NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kargo, the leader in mobile brand advertising, announced today the appointment of Lizzie Black to the role of Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, East.
In her new role, Black will be tasked with driving new and continued business with the advertising industry’s foremost agencies and trading desks, focused specifically on the East Coast region. Her years of experience fostering business strategy and development will be valuable as she helps Kargo continue to build global partnerships. Black will be based in Kargo’s New York headquarters and will report directly to Senior Vice President of Sales, East, Kevin Canty.
During her 12 years of experience on both the publishing side of the ad business and the interactive and mobile side, Black has held various positions at Hearst, Bauer, Meredith and Valassis. Most recently, Black served as Federated Media’s Regional Vice President for the East Coast where she was responsible for leading all new business efforts for the content marketing company in the East Coast region.
“As a seasoned sales leader, Lizzie has built deep relationships across the business at both the agency and client levels. We’re thrilled to have one of the industry’s top talents join Kargo to help expand our business, protect existing customer relationships and generate new long-lasting partnerships with the top publishers and brands,” said Canty.
Black commented on her appointment, “Within the past year, Kargo has transformed the mobile landscape for brands, publishers and consumers by developing engaging ads that reach eight out of ten smartphone users in the US. I’m looking forward to being a part of Kargo’s continued growth and success.”
Kargo is the only mobile advertising company that not only creates rich-media campaigns for 200+ brands (including Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Verizon and L’Oréal), but also partners with a handpicked network of 300 top publishers (including Hearst, The New York Times, CBS Interactive, etc.) — reaching an audience that rivals Google and Facebook in terms of scale.
Black joins Kargo following a record-breaking year, during which the company exceeded $100 million in revenue, expanded internationally and launched its first mobile advertising research initiative.
About Kargo
Kargo is the leader in mobile brand advertising. Bringing together creativity, technology and quality, Kargo empowers advertisers to break convention and build connections with consumers on the most important screen today—the phone. Through our high-end editorial alliance composed of world-class publisher partners, as well as our proprietary advertising automation tools and award-winning creative studio, we enable brands and agencies to reach eight out of 10 smartphone users in the US with memorable, measurable mobile ad experiences. In 2015, Kargo was recognized by Crain's NY Business as one of the 50 fastest growing companies in New York and by Inc. as one of the 500 fastest-growing companies in the US. Business Insider also ranked Kargo one of the “hottest pre-IPO ad tech startups” in both 2015 and 2016. Kargo employs more than 200 people in New York, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles and London.
For more information, visit Kargo at www.kargo.com or @Kargo on Twitter.
