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St. John & Partners announced that they have added two staff members to its media department and promoted three employees.
Vanessa Hertz joins St. John & Partners as a media planning supervisor, servicing the agency’s Smoothie King, Zaxby’s and PARC Management accounts. Hertz comes to the agency from Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Miami where she was a senior media planner on the Virgin Atlantic Airways, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota and Geek Squad accounts. A Florida State University graduate, she also served as an assistant media planner for MindShare on the Burger King Corporation business.
Sarah Calvert joins St. John & Partners as a media planning assistant following a semester-long internship with ESPN News in Bristol, Conn. Calvert will serve the agency’s PARC Management and xG Technology accounts. A Jacksonville native, she is a recent graduate of Florida State University, where she earned a degree in communications.
Joe Stelma was promoted to senior media buyer and will buy local and national television, radio and Internet display advertising for the agency’s Smoothie King and Zaxby’s accounts. A Jacksonville University graduate, Stelma joined the agency in 2004. He previously worked at Landers and Partners in Clearwater, where he was a media planner/buyer on the Taco Bell account.
Alyssa Weinberg, who joined St. John & Partners two years ago, was promoted to media planning supervisor and will serve as the media planning team leader for the agency’s four Ford dealer accounts. Previously, she served as a media planner for GSD&M in Austin, Texas on the Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and Sam’s Club business. A native of Birmingham, Ala., Weinberg earned a bachelor’s degree in advertising from the University of Texas.
Ashley Miles was promoted to media planner. Miles, who joined the agency in 2004, will develop media plans for the agency’s Cornerstone, Smoothie King, Vistakon and Zaxby’s accounts. Miles is a graduate of Florida State University, where she earned a degree in marketing.
St. John & Partners is a full-service agency headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla. with offices in Atlanta, Pittsburgh and Detroit.