With a rise in accounts comes a rise in promotions, good news for the following BBDO staffers: Joe Schroeder, Amber Askins, Brad Groves, Trace Jones, and Keisha Smith. Schroeder moves from Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Director of Management Information Systems to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Director of Management Information Systems. In short terms, he traded the Senior title in for an Executive one. Askins and Groves move up to fill Senior Account Executive roles and Jones and Smith became media buyers for the agency.

Staff additions to BBDO South’s account management team include: Deborah Von Kutzleben, Vice President/Account Supervisor, formerly with BBDO NY; Annie Misner, Account Supervisor, formerly with Interactive Planet; Mindy Carter, Account Executive, formerly with Laughlin, Marinaccio& Owens Advertising; Todd Willock, Assistant Account Executive, formerly a BBDO South intern; Ashley Brown, Account Coordinator, formerly a BBDO South intern; and Lauren Nubel, Account Coordinator, formerly a BBDO South intern. The creative services team bulks up with: Stacey Coker, Traffic Manager, formerly with Sawyer Riley Compton; Kimberly Dimson, Creative Traffic Coordinator, formerly with The Focus Agency (Dallas). Additions to BBDO’s media team include: Jennifer Breibart, Buyer, formerly with J. Walter Thompson; Michelle Mezrano, Buyer, formerly with Fletcher Martin Ewing; and Jackie House, Assistant Media Planner, formerly with The Daily Tar Heel.