Under Armour promoted Chief Product Officer KIP FULKS to Strategic Advisor. Fulks "co-founded Under Armour" with Chair & CEO KEVIN PLANK. Fulks will report to Plank and "focus at first on improving the company’s efficiency." He has "overseen areas such as products, marketing, sourcing and operations." Meanwhile, UA promoted President of Sports Performance KEVIN ESKRIDGE to Fulks' former role (BALTIMORESUN.com, 5/9).
THE JORDAN RULES: L.A.-based multiplatform media company Awesomeness named NFL Chief Content Officer JORDAN LEVIN CEO. Levin joins Awesomeness after "spending about two years at the NFL where he focused on nongame programming for its NFL Network and oversaw the halftime show at the Super Bowl." Awesomeness "caters to teens and young adults" (WSJ.com, 5/9).
EXECS: EVANDER HOLYFIELD's boxing promotional company, Real Deal Sports & Entertainment, named former New York State Athletic Commission Dir of Boxing and Event Coordinator ERIC BENTLEY COO (ESPN.com, 5/9)....The NBA named N.Y. Times Managing Dir of Platform Operations SCOTT STANCHAK VP/Emerging Technology (THE DAILY)....Buffalo.Agency named Golfweek Sales Dir CHRIS VAN DUYNE Dir of Advertising (Buffalo.Agency)....Van Wagner Sports & Entertainment named JULIUS GRANT Associate GM for its CIAA property (THE DAILY)....L.A.-based ad agency Team One named ASHLEY MAXFELDT and CHLOE FONT Assistant Account Execs. Maxfeldt will be based in L.A., while Font will be based in N.Y. (THE DAILY).
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