Sarkis joins the agency from Crispin Porter + Bogusky, where he was executive creative director, overseeing all creative coming out of the agency's Miami office. He spent the last two years working across a variety of clients, including Letgo, Vonage and Santa Margherita Prior to CP+B Miami, Sarkis was a creative director at TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles, working on Gatorade and Adidas.

"Gustavo is an exceptionally talented, creative and seasoned leader," said Jeffery. "We are excited for him to join D&G and lead our Kia team. With his expertise, we look forward to elevating and evolving the work, so we can continue to help Kia grow at an unprecedented rate."

"Steve is a proven leader, integrated activator and collaborative team builder," said Christine Fruechte, CEO of Colle+McVoy. "This is an ideal time for him to join our team. Steve has a pulse on evolving media; a thirst for innovation; and a strong belief in the integration of media, insights, analytics, creative, public relations and social media."

"AKQA's DC office has several of the most successful and longest-tenured client relationships in our company's history, and Rachel's passion and focus on client services has played a large part in that," said Rogstad. "I'm excited to have Rachel's vision and leadership help shape our future."

Naylor will work on a number of new agency clients and advise on creative direction across the agency's client list. Naylor spent the past five years freelancing as an art and creative director and has developed campaigns for Cadillac, Comedy Central, Nike and HP. He has worked for Wieden + Kennedy, Modernista!, Goodby Silverstein & Partners and Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners.

Poynter will report to Laura Janness, chief strategy officer and will be responsible for advising all clients on driving ideas across channels. Poynter joins the agency from Anomaly, where he was head of communications planning. While there, he worked on campaigns for the Super Bowl and World Cup for Budweiser, plus work for Diageo and Duracell.

Most recently, Fiorito was managing director at TBWA/Chiat/Day Los Angeles, where he worked on accounts including Buffalo Wild Wings, Activision, Sony PlayStation and Southwest Airlines. Before that, he served as group account director at Bartle Bogle Hegarty in New York, leading brand relationships within Unilever and Diageo. Earlier in his career, he worked at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners and Carmichael Lynch, on brands that included Budweiser, Schwinn, Motorola and Sam Adams.

Conklin is tasked with leading the social media teams on developing brand awareness and an online reputation through social content for ELEVATE Design Collective, Pet Supplies Plus and Farm Bureau Insurance. She will report to Callahan. Most recently, Conklin was an in-house social media strategist at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

"As our clients are looking to expand their digital and social capabilities as part of our branding work we do for our clients in order to match today's rapidly changing media landscape, we believe that Kathleen and Cassie will be ideal assets for our agency," said said Paul Knapp, CEO of Young & Laramore.

"We immediately saw how clear headed Topher was about forging together great storytelling ideas into fully integrated productions and helping to expand a campaign's footprint across all media in a totally efficient way," said Robert Riccardi, CEO of Argonaut. "It's a time of growth and evolution for Argonaut, and we're looking forward to having someone with his range of experience on our team."