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Top Social Media Career Moves of 2014
A lot of smart and capable folks made big career moves this year in the social media industry, and we are here to catch you up.
Tech and media companies continue to commit to social media teams. Big social media software vendors made some big hires.
Plenty of folks got promoted, made moves to new companies, and made the all to common switches from agency to brand to vendor to brand to agency.
This is our 5th year highlighting the top social media career moves. Also check out lists from previous years:
- 2010 – Top Social Media Career Moves of 2010
- 2011 – Top Social Media Career Moves of 2011
- 2012 – Top Social Media Career Moves of 2012
- 2013 — Top Social Media Career Moves of 2013
Take a second and congratulate these awesome folks for their big 2014 accomplishments.
In alphabetical order…
1. Natalie Andrews joins Wall Street Journal
as Social Media Editor at WSJ, formerly Social Media Director KSL TV
2. Jessica Berlin joins StyleSpotter
as Marketing Director at StyleSpotter, formerly Yahoo
3. Ashley Brown joins Spredfast
as Vice President of Social Strategy at Spredfast, formerly Coca Cola
4. Christine Cassis joins Pinterest
as Social Media Manager at Pinterest, formerly Gigaom
5. C.C. Chapman Founded Never Enough Days
as Founder Never Enough Days, formerly YSN
6. Nick Cicero founds Delmondo
previously at Expion
7. Gavin Donovan joins Trend Micro
as Senior Social Media Program Manager at Trend Micro, formerly Regus
8. Heather Dopson joins Social Media Examiner
as CMO Social Media Explorer, formerly Infusionsoft
9. Shawn Douglass joins Unified
as President Big Data and Analytics / CTO at Unified, formerly ServiceMesh
10. Brian Fanzo joins Broadsuite
as Chief Digital Strategist at Broadsuite, formerly iSocialFanz
11. Jessica Gioglio joins Sprinklr
as Head of Creative Lab at Sprinklr, formerly Dunkin’ Brands
12. Josh Groth joins Practice Fusion
as Sr Manager Social Media + Content Marketing Practice Fusion, formerly Apollo Group
13. Stephanie Haberman joins Sports Illustrated
as Head of Social Media & Audience Engagement, formerly NBC News
14. Chuck Hemann joins Intel Corporation
as Manager, Analytics, formerly Golin
15. Rachael King joins DogVacay
as Head of Communications at DogVacay, formerly at Sidecar
16. Kyle Lacy joins Open View
as Head of Marketing Strategy, formerly Salesforce
17. Joanna Lord joins Porch
as VP of Marketing, Porch, formerly Big Door Inc.
18. Christi McNeill joins The Patron Spirits Company
as Social and Digital Strategy at The Patron Spirits Company, formerly Southwest Airlines
19. Scott Monty joins SHIFT Communications
as Executive Vice President of Strategy at SHIFT Communications, formerly Ford Motor Company
20. Chris Moody promoted at Oracle
promoted to Director of Content and Social Strategy at Oracle
21. Katie Morse joins Nielsen
as VP, Social Media at Nielsen, formerly Billboard
22. Jeanniey Mullen joins Barnes and Noble
as VP Marketing NOOK by Barnes and Noble, formerly YellowBean LLC
23. Amber Naslund joins Sysomos
as SVP of Marketing, formerly Sideraworks
24. Lara Nicotra joins 16 Handles
as Social Media and Digital Marketing 16 Handles, formerly Liberty Travel
25. Ariel Norwood joins Viyet
as Social Media Manager at Viyet, formerly Whole Foods
26. Anthony Quintano joins Re/code
as Community Manager Re/code, formerly Freelance
27. Lara Ruth joins Weber Shandwick
as VP, Digital and Social Marketing Weber Shandwick, formerly Citi
28. Marji Sherman joins T3
as Senior Connections Strategist, Social at T3, formerly Kohler Co.
29. Karianne Stinson joins Priceline
as Social Media Manager at Priceline, formerly Media Brands Publishing
30. Lauren Teague joins Convince and Convert
as Strategist at Convince and Convert, formerly PGA Tour
31. Brooks Thomas joins Southwest Airlines
as Communications Advisor at Southwest Airlines, formerly AT&T
32. Aaron Lee Wei-Ren joins Post Planner
as Grand Master of Customer Delight at Post Planner, formerly Blinkd
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If we missed anyone, please add them in the comments so we can all give them a proper congratulations.
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