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When fine jewellery company Brilliant Earth posted a job listing for a Reddit strategy manager tasked with shaping brand conversations that "cascade across search engines, LLMs, and customer decision-making," a moderator on r/jewelry posted a community warning within the hour.Across the platform, moderators in brand-adjacent subreddits have been updating rules to restrict promotional content, flag

Etoro has announced a multi-year partnership with Leeds United and Leeds United Women, becoming the Official Trading Partner of both UK football clubs from the 2026/27 season. The deal covers branding on pitchside LED boards, stadium screens, and interview backdrops at Elland Road on matchdays, alongside digital content and fan activations throughout the partnership.The deal is tied to etoro's Lou

Visa has promoted Allison Squires Freshwater to Senior Director, VAS Integrated Marketing. Recently, she served as Director of Global Marketing, VAS.Freshwater worked in Marketing at USAA, People Pattern, Dachis Group, True South Studios and the U.S. Department of Commerce.Freshwater has a B.A. in Political Science and Spanish from Rhodes College.MORE PEOPLE MOVES

Fidelity Investments has promoted Kelley Palmer to VP, Marketing Automation and Lead Generation from her recent post of Team Lead, Employee Marketing, Personalized Planning and Advice.Previously, Palmer worked at Manulife John Hancock Retirement, Commonwealth Financial Network, Financial Engines, American Student Assistance, Boston Business Journal & Mass High Tech and Foley Hoag.Palmer has a B.A.

Laura Foster has assumed the role of Chief Marketing Officer, Head of Retirement and Wealth Marketing at Manulife Wealth & Asset Management from her recent post of Chief Marketing Officer, Global Head of Retirement Marketing.Prior to Manulife, Foster held senior Marketing posts at John Hancock Investments and Putnam Investments.Foster has a B.A. in Communications and PR from Simmons University.MOR

Allocate has appointed Joe Ringoen Director of Integrated Marketing. He joins from Arta Finance where he was a Senior Manager – Product Marketing.Before this, Ringoen worked in Marketing at Crowd Street and Franklin Templeton.Ringoen has a B.A. in Economics and Latin American Studies from Wesleyan University and a certification in Marketing from UC Berkeley Extension.MORE PEOPLE MOVES

Capital One has hired Katie Langemeier as Director of Communications, Legal. She comes from Matters Graph where she served as Director of Marketing.Prior to this, Langemeier worked at Harris Williams, Madison+Main and Free Agents Marketing.Langemeier has a B.A. in Communication from Virginia Tech.MORE PEOPLE MOVES

Danielle Macchia has joined Hum Capital as Head of Market Development and Growth Marketing. Recently, she served as Chief Marketing Officer Advisor at Execelle.Macchia’s career spans senior roles at Stake, Circa, Adrea Rubin Marketing, ALC, Trivergance Business Resources and AIG.Macchia has a B.S. in Marketing from Saint Peter’s University.MORE PEOPLE MOVES

Santander has appointed Bernabé Cuadrado Head of Brand and Corporate Marketing from his recent post of Media and Digital Marketing Corporate Director.Before this, Cuadrado worked at Paramount Pictures and Havas Media/Media Contacts.Cuadrado has a master’s degree in IAA Communication and Advertising from Universidad Nebrija.MORE PEOPLE MOVES

Jeff Coghan has assumed the role of Head of Marketing at Hartford Funds from his recent post of Head of Digital Marketing.Previously, Coghan worked at The Hartford, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, AllianceBernstein, Alliance Capital Management and Legg Mason.Coghan has a B.A. from Loyola University Maryland and an MBA in Finance from Fordham Gabelli School of Business.MORE PEOPLE MOVES

Amy Lynn has joined Empower as Senior Director, Workplace Lifecycle Marketing. Recently, she held the post of Senior Marketing Strategist at Principal Financial Group.She wrote on LinkedIn: “I'm so thankful for my time at Principal. Leaving such an amazing team is bittersweet, but I'm excited for this opportunity and looking forward to getting started with the team at Empower.”Lynn’s career spans

Truist has tapped Victoria Karagus to serve as Head of Consumer Marketing. Recently, she was Senior VP, CSBB Integrated Marketing.Prior to this, Karagus held senior posts at Wells Fargo and Digitas North America. Additionally, she worked at The CooperGroup.Karagus has a B.S.B.A. in Marketing from Bryant University and an MBA in Marketing from Zicklin School of Business.MORE PEOPLE MOVES

Vericast has appointed Brittany Strickland Director of Marketing. She joins from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta where she recently served as First VP, Director of Marketing.Prior to Vericast, Strickland worked at MCCS and CDC Federal Credit Union.Strickland has a B.S. in PR from Brenau University.MORE PEOPLE MOVES

The votes are in! After evaluation by an independent panel of judges, we are pleased to announce the winners of the FNN Innovation Awards AI Leaders List 2026.These seven leaders were selected for moving beyond experimentation to deliver real, measurable impact using AI to transform how they build brands, reach audiences, and run marketing and communications functions in financial services. For th

Credit One Bank has launched a two-part reunion for its parody dating show You're the Credit One for Me, hosted by Andy Cohen and premiering during the Love Island USA Season 9 reunion on Peacock.The reunion features JaNa Craig alongside original contestants Alex, Brad, and Jackson, with Cohen pressing the cast on the credit habits that shaped the season's eliminations and the current status of Ja

Asset TV's July 2026 benchmarking reports covering US and Canadian markets were released this week, with a combined audience of 485,000 financial advisors and institutional investors.In the US, average views per video reached 1,657, the highest monthly figure recorded this year. Brookfield led the video rankings with its Midyear Outlook on resilience in turbulent times, followed by a joint MassMut

Nedbank launched Pet Savings, a print campaign for the South African bank built around a behavioural insight: pets hide from the vet, their owners hide from the bill. The campaign photographs grown adults wedged into impossible places, above cupboards, behind couches, beneath beds, in the exact spots a frightened animal would choose, holding expressions of quiet, genuine dread at an expense they c

Xero has launched Love Changes Everything, a global brand campaign created with agency Argonaut, built around the emotional experiences of small business owners across eight markets. The campaign targets the US as a priority expansion market, using local business stories from florists to architects to ground the financial platform's messaging in the specific realities of running a small business.T

In a recent MarTech by Semrush interview, Subu Desaraju, head of commercial and operations at iceDQ, makes the case that AI does not fix bad marketing data. It inherits it, acts on it quickly and confidently, and scales the consequences before anyone notices."While everyone's rushing into the AI game, I really fear for the output of that process without the right foundations in terms of reliable d

Synchrony has appointed Jennifer Evenhouse VP, B2B Lifecycle Marketing – Home and Auto. Recently, she was VP, Healthcare Acquisition Marketing.Before Synchrony, Evenhouse worked at CME Group in various Marketing roles.Evenhouse has a B.A. in Business and Corporate Communications from North Park University.MORE PEOPLE MOVES