REVOLVING DOOR: Doner Hires 11

Doner hires 11 creatives in the agency's Detroit headquarters.

Bob Havlena and Katie Rivard were named associate creative directors. Havlena joins the agency from BBDO Atlanta, where he worked on AT&T and REI. Rivard joins from Ogilvy Chicago, where she was a writer working on Huggies, Glade, Pinnacle Vodka and Sargento Cheese.

Kate Wojan was named a senior art director. She relocated to Detroit from Chicago, where she was an art director at FCB. Before that, she was an art director at Healthy Interactions in Chicago.

Stephan Lacombe and Liam Soren were named senior copywriters. Lacombe will relocate from New York, where he worked for Elephant and DigitasLBi. Soren joins Doner from Tattoo Projects, an agency based in Charlotte, NC.

Leah Cannaert joins as senior designer, after working as an associate creative director for ArtPrize.

Burke di Piazza, Laura Haberman and Olivia Hill were tapped as copywriters. DiPiazza was most recently a media planner at Assembly, which led him to a creative internship and full-time position at Doner. Haberman relocated from Chicago, where she most recently worked at The Escape Pod. Hill joins Doner from DigitasLBi.

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Bisi Okoye and Marissa Schmidt were named art directors. Prior to Doner, Okoye was a freelance art director for Huge and has held positions at DigitasLBi and McCann. Schmidt joins the agency after graduating from Michigan State University with a degree in creative advertising and design.

"This infusion of new energy, skills and perspective will continue to push us to be more audacious and our clients to be more ambitious in unleashing new work," said Eric Weisberg, global chief creative officer.

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