Mediacom has announced Jon Gittings is joining its team as global business development strategy officer.

Gittings will be based in New York and comes to the agency from his most recent role as global communications planning director at OMG. In the new role he will be responsible for creating and delivering consistent strategic plans for existing and future clients. Gittings will report to global chief business development and marketing officer Toby Jenner.

At OMG Gittings helped the agency to win global accounts, including Carlsberg and HTC.