Gary Schechner Joins Rosetta as Partner, Head of Marketing

PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Publicis Groupe customer engagement agency Rosetta announced today that it has hired Gary Schechner as Partner, Head of Marketing. He will be based in the agency's Los Angeles office and report directly to Chief Strategy Officer Scott Sorokin.

"Gary brings Rosetta extensive experience and industry-recognized achievements across advertising, marketing, mobile, social and digital, on both the agency and client-side," said Sorokin. "His talents and insights are going to be invaluable to Rosetta in the years ahead, as we expand globally and deliver Personalized Lifecycle Management and Commerce Plus solutions to the world's leading brands."

Schechner joins Rosetta from ampm (a British Petroleum/ARCO brand), where he headed up all Advertising, Marketing and Social Media. In that role, he led a team of creative and media specialists for BP's $1.3B brand of more than 950 convenience stores in North America. His team launched a breakthrough mobile app, significantly grew customer engagement on social media, and developed and executed the company's mobile marketing strategy. Prior to that, he served as a Marketing Consultant for Chevron/Texaco, where he managed $18 million in creative development and media for the Texaco Havoline and Chevron TECHRON Concentrate Plus consumer brands.

Schechner will lead a team of marketing, communications, PR, content strategy, social media, events, research, production and project management specialists to drive demand generation; execute effective and measurable brand, vertical and partnership marketing programs; and strengthen and simplify the agency's brand positioning.

Schechner has a Master of Business Administration in Marketing from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing/Advertising from Arizona State University.

About Rosetta

Rosetta is a customer engagement agency engineered to transform marketing for the connected world. Our mission is to be a catalyst for growth, driving material business impact by translating deep consumer insights into personally relevant brand experiences across touch points and over time. Our unique capabilities and the way we activate them have enabled our market leadership position, operating as an independent brand in the Publicis Groupe of global agencies.

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