OREANDA-NEWS. In his first move as President and CEO of Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME), Rich Battista today announced that Jen Wong has been named Chief Operating Officer of the company, effective immediately. Wong joined Time Inc. in December 2015 as President of Digital.

In this newly created role, Wong will work closely with Battista on the company’s overall strategy and execution. While maintaining her oversight of Time Inc.’s digital operations and strategy, digital product development and engineering and The Foundry, the state-of-the-art creative lab and content studio, Wong is also assuming oversight of the company’s Consumer Marketing + Revenue division including Synapse, Bizrate Insights and TCS. Leslie Dukker Doty, Executive Vice President, Consumer Marketing + Revenue, will now report to Wong. Doty joined Time Inc. earlier this year.

Battista continued, “Aligning Leslie’s strong direct marketing experience and Jen’s digital skills particularly in commerce will unite and further drive our dynamic capabilities in the critical consumer marketing space. Leslie’s proven track record of driving consumer marketing transformation for global companies is already helping facilitate the acceleration of our consumer marketing revenue growth in her short tenure."

Wong joined Time Inc. from POPSUGAR, Inc., where she was Chief Business Officer. From 2011 to 2015, she led business operations and growth strategies for the company’s media and commerce businesses. She grew the POPSUGAR and ShopStyle brands internationally while also expanding the company’s ad products, video business, commerce revenue and other high-growth revenue streams and businesses. Wong previously held several executive management roles at AOL and, earlier in her career, worked with a range of digital media and technology clients at McKinsey & Company. A Harvard Business School graduate, Wong received a master’s degree in engineering economic systems and operations research from Stanford University after graduating from Yale University with a degree in applied mathematics.

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