This week has been one other revolving door of hires and promotions at manufacturers, from CMO appointments to high-profile exits.
We’re rounding up the U.S. and international advertising and marketing management strikes you must learn about for the week ending Jan. 23.
– Microsoft AI (MAI) has named Andréa Mallard as chief advertising and marketing officer (CMO). The exec, who left Pinterest in January after seven years, confirmed her new position in a LinkedIn publish. MAI is Microsoft’s devoted AI analysis lab, established in 2024. It’s led by DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman as CEO.
– In the meantime, over at Pinterest, Amazon’s former international model and advertising and marketing vp, Claudine Cheever, will assume the position of CMO. On the identical time, DoorDash and Spotify veteran Lee Brown will be a part of as chief enterprise officer, a newly created position.
– Former Salesforce and DocuSign exec Meghan Gendelman has joined artistic enhancing platform Canva as CMO, B2B. “My focus is straightforward and relentless: shifting Canva from the device individuals like to the platform organizations depend on at work,” she wrote on LinkedIn.
– Marissa Jarratt, govt vp and chief advertising and marketing and sustainability officer for 7-Eleven, has confirmed her departure from the enterprise after seven years.
– U.Ok. footwear retailer Schuh has appointed former Wieden+Kennedy exec Natalie King as CMO. She joins from Decorate, the place she served as international advertising and marketing director.
