Horizon Media has named Latraviette D. Smith-Wilson to the newly constituted role of chief marketing and equity officer. This combined position demonstrates the media agency’s transformative approach to powering its employee and client value propositions by embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into the core of its business. Smith-Wilson is joining Horizon, effective February 14, from Essence Communications, Inc., the leading and only 100% Black-owned media, technology, and commerce company at scale dedicated to Black women and communities, where she most recently served as chief strategy & engagement officer. Smith-Wilson, who will report to Bill Koenigsberg, CEO and founder of Horizon Media, has established a career track record of successful brand-building via strategies that integrate leading-edge marketing, social impact and DEI efforts. Smith-Wilson is a board member and the immediate past chair of the board at Harlem United and has previously served on the board of the PRSA Foundation. She has numerous recognitions including being named among “Black Women Leaders to Follow” in Forbes, receiving the “Powerhouse Award” from Café Mocha, and being named to the “Next Generation: Women of Power” by Black Enterprise. Prior to Essence, Smith-Wilson held various leadership roles at Sundial Brands, National Urban League, American Express, Edelman, and Deloitte....

Digital Nirvana has hired Tom Moniak as director of sales. Digital Nirvana created the position in response to the company’s growth and expansion. Moniak is responsible for sales to media and entertainment clients in the U.S. Prior to joining Digital Nirvana, he was the U.S. director of business development for brand localization solution provider Blend, where he managed all aspects of customer business relationships. Before that, Moniak spent three years at Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, first working directly with media producers and content owners as an account manager, global client strategy, and then as an account director, global strategic partnerships. During that time, he sold Deluxe’s new SaaS solution to the media and entertainment industry. Moniak is based in Los Angeles and reports to Russell Wise, SVP of sales and marketing at Digital Nirvana, a global developer of advanced AI-based knowledge management technologies....