Hill Holliday Makes Two Senior-level Strategic Hires to Support Strong Growth in Digital Practice

Today, Hill Holliday announced the appointment of two senior-level, strategic new hires to support the agency’s fast-growing digital practice.

Both senior vice presidents, Alicia Arnold and Priya Shah have strong agency and corporate experience playing key digital leadership roles. Also, both have secured top industry awards and honors.

At Hill Holliday, Alicia Arnold serves as senior vice president in the agency’s digital practice, helping to envision digital solutions that drive business results. Alicia joins Hill Holliday from Watertown, MA-based Molecular where she worked clients such as Reebok, HumanaOne and The Hartford. Prior to Molecular, Alicia held positions at One to One Interactive, Communication Via Design, and Fidelity Investments. Alicia is an award-winning digital strategist and account leader, and has won numerous awards throughout her career including Create, MITX, W3 and WebAwards for Reebok Run Easy and eHealthcare Leadership Awards for HumanaOne.

Priya Shah serves as senior vice president, director of user experience at Hill Holliday. Before joining Hill Holliday, Priya worked as vice president, director of experience architecture at Arnold Worldwide in Boston. At Arnold, Priya worked on accounts including Carnival Cruiselines, Ocean Spray and Huntington Bank. Prior to her time at Arnold, Priya held positions at National Leisure Group, Lapham Miller Interactive Agency, Breakaway Solutions and Extraprise. She has also won numerous top digital honors and award including MITX, Webby and Hatch Awards.

"We have a terrific digital talent pool at Hill Holliday, and the addition of Alicia and Priya will only add to our depth and expertise,” said Baba Shetty, chief media officer, Hill Holliday. "We are thrilled to have Alicia and Priya on board and look forward to their contributions.”

"As opportunities to reach consumers continue to grow and evolve daily, the talent we need to effectively reach them evolves as well,” said Kevin Moehlenkamp, Hill Holliday’s chief creative officer. "Alicia and Priya are both outstanding talents that continue to make Hill Holliday seamless creative and business partners for our clients across the board. We are thrilled to have them with us and look forward to the impact they will have.”

About Hill Holliday

Hill Holliday, owned by the Interpublic Group of Companies and headquartered in Boston with offices in New York and Greenville, S.C., is one of the top communications agencies in the nation. Hill Holliday has won every major award for advertising excellence and effectiveness and has among its roster of clients leading national and regional brands including Bank of America, Chili's Grill & Bar, Covidien, Dunkin' Donuts, EmblemHealth, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Healthways, John Hancock, The J.M. Smucker Company, King Pharmaceuticals, Liberty Mutual, The Massachusetts State Lottery, Merrill Lynch, Novartis, Partners HealthCare, TJX Companies and Verizon Wireless. Hill Holliday can be found on the Web at hhcc.com and on Twitter at twitter.com/hillholliday.

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