As we've reported before, social media and community manager positions are hot. Online women's shoe store Heels.com thinks so. They have hired Jason Keath to create and manage social media for them. He starts Monday.
Jeremiah Owyang announced in the On The Move category of his blog that Geoff Merrick has been hired by Ripple6. Merrick will be Vice President of Professional Services for the New York City based social media services provider.
Former VP of Business Development at PayPal Tyler Hoffman has been hired by richrelevance to be their Vice President of Sales. Hoffman joins the product recommendations vendor in a time of rapid growth.
Interactive marketing agency Enlighten announced yesterday that they have hired Chris Foley as their new Engagement Manager. According to Foley, she is "...thrilled to join a full-service interactive agency of this caliber".
Two months after launching to a lot of fanfare, the MySpace Music site has finally found its first CEO. The project is a separate but connected company created with investment from major music labels. Courtney Holt has taken the CEO position; his previous employers include MTV, Interscope Records and Atlantic Records. CNet has covered the saga extensively and reports that MySpace Music will soon launch ticketing and merchandise efforts in addition to its music streaming.
Web analytics and online marketing solutions company WebTrends has hired Jascha Kaykas-Wolff to be its new Vice President of Marketing. Kaykas-Wollf has held several senior management positions at Microsoft and was a Business Development Manager at Yahoo!.
We reported on 48 hires last week here at Jobwire and we're excited to offer you the first of what we hope to make a weekly break-down of the numbers.
See the graphs below for details on what kinds of positions are being filled and in what tech and media sectors. Don't forget to tell us about your new job or hire! You can email us at jobwire@readwriteweb.com
Project Lead for the Dojo Toolkit Alex Russell announced that he will be leaving SitePen to join Google. Alex will be working on Google's new web browser for Windows, Chrome.
Today, Twitter announced the acquisition of the assets and founder of Values of n. Founder Rael Dornfest, a well-known Portland-based engineer, author, and entrepreneur produced the popular personal productivity application IWantSandy.com, which helps keep users apprised of appointments and to-do's via email, SMS, and the Web.
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