Jul 10

CEO, VP Out at Zimmerman

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This morning we confirmed changes at the top of the Zimmerman organization. Over the past seven months, three C-level staffers have departed:

Zuckerman was the most recent party to leave the agency in June; we have no official statement from Zimmerman regarding the current status of these three or the search for their replacements.

A refresher: these changes come approximately one year after the last major reshuffling at the Tampa agency. In the first half of 2013, EVP Chris Apostle left after just a month to occupy the EVP/CSO position at Integrated Media Solutions while Patregnani went from President to CEO and Andrew Varga, former CMO at one-time Zimmerman client Papa John’s, assumed Patregnani’s old role.

A quick look at the shop’s site finds that the profiles in question have indeed been removed and that no one currently occupies the CEO or VP positions.

In other Zimmerman news, this week brought word that former client hhgregg is now current client hhgregg.

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Mar 26

Apostle Out at Zimmerman

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Here’s a tweet since deleted that can be conjured using a quick Google search: “Feb 20 · Chris Apostle ?@cgapostle. First day was a great one…Florida and Zimmerman don’t disappoint.” Well, they did apparently, because after just a month, a phone call has confirmed that Chris Apostle is no longer with the Omnicom-owned, Fort Lauderdale-based agency.

No official comment as of yet, but what spies are saying, Apostle joined the agency to run its digital division as well as the social media team, but bounced after he wasn’t left with full control. We’re not naming names as of now, but we’ll let you know that the exec has previously served as managing director, client services at R/GA’s New York hub and has worked at the likes of Razorfish, where he once led the latter’s CPG practice. Zimmerman has yet to comment on the matter. Update: Ok, they “have no comment on the matter at this time.”

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