• by Amy Corr  @MediaPostOTL, December 8, 2015

Eleven, Inc. hired Aaron Richard as director of innovation, a new position, and TJ Tshionyi as executive producer, digital. Richard will focus on bringing new communication channels, technologies and ideas to the agency and will report to Gary Stein, group director of marketplace insights at Eleven. Tshionyi will lead production initiatives across a range of the agency's accounts and report to Anastacia Maggioncalda, head of integrated production at the San Francisco-based agency. Prior to joining Eleven, Richard was a senior innovation strategist at Heat, where he spent several years working on strategic technology projects for Electronic Arts, AOL, Anheuser-Busch, Bank of the West, Levi's, Pure Storage and Dolby. Most recently, Tshionyi worked at ChapterSF on Silent Circle. Prior to that, Tshionyi spent time at McCann Erickson San Francisco working on Microsoft, and AKQA San Francisco where he worked on clients like Nike, Old Navy, Gap, Red Bull and Jordan Brand. "Aaron and TJ bring an outstanding amount of knowledge and talent to Eleven," said Courtney Beuchert, CEO of Eleven. "Their experiences will help bring fresh and advanced thinking to the agency and we’re excited to see them bring new creative ideas to life for clients."