Fox Nets Names Brace Digital Sales SVP

Fox Networks Group today appointed Meredith Brace senior vice president, digital sales. James Kiernan and David Borstein, who are joining Fox from Twitter, will serve as VPs, digital sales.

In her newly created position, Brace, who has been SVP of national sponsorships for true[X], will serve as the digital sales lead for FNG, working to align advertiser spending with the growth in viewership across nonlinear and digital platforms. She will report to EVP of Nonlinear Revenue David Levy, with whom she worked at true[X], a leading engagement ad company acquired by 21st Century Fox in 2015.

Brace joined true[X] in 2014 and has managed national sponsorships with key clients and agency partners. She previously worked at Microsoft as a global head of media and later led strategic partnerships for Windows, Bing, Office, XBox and phones. 

Brace has begun expanding and developing FNG’s digital sales team with the appointments of Kiernan and Borstein as VPs of digital sales. Kiernan will oversee Publicis’ digital spend with FNG and Borstein will manage FNG’s digital business with IPG and Horizon.

Kiernan was previously global agency development lead at Twitter, overseeing the company’s strategic partnership with Omnicom. Prior to that he led the digital and magazine activations at ZenithOptimedia. Kiernan also worked as a group client director at MediaVest where he managed the digital media buying efforts for P&G.

Borstein most recently served as senior sales manager at Twitter. He previously held senior sales positions at SB Nation and MySpace.