One of the most rewarding parts of watching the evolution of this industry we call social media, is seeing smart, talented people get rewarded in their careers. People like David Armano and Frank Eliason are social media pioneers who are now leading very talented teams, both as Senior Vice Presidents, at Edelman Digital and Citi, respectively.
There are several young faces taking leading roles at large brands, people moving from agency to brand, people moving from brand to agency, and maybe one of the more iconic moves belonged to Brian Dresher moving from old media to new media as he transitioned from USA Today to Mashable.
The following is a recap of some of the biggest career of the past year. We were looking for people working in significant social media roles that chose to take on new opportunities. We definitely missed some, so please help us out in the comments. Without further ado and in no particular order, here they are.
Frank Eliason (@FrankEliason)
From Comcast to Citi as SVP of Social
Shiv Singh (@ShivSingh)
From Razorfish to Pepsi as Head of Digital for PepsiCo Beverages
David Thomas (@DavidBThomas)
From SAS to New Marketing Labs as Executive Director
Paula Berg (@PaulaBerg)
From Southwest Airlines to Linhart PR as Digital Media Lead
Louis Gray (@LouisGray)
From independent to My6Sense as VP of Marketing
Jaime Punishill (@Jpunishill)
From Citi to Thomson Reuters as Global Head, Wealth Management Online
Brian Dresher (@bdresher)
From USA Today to Mashable as DC Area Director of Business Development
Shauna Causey (@ShaunaCausey)
From Comcast to Ant’s Eye View as a Senior Consultant
Zena Weist (@ZenaWeist)
From Embarq to H&R Block as the Director of Social Media
Justin Levy (@JustinLevy)
From New Marketing Labs to Citrix Online (technically 2011)
Blake Cahill (@bcahill)
From Visible Technologies to Banyan Branch as Principal [PDF]
Nick J Ayres (@NickJAyres)
From Home Depot to IHG as Social Marketing Manager
Julia Roy (@JuliaRoy)
From Coach to Manilla, a Hearst owned startup as VP of Marketing
Jessica Berlin (@JessBerlin)
From Cirque du Soleil to American Eagle as Social Media Manager
Angela LoSasso (@AngelaLoSasso)
From HP to BlackBerry as Director, Social Media Marketing for Research in Motion
George G Smith Jr (@GeorgeGSmithJr)
From RGA to Pepsi as Manager, Social Activation Strategy and Execution
Brian Simpson (@bsimi)
From Roger Smith Hotel for the Vikram Chatwal Hotel Group as Director, Digital Media
Kristy Bolsinger (@Kristy)
From RealNetworks to Ant’s Eye View as Social Business Consultant
Dave Fleet (@DaveFleet)
From Thornley Fallis Communications to Edelman as their Toronto team’s as Vice President of Digital
Jolie O’Dell (@jolieodell)
From Read Write Web to Mashable as a Social Media and Technology Reporter
David Armano (@armano)
From Dachis Group to Edelman Digital as SVP (technically December 2009)
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