A well-known industry veteran is making the jump to a new opportunity. 

Former ReviveHealth executive Jeff Speer is joining California-based Merryman Communications as its managing director, the company announced Monday.

Speer joins from his previous role at Revive, where he served as EVP of strategy. As the eighth employee at the full-service healthcare agency, he spent about 12 years driving growth and agency initiatives at ReviveHealth, which is now part of the Weber Shandwick Collective. 

His responsibilities at the firm centered on strategic planning, new business, thought leadership, departmental management and internal communication.

Before that, he was a VP at Porter Novelli Life Sciences for four years. He started his career at FischerHealth, which later folded into Porter Novelli, as an account manager.

Over the course of his career, Speer has worked with several blue chip healthcare clients like Johnson & Johnson, Kaiser Permanente, Signify Health and HCA Healthcare, among others.

Merryman represents a host of notable pharma and biotech clients, including Biosense Webster, a J&J company, Boston Scientific and Takeda Pharmaceuticals. 

“We’re off to a strong start in 2023, and after several years of steady growth, shared success and collaborative partnerships, Jeff will be instrumental in helping the company sustain our momentum long-term,” Betsy Merryman, president and managing partner at Merryman Communications, said in a statement.

Speer will work with Merryman on expanding the scope of agency operations and business development activities. The agency noted that he brings a background in medical technology, health tech, brand strategy, creative advertising and integrated campaigns to the role.

“It’s an honor to help lead an agency that is doing award-winning, impactful work while providing the modern work experience professionals want yet rarely find,” Speer said in a statement.

As for the organization he just left, Revive announced Chris Bevolo as its new CEO in early February.

Bevolo is an industry veteran who founded the Minneapolis-based healthcare marketing firm Interval in 1995.

He has been with Revive since 2014 and will report to Jim O’Leary, CEO of North America at Weber Shandwick, as part of the position.