People in the News: Thumbplay, Grizzard, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips

Thumbplay, a mobile entertainment company, has promoted Jeff Carr to executive VP of marketing. Carr joined Thumbplay in 2007, and had most recently served as senior VP. In his new position, he is responsible for all marketing initiatives. He reports directly to co-founder and CEO Evan Schwartz. Prior to joining Thumbplay, Carr was VP of marketing for Community Connect, a niche community social networking platform. Before that, he was the senior director of online marketing at Columbia House.

Douglas Broward has been promoted to chief creative officer at Grizzard Communications Group. The position is newly created. Broward, who joined Grizzard in 1999, previously held the role of creative director for both commercial and nonprofit accounts.Broward will lead creative in the company