Execs & Accounts: Reprise, Pereira & O'Dell, Pandora
Joines joins Reprise as bizdev director; Pereira & O'Dell win Muscle Milk; Pandora Media hires a sales strategy VP.
Search and social marketing agency Reprise Media hires Jessica Joines. She was named director of business development. Previously, she was previously a training director at Mirren and VP of U.S. business development at Universal McCann.
Pereira & O’Dell is the new agency of record for Muscle Milk. b> The agency, which is helmed by former AKQA creative and media execs, was one of six agencies in the review process. Muscle Milk is a performance sports drink powder sold by CytoSport.
Pandora Media hired Aimee Higgins as VP, sales strategy and planning. She was most recently SVP, strategy and creative services at CafeMom, prior to which she led creative services for Fox Interactive Media. While there her teams provided centralized design and sponsorship execution for MySpace, IGN, AmericanIdol.com, Fox Sports, and other properties.
ContextWeb hired Mia Sossei as its Midwest director, based in Chicago. She joins from Q Interactive and replaces Spencer Lee, who left the company.
Last.fm founders are on their way out. Felix Miller, Richard Jones, and Martin Stiksel are preparing to leave the ad-supported music service two years after its acquisition by CBS. They announced their move in a blog post yesterday.
Social platform hi5 hired Peter Foster as chief advertising officer. Foster was previously SVP of sales for Kosmix and Photobucket.
