Openings and New Hires at Amazon, Swipely, and SweetIQ

Every two weeks, Kelly Benish — who knows practically everyone in hyperlocal — covers some of the latest job changes taking place in this dynamic industry. (Plus, scroll down for jobs on offer now.)

John Valentine – Swipely
John Valentine, recently left LevelUp to join Providence-based Swipely as the company’s new director of national sales. At LevelUp, his enterprise sales team sold custom-branded apps built on LevelUp’s mobile payment platform to merchants in the quick-serve and fast-casual restaurant spaces. Now he’ll be charged with selling Swipely’s cloud-based business management and payments platform, which helps restaurants use their own data to make informed decisions that grow sales. Congrats, John!

Tac Anderson – Amazon
Long-time Amazonian, Tac Anderson has announced on his personal blog that he’s taking a new position within the company, leading a centralized marketing team for Amazon Local. His post points to a wider roll out of local services for merchants including SEO and social media solutions being directly provisioned for SMB’s. Anderson was formerly a customer and product strategist at Amazon, and before that was VP of digital strategies at Waggener Edstrom, and social media strategic lead at HP.

Clark Gilbert – Deseret News
I’ve been fortunate to hear Clark Gilbert, the outgoing CEO of Deseret News and Deseret Digital Media speak at countless news media conferences in the past. Many in the newspaper space refer to him as a visionary and one thing is definitely clear; he is one of the most influential specialists in the arena of digital transformation. He announced this week that he’ll be leaving the company, with no word on what has planned next.  I look forward to seeing where he ends up. Best of luck to you Clark!

Bradley Wing – Sweet IQ
Marketing automation provider SweetIQ recently announced the company will retain Bradley Wing as VP of partnerships and platform. Wing joined the SweetIQ team last year and has become an integral contributor to their growth. With over 16 years of experience in digital and local search environments, he has a deep understanding of how digital search marketing supports corporate strategies.

Also on the move: iInside’s VP of sales Anne Marie Stephen has decamped to start her own consulting company, Kwolia… Jon Cohn has left Acxiom after a 14-year run to become SVP of data products at RealtyTrac… Bill Conaway, who was a regional account exec at Comcast, has recently joined CivicScience as VP of client development…

Plus where to look for jobs now…

Soleo is hiring software developers, a web developer, and digital media account manager, among other roles. Apply here.

Moz seeks business development talent based  in Seattle. Apply here.

Amazon is hiring a marketing specialist. Apply here.

Google is on the hunt for a Channel Programs Manager on the east coast. Apply here.

PocketMath is looking for an Account Manager in Washington D.C. Apply here.

Where2getit is hiring for almost a dozen roles, check it out and apply here.

Location3 is hiring all kinds of roles, check it out and apply here.

LocalVox is looking for a director of business development as well as a director of marketing. Apply here.

Fixya is also on the prowl for a product manager. Apply here.

Plus new talent looking now….

L.A. based talent with a history in sales growth seeking a strategic advisory role.

CEO for hire based in Dallas, TX – with 20+ years of history in startups, revenue growth, funding and management.

Business Development leader in Seattle – with more than 15 years of growing major national accounts and leading one of the top marketing platforms in the U.S.

Washington D.C. based talent looking for an executive or senior sales leadership position in a progressive, growth-oriented environment, preferably with equity potential. Well versed in consulting with over 16 years of experience at a powerful market research firm.

Business Development talent in the Los Angeles area, showing excellence in the online marketing space with over 10 years of experience.

I have a CMO in the Bay Area looking for a C-Level role in the location-specific business, he’s looking for a similar role at an up and coming / somewhat established startup.

Veteran in the digital media and paid advertising space. He’s located in Seattle and looking to move yesterday. He has the know-how and experience to bring the next company very far.

Detroit-based product and marketing leader with 15 years of experience.

If you are interested in any of these candidates or you would like to be featured as such, please e-mail me at [email protected] for more information.

Kelly Benish is VP of publisher development at CivicScience. You can follow her on Twitter @Lokellsearch.