Openings and New Hires at Dex, Block Communications and Verve

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

Nada Stirratt – Verve Mobile
Verve Mobile recently announced Nada Stirratt as the company’s new chief executive officer. She will be succeeding Tom MacIsaac as CEO, bringing over 18 years of experience in the advertising technology space to Verve. She most recently served as Acxiom’s CRO, where she led a global team or 3,500+ associates and helped during their acquisition of LiveRamp. Nada also served as CRO of MySpace, executive VP of digital advertising at MTV Networks, and held leadership positions at Advertising.com, Moviefone and AOL. Impressive hire for Verve!

Leon Spencer – Dex
Dex has been on a hiring spree lately, most recently bringing on the digital marketing muscle of Leon Spencer, who has signed on as their digital marketing specialist. He’ll be working with SMBs and professionals to help them improve lead generation. He comes over from hibu where he had a title by the same name. In the past, he worked strategic roles at ABG, Media Blox and Nashville news station WVLT. In addition to his new role, he’s had his own branding consulting firm since 2012.

Brianna Bartlett – Tiger Pistol
Brianna Bartlett recently left Orange Soda, where she had been the director of business development. Tiger Pistol (named after a type of snapping shrimp) then pulled the proverbial trigger and brought her on board as its new head of business development. Brianna will be focused on building new partnerships for the marketing platform and with her past history of managing marketing for Coach, Abercrombie and other brands she is bound to make a name for them. Happy for you, Brianna!

Mark Mangelson – Degreed
Local vet Mark Mangelson has just joined new company Degreed, which helps people track all of their academic, professional, and informal learning. The company matches users to learning resources: courses, trainings, professional certificates, conferences, articles. He will be their director of enterprise sales. I first met Mark when he was at Clearlink and since then he’s been focused on the learning services industry.

Steve Fullbright – MultiView
Marketing platform MultiView recently announced the appointment of Steve Fullbright, as its chief operating officer. MultiView drives performance through targeting and performance. With more than 15 years of deep technical and strategic operations experience, Fullbright is the perfect addition to lead MultiView into new territory. Prior to MultiView, Steve was the SVP of global services at ReachLocal.

Tammy Rechin – Medallia
With 13 years of offline and online advertising experience, Tammy Rechin was a prime choice for the role of director of sales at Medallia. She’s been charged with leading sales efforts for the SaaS Enterprise Feedback Management (EFM) solution. Prior to this new role, Tammy was the national partner development manager at DialogTech. She was also the past director of business development at SIM Partners and an account manager at Dex back in the day.

Also on the move: Robert Hohman is celebrating a work anniversary, 8 years as founder and CEO at Glassdoor… Loren Baker blows out the candles for his 2 year anniversary as co-founder of Foundation Digital… Lori Morgan was recently brought on by Block Communications from WorldNow as corporate director of digital sales… Todd Carpenter celebrated his 11th year as President and CEO at Boone Newspapers.

Plus where to look for jobs now…

Street Fight is advertising THREE open positions. Ask us.

CivicScience is on the prowl for multiple roles. Inquire here

Soleo is hiring a digital media program manager. Apply here.

NBC Universal seeks a social media account coordinator. Apply here

Evolve Media is on the prowl for an SVP of marketing. Apply here

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

LookBooker is seeking experienced sales executives and a chief consumer officer. 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.

Gannett is on the hunt for a VP of sales. Apply here.

Marriott seeks a VP of digital acquisition. Apply here.

Plus new talent looking now….

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.

A yellowpage veteran with a broad understanding of the digital advertising industry, most recently his focus was market & competitor intelligence and marketing insights.  His background touches a broad range of functions giving me a unique perspective that helps guide senior management with insights affecting strategy, marketing, sales, finance and operations.

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.

L.A. based talent with a history in sales growth seeking a strategic advisory role, currently VP of Business Development at a national firm.

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

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.

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.