Street Talk for February 19, 2021
Amy Ginsberg

Havas Media Group has made several key leadership appointments across North America. Greg Walsh, global chief commercial officer, has expanded his role to include oversight of operations, commercial, investment, data, technology, and talent. As a result, he adds chief operations officer, Havas Media NA, to his duties. Amy Ginsberg has been named chief investment officer, responsible for the overall media investment vision and strategy and will join the NA leadership team. Ginsberg comes over from Canvas Worldwide where she led investment efforts since 2016. Prior to joining Canvas Worldwide, Ginsberg built her expertise at agencies Initiative, Ogilvy & Mather, Mindshare, and Zenith Media. She has serviced brands such as Papa Johns, Hyundai and Kia, Burlington, Arby’s, Merck, Ameriprise, and Miller Coors. Jason Kanefesky will serve as managing partner, head of marketplace intelligence, at Havas. This newly created leadership practice will ensure clients receive actionable intelligence and insights on partners, platforms, audiences, and supply and demand dynamics.....

Company 3/Method Studios’ Atlanta location has merged its creative editorial team (formerly provided as Beast Editorial) under the Company 3 banner and is making significant investments in connectivity and remote workflow technology to incorporate the previously siloed editorial team into Company 3’s full suite of post offerings.  With the editorial group, led by editors Eddie Kesler and Matt Barron, seamlessly integrated into the company pipeline, “we will be able to enhance collaboration among our visual effects, color and sound departments,” said Company 3 Atlanta’s managing director/colorist Billy Gabor. “We believe this development will be particularly compelling for clients seeking the convenience and quality assurance we provide as an end-to-end, offline-to-delivery post facility.” Recent campaigns produced from offline-to-delivery include: Adidas’ “One More,” Iris Worldwide; and Coca-Cola’s “Coke With Coffee,” KO:OP.....

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