J. Walter Thompson New York hired Jennifer Usdan McBride as director of digital production. She joins the agency from Deutsch New York where she oversaw all digital production on Microsoft and PNC, as well as project work for TNT and Galderma. This marks a return to J. Walter Thompson for McBride, having previously served as an executive producer working on Johnson & Johnson brands. In her new role, McBride will report to Lisa Setten, head of integrated production, J. Walter Thompson New York, and oversee digital production across the agency's New York office. McBride also worked at BBH New York as a senior interactive producer, where she launched the Google Chrome interactive project "Chrome Fastball: A Race Across the Internet" and also worked on Westin, Cadillac and Sprite. "Jennifer is a wonder to work with, an incredible creative thinker who is tireless in her efforts to elevate the work and bring innovative ideas to life," said Setten. "Add to this her knowledge and past experience with our clients, we feel extremely fortunate to be welcoming her back to the J. Walter Thompson family."

GSD&M hired Kim Tice and Adrienne Walpole as vice president, account directors. Tice will lead Hampton Hotels, part of the Hilton Worldwide brands, which launched its "We Go Together" platform in February. Walpole will lead the agency's Southwest Airlines team, supporting branding efforts for its Fall 2015 brand campaign. Tice joins GSD&M from Grey/New York, where she served as vice president, global account director. While there, she helped launch Kellogg's Pringles' first global effort, which launched in 50 countries. She also worked on several Kraft brands at TBWA\Chiat\Day and IBM at Ogilvy & Mather. Prior to GSD&M, Walpole was an account director at Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Los Angeles, where she led efforts on Best Buy and was part of the team that helped launch the Windows Phone worldwide. Before that, she spent eight years at TBWA and stints at Saatchi & Saatchi and Deutsch. Her client experience includes Nissan, Toyota, Netflix and Mars Petcare. "To create great work, we have to first build strong and trust-based relationships with our clients. And that takes skilled account leaders dedicated to seeking out the best solutions for those clients," said Scott Moore, SVP/Managing Director at GSD&M. "Kim and Adrienne are strategic, smart and experienced, and they will be true assets to our Hampton and Southwest teams."

Ania Sponaski joined GMR Canada as director, client services, moving from the GMR London office, where she worked on global brand sponsorship for Visa, Glenmorangie and Nielsen. Lorne Cooperberg was promoted to group account director and Laura Boshell was hired as a director, field marketing and production.