Paige Warmus and Moira Reilly have been named recipients of the 2013 Carolinas Agency Experience paid summer internships by the 4A’s Carolinas Council.

Draftfcb group managing director Yolanda Cassity has been elected an executive vice president of the agency.

The 4A’s drew upwards of 1,300 advertising and entertainment industry professionals to a two-day conference at the Beverly Hilton that was dedicated to tackling the key challenges of a changing industry-privacy, talent and the impact of technology.

Gain Your Competitive Edge at the 4A’s Competitive Edge Series on Wednesday, October 3, 2012. The Competitive Edge Series features CEO-driven thought-leadership presentations designed to enlighten and inspire agency peers and client counterparts.

On August 9, the 4A’s honored and celebrated 2012 graduating MAIP interns as well as advertising and media executives invested in advancing the diversity and inclusion mission through the second annual full-day symposium, “The Face of Talent.”

The 4A’s second annual CreateTech Conference, which promised a “vision of the possible” did not disappoint. Nearly 200 people from around the country attended the two-day conference.

Technologists from the ad/marketing industry gathered for the first day of the 4A’s second annual CreateTech Conference, during which they were given a glimpse of “the possible” in consumer engagement.

Allen & Gerritsen (a&g) officially moves its 120 employees into its new corporate headquarters in Boston’s iconic Innovation District today.

“How to Build a Training Program at Your Agency”, the newest booklet in the 4A’s Management Series, is now available.

Another record year for the 4A’s Workers’ Compensation Program was seen in 2011, with covered payroll growing by over $1.2 billion to $8.3 billion, and insured employees increasing from 102,000 to 116,000.

Deutsch LA recently teamed with the 4As on a study that examines the brand health of the ad industry and why people stay or leave. The results of the survey were released at Cannes today in a segment entitled “Ending the Agency Talent Rotisserie.”

Euro RSCG Worldwide is applying its “digital at the core” philosophy to its new e-learning training platform, its latest initiative to promote collaboration and engagement across its own global network of 11,000 employees.

Madhvi Pahwa, a highly regarded media agency executive with extensive experience in talent development and marketing, has been named Global Talent Director for Maxus, the award-winning media services agency.

The 4A’s, in conjunction with Arnold Worldwide, has launched a new Web-based video platform, called Open Advertising, aimed at young adults and intended to attract best-in-class talent to the ad-marketing industry.

This issue of Human Resources Matters is focused entirely on training in agencies.