MEC North America names Dennis Donlin President of Team AT&T

MEC North America, a leading media agency today announced the appointment of Dennis Donlin to the post of President, Team AT&T, effective immediately.

Donlin will be based in New York and report directly to Lee Doyle, Chief Executive Officer of MEC North America. Donlin will be responsible for the agency’s management of their AT&T assignment in the United States and will be a member of the North America Management Board.

Doyle stated, “Dennis is a proven industry leader. There are very few people in the U.S. with the depth and breadth of experience to handle an assignment with the speed, scale and complexity of AT&T.”

Donlin joins MEC from Mediabrands, where he served as EVP, Managing Director of a customized coalition of resources built to service The Home Depot. Prior to Mediabrands, he was the founder and  President of GM Planworks at Starcom Mediavest Group one of the first, and largest client dedicated media organizations in the industry, servicing all eight GM divisions and over 750 Dealer Marketing Groups.

Donlin has logged over 30 years of media and creative agency experience working at companies including BBDO Detroit and Benton & Bowles NY. Under his watch, his team was awarded a Gold Lion at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity for his work on the “Oprah/Pontiac Car Giveaway” and has been named “Media Executive of the Year” by Mediaweek. Also, Donlin is a featured speaker at AAAA Media Conference, ANA, Advertising Age Upfront Summit and the Bear Sterns Financial Conference.