Staffing

Papa Johns promotes Anne Fischer to chief marketing and digital officer

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January 11, 2022

Papa John's International has promoted Anne Fischer to chief marketing and digital officer.

Fischer will expand her responsibilities to include brand and advertising; media and field activation and menu strategy and product innovation, in addition to continuing to oversee customer experience, according to a press release.

"Anne's strategic thought leadership and creativity have been essential to the success of Papa Johns digital marketing success over the past three years, so we are especially thrilled with her promotion to CMDO," Max Wetzel, EVP chief commercial officer, said in the release. "Digital innovation continues to be an enormous long-term growth opportunity for our brand. Anne's deep expertise in cutting-edge digital marketing, including leading our loyalty program, aggregator partnerships and our tech-enabled customer experience initiatives, brings a unique perspective and skill set to the CMDO role and will help Papa Johns continue to be a leader in our category."

Fischer joined Papa Johns in 2015 as senior director, digital marketing, and most recently served as senior vice president, customer experience. Over the last seven years, Fischer and her team helped drive the growth of Papa Johns aggregator partnerships and played a critical role in doubling the company's loyalty program, Papa Rewards, since 2019.

"Contributing to Papa Johns transformation and return to growth has been a highlight of my career," Fischer said in the release. "Papa Johns has long been a digital-first brand, leveraging technology to deliver our customers the highest quality, best value pizza and food wherever and however they want to order. Working with Max, my team and colleagues across the company, I'm very excited to continue this mission across all customer touchpoints, and help make Papa Johns the best pizza delivery company in the world."

Prior to Papa Johns, Fischer was the marketing director at SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, where she was responsible for its long-range marketing strategy and oversaw the department's execution of digital communications. She began her career at Walt Disney World.

Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, Papa Johns operates more than 5,500 restaurants in 50 countries and territories.