Manning Selvage & Lee Hires Vice President of Talent Recruitment for North America

Manning Selvage & Lee (MS&L) today announced it has appointed Deborah Levy as vice president of talent recruitment for North America. Levy was most recently director of recruiting for Constituency Management Group, a division of The Interpublic Group, which includes Weber Shandwick, GolinHarris, Rogers & Cowan and other IPG agencies. Her appointment is effective immediately.

In her new role, Levy will focus on attracting, training and retaining talent for MS&L’s North American offices.  She will also focus on building hiring practices for non-traditional public relations hires and continue to develop MS&L’s robust talent pool to meet the expanding needs of its growing business. Levy will also manage MS&L’s recruiting attendance at networking and industry events.

At CMG, Levy was responsible for public relations staffing and recruiting needs, and developing innovative and successful sourcing methods.  She also successfully recruited a high volume of positions from entry level to managing directors across all PR units. She has extensive experience working at various executive search companies, including boutique firm Waldman & Company, where she helped meet recruiting needs for public relations agencies such as DeVries, Ogilvy, Hill & Knowlton, Cohn & Wolfe and Porter Novelli, among others.  Levy has also held staffing positions at First American Title Company of New York, Career Group, Inc., and Career Blazers, Inc.

Separately, this week MS&L’s New York office appointed Kenneth Verostick as a recruiter. Verostick was most recently director of HR for Coyne Public Relations, where he spearheaded recruitment and retention efforts that led to doubling the size of the agency. At MS&L New York, he will be responsible for recruitment and retention for the office, as well as implementing HR policies and procedures, managing the office’s summer internship program and maintaining the employee referral program.

About Manning Selvage & Lee
MS&L is one of the world's leading global public relations firms. Headquartered in New York, MS&L has 46 offices throughout North America, Latin America, EMEA and Asia-Pacific, as well as an extensive global affiliate network.  The agency meets the needs of global and local clients by providing best-in-class services in consumer marketing PR, healthcare PR, corporate communications and technology communications, as well as industry-leading work in digital communications.  MS&L won PRWeek's Best Use of Internet/New Media Award in both 2006 and 2007.

MS&L is a member of the Publicis Groupe(Euronext Paris: FR0000130577 and NYSE: PUB), the world’s fourth largest communications group, and a global leader in digital and online advertising, media consulting, and healthcare communications. With some 42,000 professionals in 104 countries, the Groupe's activities cover advertising through three global advertising networks:  Leo Burnett, Publicis, Saatchi & Saatchi, as well as through its two multi-hub networks Fallon Worldwide and 49%-owned Bartle Bogle Hegarty; media agencies with two worldwide networks ZenithOptimedia and Starcom MediaVest Group; and marketing services, including digital and interactive communications through Digitas, relationship and direct marketing, public and media relations, corporate and financial communications, multicultural communications, and event communications. The Groupe is also the world leader in healthcare communications. Web site: www.publicisgroupe.com.

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