Organic hired Audrey Melofchik as senior vice president, engagement management, a new position. Melofchik will oversee the agency's Kimberly-Clark account. She most recently served as business director at JWT.
Viewable Media hired Yedidiah Teitelbaum as vice president of east coast sales and account management; Hung Nguyen as vice president of west coast sales; and Brenda Coan as vice president of Midwest region sales.
Draftfcb Chicago hired Dirk Rients as management director, mobile platforms.
BBDO San Francisco hired Ricard Valero as associate creative director. He joins the agency from DDB Milan where he was a senior art director.
Gotham promoted Lyle Tick to managing director and Alan Snitow to director of strategy and innovation.
Initiative named Dave Rosner executive vice president, director of digital & innovations of its newly combined Digital, Innovations and Amphibian units.
Engine Company 1 hired Suosdey Penn as an associate creative director.
Lindsey Port left Jun Group in January to form Glo Gaming, a social and casual gaming ad network, where she serves as CEO. John Munson joins Glo Gaming as a northeast sales manager.
Digitas hired Barbara Cipolla as executive vice president, chief growth officer and Robert Cross as senior vice president, media.
Warschawski hired Dana Dorsheimer as a junior associate.
Andrew Morse, executive producer of innovation and integration for ABC News Digital, has been named head of Bloomberg Television in the U.S.
Samsung Telecommunications America hired Todd Pendleton as chief marketing officer. Before joining Samsung, he held the position of global brand communications director for Nike.
Heat, San Francisco hired Phillip Velasco as in-house video producer.
Richard Lawrence was named leader, business science & marketing analytics, for Mindshare North America.
Ben Seldin joined Allen & Gerritsen as strategic planner. Seldin will be working on numerous agency clients including Athletes for Hope, Hannaford Supermarkets and WBUR.
B-Reel hired Lins Karnes to helm its London office. In addition, B-Reel executive producer Eva Mautino will relocate from the London to the Los Angeles B-Reel office.
Media Storm hired Valarie McCubbins as an associate media director, digital. Prior to joining Media Storm, McCubbins served as an associate media director at MEC, working on the AT&T account.
SpotXchange hired Andrew Moore, a former AOL Advertising (UK) executive, as managing director in the UK.
Leviathan hired Tim Sepulveda as design director.
La Comunidad hired Natalia Rojas as director of digital development; Peele Lemos as senior art director and designer; Chelsea Cumings as art director; and Jane Cronk as copywriter.
R/GA opened a Stockholm office to be helmed by Anders Erlandsson as managing director and Kay Hook as executive creative director.
LeeReedy/Xylem Digital, Denver hired Connie Kline as account director, responsible for Hunter Douglas, Divine Foods and Integware.
Bailey Lauerman hired Scott Hale as social media community specialist; Joe Liebentritt as a finish artist; Spencer Peery as business manager; and Erica Wassinger as a public relations account executive.