Klick
Health today announced it has added accomplished media and marketing
executive Dave Leitner to its growing media team as Senior Vice
President of Media as the independent agency continues to expand and
thrive. Today’s news comes on the heels of creative powerhouse Rich
Levy joining Klick as Chief Creative Officer.
“As we continue to evolve our business and experience significant
momentum and double-digit growth, we are very excited to welcome Dave to
the Klick family,” said Klick President Lori Grant. “Dave has an
incredible depth of expertise in leading successful media teams and is a
great fit for Klick as we continue to take our clients to greater
heights as a true partner.”
“I’ve spent my career building and evolving media organizations and I
couldn’t be more energized to join Klick’s media team as we gravitate to
uncharted territory,” said Leitner. “I was drawn to Klick due to its
long and successful history in the commercialization of healthcare and
pharmaceutical solutions, industry-leading data and analytics
capabilities, transparent media practices, as well as its independent
agency status. These strengths provide a go-to-market advantage and
allow us to live up to the entrepreneurial spirit that is necessary to
compete in the rapidly growing healthcare market.”
Leitner has spent over 25 years helping Fortune 500 CPG, financial
services, life science, and technology companies successfully master the
customer journey and achieve measurable goals through actionable
marketing strategies. Before joining Klick, he spent six years in senior
leadership roles at MDC Partners, most recently as President of
Allegory. Previously, he was Managing Director of MDC’s Assembly,
recognized as 2018 Media Agency of the Year by Ad Age.
Prior, he served as SVP, Group Account Director at MediaVest over five
years, first leading the Avon Global account and then Heineken USA.
Earlier in his career, Leitner spent a decade at the large media holding
company in a variety of posts, including Senior Manager of International
Programming and Media Supervisor for the Coca-Cola business, and Media
Supervisor on the M&M Mars business in Moscow, Russia where he directed
all media planning, buying, and research. Leitner also worked on the
client side for almost a decade, having been Sony Electronics’ Senior
Manager of Media Solutions and Corporate Marketing before becoming
Atari’s Director of Media and Research.
Today’s announcement underscores Klick’s phenomenal growth trajectory as
the independent hypergrowth agency continues to build on its technology
and innovation roots and set the pace of the industry. Klick was named
2018 Agency of the Year by MM&M and was ranked #1 in the
magazine’s Agency 100. Earlier this spring, Klick debuted
its Adaptive
Brand Playbook, the agency’s proven approach of modern best
practices that help life sciences brands achieve their full market
potential.
About Klick Health
Klick Health is the world’s largest
independent, full-service marketing and commercialization agency for
life sciences. By relentlessly conspiring with the future, Klick helps
its clients outsmart and outpace disease so people can live richer,
longer lives. Klick has been named Agency of the Year six times over the
last seven years by the industry’s leading publications and was
recognized by the 2018 Cannes Lions Health Awards for its client
campaigns. Follow Klick Health on Twitter at @KlickHealth.
About Klick Inc.
Klick operates with a fiercely independent
spirit at the intersection of technology, creativity, and strategy. The
Klick family is a diverse group of people who are driven and connected
by a shared culture and commitment to the relentless pursuit of awesome
at Klick Health, Katalyst, and Sensei
Labs. Established in 1997, Klick has teams in Atlanta, Connecticut,
Chicago, Los Angeles, New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, San Diego, San
Francisco, and Toronto. Klick has been consistently recognized as a
leading Great Place to Work, Best Workplace for Women, Best Employer,
Employee-Recommended Workplace, Fastest Growing Technology Company, and
Best Managed Company. For more information on joining Klick, go to http://careers.klick.com.
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