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Business Definition for: Account Director

  • a senior person within an advertising agency responsible for overall policy on a client's advertising account

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BBC World. (... who's who and who's new).(Simon Page new account director for North Asia)(Brief Article)
The BBC World has appointed Simon Page as account director, North Asia, based in Hong Kong, and Sarah Green as account manager, airtime sales, based in Singapore. Both will work under Sunita Rajan, ... The BBC World has appointed Simon Page as account director, North...
Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., sales
Research articles 2003-05-01
Publicis & Hal Riney Bolsters Sprint Account Team with Addition of Michael Goefft as Senior Vice President, Group Account Director; Account Management Veteran to Bring Vast Global, B2B, Consumer and Merger Experience to Team
SAN FRANCISCO -- Publicis & Hal Riney today announced the appointment of Michael Goefft as Senior Vice President, Group Account Director for the Sprint business. Goefft will join SVP, Group Account Director, James Gassel to comanage the Sprint account team, and both will be involved in all aspects of the...
Tags: account management, B2B, merger, Sprint Communications, team
Research articles 2005-05-04
Black Sun appoints new Group Account Director; Black Sun is delighted to announce the appointment of Bronwyn Millar as Group Account Director.
M2 PRESSWIRE-15 September 2005-Black Sun: Black Sun appoints new Group Account Director; Black Sun is delighted to announce the appointment of Bronwyn Millar as Group Account DirectorC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:14092005 Bronwyn takes on the responsibility of a number of Black...
Tags: Alliance & Leicester Plc., BG Group plc, Sun Microsystems Inc., United Utilities Plc.
Research articles 2005-09-15
Andrea Halberstadt named vice president/account director D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles/New York
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--December 2, 1994--Andrea Halberstadt, 32, has been named vice president/account director at D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles/New York. She handles Procter & Gamble's Always and Attends accounts. Halberstadt joined DMB&B/NY as an account director on Always in October 1993 and took on...
Tags: Business Wire, director, MARKETING, Procter & Gamble Co.
Research articles 1994-12-02
Scripps Networks. (People & Calendar).(BARBARA KALOSIEH to account director)(Brief Article)
Scripps Networks elevated BARBARA KALOSIEH to account director, affiliate sales, Northeast region. She had been regional manager, affiliate sales, Northeast. ... Scripps Networks elevated BARBARA KALOSIEH to account director, affiliate sales, Northeast region. She had been regional manager,...
Tags: E.W. Scripps Co., sales
Research articles 2003-04-28
ROYER SHIFTS TO ROSS ROY TO BOOST CHRYSLER IN ASIA: EX-BBDO EXEC WILL BE FIRST ACCOUNT DIRECTOR BASED IN TOKYO FOR AUTO BRANDS.
When ross roy Communications posted the opening for its first account director job in Tokyo, Fame Royer drove across town to apply in person the same day. When ross roy Communications posted the opening for its first account director job in Tokyo, Fame Royer...
Tags: Chrysler LLC
Research articles 1999-04-19
Peter Greene rejoins DMB&B New Yorkas senior vice president group account director
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--March 9, 1995--DMB&B/New York announced the appointment of Peter A. Greene to one of the agency's top account director positions.Greene, who worked for Benton & Bowles from 1974 to 1983 as senior vice president/management supervisor, will hold the title: senior vice president/group account director and lead the agency's...
Tags: agency, Business Wire, director, MARKETING
Research articles 1995-03-09
Anchor Packaging taps Shaw as nat'l account director
St. Louis -- Anchor Packaging named Gwen Shaw to the post of national account director for foodservice. Previously, she had been national accounts director for Sabert Corp. While at Sabert, Shaw worked with such chain operators as Applebee's International Inc., Arby's Restaurant Group Inc., Darden Restaurants Inc. and Yum! Brands...
Tags: Applebee's International Inc., Darden Restaurants Inc.
Research articles 2006-10-30
International Billing Services names Doug Drakeley strategic account director
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 24, 1995--Frank Delfer, president and general manager of International Billing Services IBS, a business unit of U.S. Computer Services, has announced the appointment of Doug Drakeley as IBS strategic account director.In his new role, Drakeley will be responsible for directing the ongoing relationship with major accounts to...
Tags: Business Wire, Cable, California, director, MARKETING, NETWORKING, Sacramento, TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Research articles 1995-04-24
Frontwire appoints new account director.
M2 PRESSWIRE-23 April 2002-Frontwire: Frontwire appoints new account director C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:23042002 Frontwire, the digital marketing specialist today announced it has appointed Stephen Pratley as Digital Marketing Consultant. Stephen joins Frontwire with over 10 years' of international...
Tags: Claritas, EMAP Plc.
Research articles 2002-04-23
Colby & Partners Adds Brad Booth As Senior Vice President/Account Director
Colby & Partners today announced Brad Booth has joined the agency as Senior Vice President/ Account Director. Booth brings 18-years of automotive advertising experience and will be responsible for managing the agency's American Suzuki Automotive business. Booth will report directly to Colby & Partners Executive Vice President and...
Tags: Colby & Partners
Research articles 1970-01-01
Man from Mars lands Kodak at Ogilvy; Grey executive leaves for new agency, account.(Brief Article)
Mike Hemingway, global director on the Mars account at Grey Advertising Worldwide in London, has joined Ogilvy & Mather in New York as worldwide account director on the $300 million international Eastman Kodak Co. account. Mike Hemingway, global director on the Mars account at...
Tags: agency, Eastman Kodak Co.
Research articles 2000-07-03
At Goodman Media International, New York: Sakura Komiyama, corporate liaison, Yahoo! account, Sony Corp. of America, New York.(ADVERTISING/MARKETING/PR)(Brief Article)
At Goodman Media International, New York: SAKURA KOMIYAMA, corporate liaison, Yahoo! account, Sony Corp. of America, New York, named senior account executive; OLIVIA DUPUIS, senior account executive, ... At Goodman Media International, New York: SAKURA KOMIYAMA, corporate liaison, Yahoo! account, Sony Corp. of...
Tags: Sony Corp., Yahoo! Inc.
Research articles 2005-05-16
EX-NISSAN EXEC LEADS HUNT FOR TBWA ACCOUNT CHIEF: MIGNANELLI CHARGED WITH FINDING PATTY SUCCESSOR ON $800 MIL CLIENT
In a strange twist of fate, former Nissan Motor Corp. USA President-CEO Tom Mignanelli is handling the search for a successor to Tom Patty as president-worldwide account director on Nissan at its agency, TBWA Chiat/Day, Venice, Calif. In a strange twist of fate, former Nissan Motor...
Tags: Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.
Research articles 1998-07-13
The Judge Group Hires Global Strategic Account Director
PHILADELPHIA -- The Judge Group, a professional services firm specializing in Technology Consulting, Enterprise-Wide Staffing and Corporate Training, announced today that Janet Harbour has joined The Judge Group as Director of Strategic Account Management. Ms. Harbour will be responsible for managing existing key accounts and developing new global accounts...
Tags: The Judge Group Inc.
Research articles 2008-10-21
Goldberg to lead Pfizer account at G2
DIRECT MARKETING and digital agency, G2 Direct & Digital, has named Dr. Daniel Goldberg as VP, group account director, to lead its Pfizer account for the agency's wellness practice.
Tags: Pfizer Inc.
Research articles 2007-11-01
Susana Sosa-Martinez to Lead Cartel Creativo's U.S. Army Account
SAN ANTONIO -- Cartel Creativo, Inc., a strategic partner to The Cartel Group, has appointed Susana Sosa-Martinez, a veteran of multicultural marketing and senior executive at the San Antonio-based communications agency, as Account Director for the U.S. Army, one of the nation's largest ad accounts.
Tags: U.S. Army
Research articles 2005-08-08
Wife 'bans' FBI director from online banking
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Tags: wife, phishing, FBI
News items 2009-10-08
People.
By Staff Bravo Group Federico Duberti was named account director for Hispanic marketing agency Bravo Group. He comes from Madrid-based Vitruvio/Leo Burnett, where he was account director for Spanish beer brands in the United Kingdom,...
Tags: EchoStar Communications Corp., marketing
Research articles 2006-10-09
Leo Burnett Pays $15.5 Million to Settle Allegations It Defrauded the U.S. Army
Leo Burnett has agreed to settle a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that it overbilled the U.S. Army by $20 million on its advertising account. The suit alleges that Burnett systematically overbilled the government by pretending that agencies it owned were independent subcontractors. It funnelled the excess billings into a secret account,...
Tags: Advertisement, U.S. Army, Complaint, Agency, Leo Burnett, Army, LBUSA, ILEO, Government, Vertical Industries, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2009-01-07