Openings and New Hires at GrubHub, Boostability and Delivery.com
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.)
Kate McGee – Delivery.com
Food delivery platform Delivery.com recently brought on Kate McGee as VP of marketing. McGee will be based in the company’s New York City headquarters and is responsible for overall marketing initiatives for the platform. She was most recently VP of marketing at mySupermarket. Prior to that, McGee was director of marketing at Wag.com, and an investment banker at J.P. Morgan in the consumer/retail investment banking group. With her diverse background, she is bound to make some huge marketing advancements for Delivery.com.
Jonathan Zabusky – GrubHub
GrubHub’s President Jonathan Zabusky recently announced that he is leaving the company in August. In the past, Zabusky was CEO of food delivery service Seamless when it melded in with GrubHub around two years ago. In the newly formed company, he became the #2 executive while GrubHub co-founder Matt Maloney kept the CEO job. The company has no plans to replace Zabusky in the immediate future, as he is remaining president until August 3rd.
Time Inc. – Massive Restructure
Time Inc. decided to re-organize the entire wing of its communications team. Jaison Blair, was the VP of investor relations was promoted to SVP of investor relations and corporate communications. Existing VP of communications for Time, Fortune and Money, Daniel Kile is moving on up to SVP of brand communications.
Tom Price – Boostability
Tom Price was recently brought on by Boostability recently to handle their large-scale partnerships. His experience includes working for Mashery, AppSense, Symantec and Novell in sales and large national account roles. I met him at Mega Conference this week, where he told me about his five beautiful children. He’s incredibly motivated and seemed excited by the industry as this is his first time working with newpapers and yellow page organizations. I wish him all the best!
Jason Capodanno – Green Banana SEO
I was also finally able to meet the one and only Jason Capodanno at Mega Conference this week where I caught up with him on his new gig as GM of partner sales at Green Banana SEO. Green Banana is a pay-for-performance SEO company based out of Boston, where Jason is headquartered. He started in this industry in yellow pages at The Berry Company over a decade ago then went on to work for LocalTel among others.
Also on the move: Cox Target Media recently promoted Nicole Hampton from their Consumer Acquisition Targeting Director to their Director of Digital Product Development.…Nick Dionne was recently promoted by Mlive.com (an affiliate of Advance Internet) from their Senior Director of Digital Strategy to their new VP of Marketing and Digital Strategy… Ellen Stark was names executive editor at Money, she was promoted from their editor-at-large there… Henry Goldblatt just became the editor at Entertainment Weekly, most recently he was the deputy editor and brand director at People…
Plus where to look for jobs now…
Street Fight is advertising THREE open positions. Ask us.
Gannett is on the hunt for a VP of sales. Apply here.
Marriott seeks a VP of digital acquisition. Apply here.
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.
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.
BrainWorks is looking for a VP of marketing communications. Apply here.
Prosper is on the prowl for a VP of intelligence. Apply here.
Amazon is hiring a marketing specialist. 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.
RAIN is looking for a person to sell sponsorships and display. Inquire here.
Plus new talent looking now….
Texas-based local search guru and key executive. Incredibly talented, motivated and seeking a new opportunity.
Ohio-based revenue driver, interested in a new challenge. He has over 15 years of experience in local, sales, consulting and strategy.
Los Angeles big whig marketing talent, formerly a VP at a national marketing organization.
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.
L.A. based talent with a history in sales growth seeking a strategic advisory role, currently VP of Business Development at a national firm.
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.
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.