Jul 5, 2023
Sales Lead: Amy Heidersbach just became the CMO at DHI. Heidersbach previously served in the same role at Helping Hands Community. Now, she leads the digital marketing strategy, product marketing, demand generation, and branding for Dice, DHI's tech career marketplace that gets tech professionals in touch with employers. Reporting to CEO Art Zeile, Heidersbach will focus on generating marketing efforts that bolster client and candidate numbers and increase their engagement. She su...
Jul 5, 2023
Sales lead: Get in touch if you can offer ad space or agency assistance. Cart.com completed a Series C funding round worth $60m in June 2023. This brings the company's valuation to $1.2b. It plans on using the funds to meet customer demand, expand internationally, and innovate its products. In other news: Rachel Truair, the CMO we told you about last year, has left the company. The company named its co-founder, Remington Tonar, chief communications officer to replace ...
Jul 5, 2023
Sales lead: Get in touch to inquire about other agency opportunities & to offer ad space for the upcoming campaign. Etsy has completed the review we told you about in April. Orchard will now be taking care of Etsy's creative marketing. The agency's first task is putting together a holiday campaign to launch this winter. Target demographic: Gen-X & millennial women The company will likely: Review other agency relationships Continue moving ad dollars from digital t...
Jul 5, 2023
Sales lead: The recent hires will affect the company's marketing strategy & agency roster. Casper hired Jeff Willard as chief growth & marketing officer in May 2023. Willard spent the past several years as president of Healthy Lifestyle Brands. He brings industry experience from his stint as Simmons Bedding's marketing EVP. In the same month, Casper named Rebecca Traverzo media & activation VP. Traverzo handles media, digital marketing, data, and analytics. ...
Jul 5, 2023
Sales lead: Reach out to the new CMO for specific details regarding his plans. Peter Millar (PM) appointed Kevin O'Connor as CMO in June 2023. O'Connor joins from Apple, where he was the global buzz marketing and sports strategy lead. He is now responsible for PM's marketing initiatives. Target demographic: Male millennials & Gen-Xers The company will likely: Continue increasing ad spend Experiment with different ad channels Seek agency assistance Broadcast i...
Jul 5, 2023
Below is a compilation of WinmoEdge's top decision makers on the move published during the previous week. Why is it important to track decision makers? DM shifts, especially new hires and first-time CMOs, are the top new business trigger for agency changes, media spending shifts, and new martech investments. New DMs tend to evaluate changes in these areas and start making changes within a 3-12 month window. All of our decision maker shift reports can also be accessed under “Industry A...
Jul 5, 2023
Below is a compilation of WinmoEdge's top accounts on the move published during the previous week. We usually publish these recaps every Monday to give you a one-stop, quick glance destination for our top account shifts. This list can be accessed under “Accounts on the Move” or "Industry Analysis" once it moves off the front page of the site. As ever, you can see a list of the Top 100 brands we believe will begin an agency review in the next 3-to-12 months on our Vulnerable Accoun...
Jun 30, 2023
Sales Lead: Constellation Brands concluded the review we reported earlier this year by naming Initiative as its US media AOR. The agency will initially focus on bolstering Constellation's media efforts with a strategy centered around media innovation. This shift replaces Horizon Media, which picked up the business in 2009. Horizon will continue supporting Constellation through the transition, and the change in AOR status will become official in October 2023. The company ...
Jun 30, 2023
Sales Lead: Tata Consumer Products selected Mohit Agarwal as the seemingly first CMO of its US business, effective April 2023. Agarwal was previously the senior brand director of Diageo's incubator brands. The company will likely: Shift strategy Bolster US ad spend Make forays into additional digital channels Seek new agency partners Target demographic: A wide target demographic ranging from Gen-Z through Gen-X Additional spending insights: ...