zoo

Employee Benefits – via Brandweek

Hiring Freeze Starts to Thaw as Agency Business Hunts for Talent – via Ad Age

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New Hires at Stoltz Marketing Group

Stoltz Marketing Group has added to their staff with two new hires:

First, Sydney Sallabanks has joined the agency as Public Relations Director to lead the agency’s strategic communications and public relations practice. with two decades of public relations experience, Sydney has particular expertise in media relations, crisis mitigation, public affairs, strategic communications, campaigns and signature events.

Prior to joining Stoltz Marketing Group, she was most recently was principal at Gallatin Public Affairs, where she was responsible for developing and implementing strategic communications plans and managing media relations for a diverse group of clients including the University of Idaho, Friedman Memorial Airport and Idaho Public Television. Before Gallatin, she was director of communications at University of Idaho, Boise where she served as regional press secretary to the university president and managed internal and external communications.   She is president of the Idaho delegation of the Public Relations Society of America and a board member and lobbyist of the Idaho Press Club.  She is a longstanding volunteer with local charitable organizations including Junior League Boise and Big Brother/Big Sister. A graduate of Leadership Boise, Sydney has also been honored as “Woman of the Year” by the Idaho Business Review and recognized as one of Boise’s “Accomplished Under 40.” She is a graduate of the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism.

The second new hire or note is, well…me.

No, this is not some belated April Fool’s Day joke.

I’ve joined Stoltz Marketing Group as Interactive Services Manager.  I’ll be working with a variety of key accounts, and will be involved with a number of client and agency initiatives in the online space.  Long-time readers of the Idaho Ad Agencies blog are familiar with my past experience and history, so I’ll spare you the details here.

But fear not, dear readers — the Idaho Ad Agencies blog will continue much as it has in the past.  Like the industry, it has evolved over time, and will continue to do so into the future.

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New Hires and Promotion at Red Sky PR

Red Sky Public Relations is growing again.

Most recently they’ve added to their staff with these new Account Executives:

Chad Biggs — Chad has been on both the client- and agency-side, as an Internal Communications Manager, and as a Public Relations Consultant for a variety of public and private companies.  He was involved in internal communications at Albertsons during their acquisition by SUPERVALU, and has also worked with clients in travel and tourism, healthcare, education and other industries.

Samantha O’Lea — Samantha recently relocated to Boise from the Los Angeles area, where she worked at the Los Angelese office of HL Group.  There, she was responsible for beverage, fashion, luxury lifestyle and design account management and strategic consultation.  She has also worked with other boutique PR agencies, and was a regular speaker at the University of California, Los Angeles.

In addition to the new hires, Alena Shea has been promoted to Account Executive.  Alena has been with the agency since January of 2009, and focuses on the agency’s national health, nutrition, and wellness clients.

Congratulations to all.