Job Shuffle - July 08
Published: Jun 27, 2008
Who: Sylvia Law
To: SMRT Media, senior account manager
From: SPH MediaBox Office Pte Ltd, account manager
Law joins SMRT Media in a newly created role due to the expansion of the account servicing team. She will be tasked with driving revenue for various media spaces under SMRT Media and fostering long-term relationships with clients. Law will report to Jennet Kho, account director for SMRT Media.
Who: Tham Lai Yee
To: SMRT Media, account manager
From: Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Youth.SG portal manager
Tham also joins SMRT Media (with Sylvia Law) in a new role due to the expansion of the account servicing team. She will drive sales revenue and service existing and potential clients. Prior to her stint at Ministry of Community Development for Youth and Sports, Tham was also account executive for Akatsu-DK Singapore. She will report to account director Jennet Kho.
Who: Rowena Lim
To: Kadence Asia-Pacifc, project director
From: Jollibee, manager
Lim joins Kadence in a newly created position, and is responsible for client relationship management, being the key contact for Asia Pacific customers throughout a project. Prior to her stint at Jollibee, she was research executive at research agency TNS. She will report to Katherine Byrne, associate director at Kadence Singapore.
Who: Evelyn Tan
To: TBWA\ Singapore, account manager
From: Saatchi & Saatchi Singapore, brand manager
Tan joins TBWA\ Singapore as part of its account management team, managing brands such as Sentosa and Bata. During her stint at Saatchi & Saatchi, she managed the UOB account and worked various brands such as Fancl and Raoul. She previously held positions at Euro RSCG and Crush Advertising. Tan will report to senior account director, Rachelle Lee.
Who: Frances Koh
To: Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts, marketing communications manager
From: Hilton Singapore, marketing communications manager
Koh will be responsible for the development and implementation of internal and external brand communications strategies for the hotel group across the Pacific region. Prior to her stint at Hilton Singapore, Koh was based in Macau under Wynn Resorts and an assistant marketing communications manager at Four Points by Sheraton Shenzhen. Koh will report to Kevin Croley, senior vice president of sales and marketing.
Who: Pete Heskett
To: JWT, SEA planning director
From: BBH Shanghai, head of strategic planning
Heskett joins JWT after a three-year stint at BBH Shanghai in a newly created position, with the primary responsibility of directing and leading the quality of JWT’s account planning in the region. He will also lead the agency’s planning discipline in Southeast Asia, working with the agency’s global and regional clients. Heskett will be based in Singapore, partnering with GuanHin Tay, executive creative director for JWT Southeast Asia.
Who: Melissa Tham
To: Discovery Networks APAC, vice president of communications
From: Discovery Networks APAC, director of communications
Tham has been promoted to head the up the regional communications team and will oversee strategic communications for Discovery across the region. Prior to Discovery, Tham was network communications manager at MTV and marketing communications manager at Nike SEA. She will report to Tom Keaveny, EVP and managing director, Discovery Networks APAC.