October 2009 Archives

Adam Bookbinder Promoted to DD for Departures

After Bernard Scharf's move to AMEX sister magazine Travel + Leisure, Adam Bookbinder has been promoted to the Design Director at Departures; he had been the AD.


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WIlbert Gutierrez, New CD at Hollywoodlife.com

Wilbert Gutierrez is the new Creative Director at Hollywoodlife.com. Working with Bonnie Fuller, he will oversee the relaunch of the website, which will focus on celebrity, style and lifestyle news. He will continue to run his studio, Garcierrez Media, which he founded in 2004.

Hollywoodlife.com is set to relaunch in November.

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Neil Jamieson, New Deputy DD at People Magazine

Announced this morning at both People and Field & Stream, Neil Jamieson, currently the AD at Field & Stream, will be joining the celeb/pop-culture title in November as the Deputy Design Director. As the man himself put it,

Crazy eh!? From guns and bait to celebs...pretty exciting!

No word yet on other moves at either title.

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Christy Sheppard Promoted to Art Director at WIRED

Christy Sheppard has been promoted to art director at WIRED, filling the position recently vacated by Maili Holiman. Sheppard began as senior designer and was promoted to associate art director in 2008. She has been at WIRED for more than two years and designed and art directed the magazine's START section, which won the 2009 National Magazine Award for Magazine Section.

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Maili Holiman Joins George Lucas Educational Foundation

Maili Holiman has accepted the Creative Director position at Edutopia, The George Lucas Educational Foundation. Holiman was most recently the art director of WIRED in San Francisco for more than three years and has also held positions at ReadyMade and Spin. She will go on to redesign the Foundation's website and magazine.

Through the Edutopia.org Web site, Edutopia magazine, and Edutopia video, we spread the word about ideal, interactive learning environments and enable others to adapt these successes locally. Edutopia.org contains a deep archive of continually updated best practices, from classroom tips to recommendations for districtwide change. Allied with a dedicated audience that actively contributes success stories from the field, our mission relies on input and participation from schools and communities.

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Toby Kaufmann, New DP at Maxim

Maxim CD Dirk Barnett has a new DP with Toby Kaufmann. She was previously at GQ, Penthouse, and Stuff.

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