executive hires

• Jellysmack Hires Former Refinery29 Exec Jenifer Geller To Head Up Beauty Sales
• Viacom Rounds Out Digital Talent Team With Hires From LOL Network, PopSugar

  Viacom’s Digital Studios division -- which it unveiled at last year’s NewFronts -- has announced two new hires on its talent and development team.

  
• Digital Network Collab Hires 2 Marketing Execs To Spearhead New Ad Unit

  Digital content studio and creator network Collab -- which made a name for itself as the de facto representation for a slew of early Vine stars like David Dobrik and Amanda Cerny -- has hired Dave Rosner to help spearhead its newly-launched ad sales unit.

  
• Kids’ Content Upstart Moonbug Names Former Netflix Exec ‘Head Of Americas’

  Moonbug, the U.K. and Los Angeles-based kids' content firm formed on the heels of the acquisition of Little Baby Bum -- the 13th most-viewed YouTube channel on earth -- and which also nabbed a cool $145 million in venture funding last December, has now tapped a storied digital media executive to help steer its American expansion.

  
• Abrams Artists Agency Names Katina Kontarakis Director Of Sales On Digital Team
• Jukin Hires Watchable Vet Craig Parks To Oversee Its Owned And Operated Brands
• Merch Platform Teespring Appoints New CEO, Gett Vet Chris Lamontagne
• SoulPancake Hires Two Senior Staffers Amid Move To New Beverly Hills HQ
• Netflix To Name Activision Blizzard Exec Spencer Neumann CFO
• Former Machinima Talent Exec Amber Howard Joins Abrams Artists Agency
• VidCon Names Former Nickelodeon Exec Sarah Tortoreti Its First VP Of Marketing
• Condé Nast Taps Tastemade Vet Oren Katzeff To Serve As Chief Architect Of Video Biz