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Independent PR agency Edelman has hired Stephanie Smirnov as managing director of its consumer marketing group in New York.

Ms. Smirnov most recently served as U.S. CEO of Devries Global, a midsize public relations firm owned by Interpublic Group of Cos. She had worked at the agency for about 13 years. Before joining the shop, she was director of PR at Donna Karan. She also took a break from agency life, from 2000 and 2003, to work at L’Oreal.

“I never thought I’d go to another agency, but this opportunity came up and it was literally irresistible,” she said. “It was an opportunity to do what I love most, which is consumer PR, and to do it at an independent agency that also happens to be the biggest agency in the world.”

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