Ad Ops Daily Briefs: January 26 2009

Advantage Sales and Marketing Announces Transition in Leadership
Advantage Sales and Marketing, LLC (ASM) announced a change in its executive leadership with the retirement of President and Chief Operating Officer Mark Meyer later this year. Meyer will spend the next several months transitioning his responsibilities to Chief Strategy Officer, Chris Olivier, named President of Sales, effective Feb. 2.
“Mark has built a first-class client and customer-focused organization at ASM,” said Sonny King, ASM’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “His dedication and service to ASM has been invaluable. He retires from ASM with a reputation for excellence in our industry and I thank him for his outstanding contributions over the years.”



MoCo Marketing Agency Continues International Expansion with Australian Office
MoCo (www.bigideas.com) announced today the opening of a new office in Brisbane, Australia, which will allow the company to better serve its clients in the Pacific region.
The new MoCo Pacific office comes six months after the company expanded to Hong Kong, to better serve its U.S. customers through the sourcing and production of a wide variety of marketing materials at highly competitive prices.