Titan Worldwide
Titan Worldwide Promotes David Etherington To Senior Vice President Worldwide
Monday 07 January 2008
For Immediate Release
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Titan Worldwide Promotes David Etherington To Senior Vice President Worldwide
Marketing Director
NEW YORK — January 7, 2008 —Titan Worldwide, the world’s largest privately held Out-of Home advertising sales company, has promoted David Etherington to Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing Director.
Mr. Etherington, 33, will relocate from the U.K. to Titan Worldwide’s New York office and be responsible for leading the company’s worldwide marketing and advertising efforts. He joined Titan Worldwide in May 2007 as U.K. marketing director.
Prior to joining Titan Worldwide, Mr. Etherington spent nearly nine years at Guardian News & Media, publisher of U.K. daily papers The Guardian and The Observer. He started in advertising sales but quickly moved to media planning, strategic development management, sponsorships and events management across Guardian’s family of publications. Mr. Etherington was part of the 1999 team that launched the paper’s website, www.guardian.co.uk, which is now considered one of the largest and most well respected news websites in the world. It’s recent launch in the U.S. ranked second only to the BBC in unique users.
Also during his tenure at The Guardian, Mr. Etherington launched and headed what is now known as Guardian Plus, a creative and strategic resource that works in partnership with agencies and brands to help them harness the power of the Guardian News and Media portfolio. He also spearheaded the development of content partnerships and won numerous awards for the company.
Prior to his work at The Guardian, Mr. Etherington began his career with the BBC Worldwide as an advertising sales executive for BBC Music Magazine. Mr. Etherington has a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the University of Wales in Bangor.
“Dave has led the U.K. marketing team in an exemplary fashion, and has helped to strengthen and expand the Titan brand in that part of the world,” said Donald Allman, president and CEO Titan Worldwide. “He is extremely creative, has great energy and is strongly committed to our aggressive growth plans in all of our global markets.”
About Titan Worldwide
Titan Worldwide is a full service, global media company specializing in Out-of-Home advertising. Founded in 2001 by advertising industry veterans William Apfelbaum, Chairman, and Donald Allman, CEO, Titan Worldwide is the premier advertising sales organization in the business.
Titan Worldwide provides sales, marketing, creative, research and maintenance of advertising on bus, rail, bulletins, roadside billboards, telephone kiosks, experiential opportunities, street banners, shopping malls, supermarkets and trestles. It also leads the way in the development and successful introduction of market leading digital platforms. Titan Worldwide furnishes global, national and local clients with creative media solutions in the world's top markets including the United States (New York, New Jersey, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Seattle and Minneapolis/St. Paul), Canada, The Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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