Amazon has moved its global media account into Interpublic Group agency Initiative, after a final pitch against incumbent Mindshare and its sister Group M agency, MediaCom.
Helen Weisinger, the group chief marketing officer at EDC, is to leave the business at the end of May, as the responsibility for new business and marketing falls back to the group's individual agencies.
Lexis has bolstered its CSR and sustainability practice with two senior hires.
Steven Sharp, Marks & Spencer's long-serving marketing chief, is set to retire from the business and replaced by Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne, the former Estée Lauder group president.
Coventry University has relaunched a major comms tender after the process had been put on hold.
Former BBC and Channel 4 news journalist Zaiba Malik has joined Grayling as a director in its corporate and financial division.
The trustees of a pension scheme for UK employees of collapsed photo firm Kodak have appointed Smithfield to advise on comms around its controversial $650m (£427m) settlement with parent firm Eastman Kodak.
Agency help is being sought to promote an EU-backed drive to help Welsh businesses become greener.
MHP Communications has been appointed by the Saudi Arabian government to help promote a multi-billion-pound public transport project.
Virgin Atlantic marketing director Simon Lloyd has left the airline after less than a year, with marketing responsibilities to be taken on by the brand's global sales director Maria Sebastian.