New hire at 116 & West

116 & West recently announced that they’ve added Vanessa Pollitt to their team as an Account Coordinator in their Boise office.

Prior to joining the agency she was a Brand Specialist with Bodybuilding.com, and spent roughly three years with the Pac-12 Network before that. Vanessa has an MBA from the University of Oregon, and a BA in Sociology from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, according to her LinkedIn profile.

New hire at Senestre Creative

Senestre Creative recently added Josh Letsinger to their team as Marketing Manager. From their update on Instagram:

New hire at Stoltz Marketing Group

It’s been a few weeks since I first saw this, but hey — life’s weird these days, you know.

Stoltz Marketing Group recently added Nicole Coleman to their team as a Digital Marketing Manager, according to a recent post on Instagram and elsewhere.

Nicole was previously a Campaign Strategy Manager at Bodybuilding.com, and a Project Manager at Drake Cooper before that. She’s also been a freelance graphic designer, and graduated from Boise State University with a B.A. in Graphic Design.

New PR Director joins Oliver Russell

Oliver Russell recently announced that they’ve added Fiona Gwozdz (Gah- vusht) to their team as PR Director to head its public relations practice.

Gwozdz has broad experience working internationally and domestically for nonprofits, public affairs groups, public agencies, and PR consultancies. She most recently worked as a senior account executive at Edelman on its business and social purpose team. She is a graduate of the Clark Honors College, University of Oregon.

Gwozdz will work from her base in the Portland, Oregon, area, according to the agency.

Mercaldo on the move

Josh Mercaldo

As 2019 came to a close we got word that veteran account manager Josh Mercaldo made the move to Rizen Creative.

Josh has spent the better part of the past two decades in the agency world, first with Mediaphex, which later merged to become Wirestone (now part of Accenture Interactive), then Publicis, followed by a decade-plus with Drake Cooper, and most recently CLM.

He is a graduate of Idaho State University, and lifelong Toronto Blue Jays fan.