MOVERS SHAKERS
By Adnews Staff
Benchmark Porter Novelli has promoted four employees within its hardware, e-business and software practices. Lizanne McReelis and Eric Tang have both been promoted from senior consultants to managers, McReelis within the agency's hardware practice and Tang within the ebusiness practice. Trina Hendry and Susanne Gossage move up from consultants to senior consultants, Hendry within the software practice and Gossage within Benchmark's e-business practice.
Vickers & Benson Direct + Interactive has hired Debi De Santis as senior art director and Tabatha Martins as an account manager. De Santis will be working on the Bank of Montreal, Lennox and Sprint Canada accounts. She joins the agency from Impiric, where she worked as creative team leader/senior art director. Martins will be working on the Spring Canada, Canadian Tourism Commission and Canada Investments & Savings accounts. She arrives from Vertical Sky where she was strategic marketing analyst. Also recently promoted are Deni Baschiera, from account director to vice president account director, and Katherine Frech, from director of production services to vice president and director of production services.
The Score, formerly Headline Sports, has appointed Michael Gibbons marketing director. He will be responsible for increasing the profile of the network. Gibbons comes to The Score from Harrison, Young, Personen & Newell where he most recently worked as an account director. Also, Don Moen has been promoted to director of national sales. Moen previously served as national accounts manager.