OOH mOves
Santiago, McLain, Houghton, Kafalas, Letchworth, Heimerl, YESCO, Signal Outdoor, Martin Outdoor Media, Global Outdoor
OOH mOves
As the Outdoor Advertising Industry moves, OOH Today will keep you up to date with a summary report every Friday. Here is what we know of the latest #OOH related changes.
OOH peOple mOves
—mOving in
Lisa Santiago, HIRED, VP Business Development, Candid Litho and Candid Worldwide. NYC
Previously—
Sr VP, Sales and Revenues, Metromedia Technologies. NYC. 16 years.
Lisa Santiago is an OOH print production expert with a proven track record in the OOH, display and event arenas.
Candid Worldwide is a family owned business with dual production facilities in both New York and Las Vegas, in addition to the traditional OOH; specialty commercial/offset printing, environmental graphics and event activation.
Lisa has been part of behind the scenes Obie Award winning production teams. She was on the Suppliers Council of the OAAA. And… she loves to point to the side of the road and say “we did that!”
Previously—
Director of Real Estate, CBS Mall Media. 13 yrs
—mOving in
—Daniel Kafalas, HIRED, Account Executive, Lamar Advertising, NYC.
Previously—
Eye Corp Media, Sales Executive -Regional Accounts. NYC 2 yrs 5 mos
CBS Mall Media/Radio, Nat’l AE. NYC 2 yrs 5 mos
Outfront Media Mall Division, AE, NYC 2 yrs 5 mos
—mOving Up
Lee Houghton, PROMOTED, Sr. Marketing Consultant/OOH,
YESCO Outdoor Media
Regional Account Manager-Outdoor Media, YESCO. 7+YEARS
—mOving Up
Caroline Letchworth, PROMOTED, Regional Manager, Client Partnerships at Clear Channel Outdoor. Orlando, Florida
Previously—
Regional Import Manager, Clear Channel Outdoor. 2 yrs 7 mos.
Import Sales Manager, 8 yrs 6 mos. Orlando, Florida
—mOving Up
Greg Heimerl, PROMOTED, Senior Associate Account Services,
Wilkins Media, Milwaukee
Previously—
Account Services Associate, Wilkins Media. 1 yr 7 mos
—OOH cOmpany mOves
—Acquisition
YESCO Outdoor Media LLC, Salt Lake City, Utah, announced that it has acquired all of the billboard assets of Roadside Outdoor Advertising, LLC, Rapid City, SD. The 87 bulletin faces are located in Eastern Wyoming, Western South Dakota, and Nebraska. Patrick O’Donnell, president of YESCO Outdoor Media, said the acquisition is aligned with its goal to be one of the West’s premier out-of-home advertisers. “Wyoming and the Black Hills of South Dakota attract more and more visitors every year. YESCO Outdoor Media operates approximately 2,250 bulletin faces across 8 states in the Rocky Mountain West.
—Acquisition and Creation
Global, a UK Media & Entertainment group primarily a radio business, simultaneously acquired 2 UK OOH companies, Primesight and Outdoor Plus. The new company will be called Global Outdoor. It is reported it will become an overnight major player in the UK OOH space.
The newly created Global Outdoor, will have over 35,000 Primesight locations of large-scale roadside billboards, display panels at cinemas, retail outlets and ten of the UK’s airports reaching over 95% of the UK population. Outdoor Plus brings high-profile premium digital advertising faces, particularly in London totaling over 100 ‘premium OOH locations.’
—Rumor on the Street
East Meets West
Atlanta-based, Signal Outdoor, with shelter, bus and bench inventory in NY Metro, Tampa, Miami, Atlanta and Washington, DC and Martin Outdoor Media, Los Angeles based, with 7000 benches; the two companies are rumored to be nearly closed on a deal. Few details available. Watch this space for further info.
