JOHN MCNEIL has joined McCann Erickson San Francisco as executive vice president and co-chief creative officer. McNeil joins from Ogilvy & Mather, New York, where he was senior partner and creative director for the IBM, Kodak, DuPont, and Lycos accounts. He will partner and share the same title with current executive vice president and chief creative cfficer JEFF HUGGINS and work on the Microsoft account. McNeil joined Ogilvy & Mather in 1996, and worked on IBM’s e-business campaign, ThinkPad and Global Services business, and the “Linux Prodigy” campaign.

Insight Interactive Group has named BOB GEAR as senior vice president of business development. Gear will forge relationships and build business in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. Additionally, he will provide the agency and its clients with insights on market trends and health care industry issues.

Sedgwick Rd. has named DAVID JENKINS executive creative director and senior vice president. Jenkins began his career at Ogilvy’s Houston, San Francisco, and New York offices, working with Shell Oil, Gallo Winery, American Express, Blitz-Weinhard Brewery, Paco Rabanne, and other accounts. Recently Jenkins has run his own creative consulting firm where he led efforts creating IBM’s national and international e-commerce print campaign.

Cronin and Company has promoted two employees and hired two new ones. PAMELA SOISSON has advanced from account supervisor to senior account supervisor; TAMI SANTUCCI has been promoted from senior account executive to account supervisor; AMBER CHRISTIANSEN has joined the agency as an account executive; and DOAK CALLOWAY has also joined the agency as an account executive.

Ripple Effects Interactive has added four people to its Pittsburgh office. GREG DIMEDIO has been named account supervisor; ERIN TRAYNOR was hired as account executive; ED SHIN joins as interactive designer; and JULIE YOUNG serves as proofreader.

KEVIN MOORE has been named as East Coast account executive of PIC-TV. He will be responsible for generating new accounts for 10-second promotional spots and closed captioned sponsorships. Prior to joining PIC-TV, Moore was a senior media buyer on the Johnson & Johnson account at Universal McCann.

RAUL CALVO has been named vice president/director of sales for Clear Channel Radio Sales (CCRS) Hispanic. In this newly created position, Calvo will manage and oversee CCRS Hispanic sales efforts to the media community. He has been with Katz for more than 12 years, holding sales and management positions with Banner Radio, Sentry Radio, and CCRS. Most recently he was vice president/sales for CCRS.

Bartle Bogle Hegarty has hired group account director TAMMY HOCKENSTEIN,CLAY MILLS as account director, and ALLISON BELMORE as retail account director. Hockenstein joins BBH from TBWA/Chiat/Day, New York, where she spent four years working on Orbitz and Cunard Cruise Lines. Mills is formerly of J. Walter Thompson, and has worked on brands such as Guinness, Bailey’s, Malibu, and Smirnoff Ice.

MARTIN CLARKE has been named editor of GOLF MAGAZINE. Clarke was the editor-in-chief of Golf World in the United Kingdom and succeeds KEVIN COOK, who is leaving the company.

Turner Media Group hired ART COHEN as senior vice president of ad sales. Cohen is responsible for the introduction of Turner Media Group’s Integrated Transactional Media to the general market advertising community. Integrated Transactional Media takes advantage of new technologies, including interactive television and DVRs, to deliver an innovative opportunity for advertisers across multiple platforms. Most recently, Cohen was senior vice president at ACTV where he was responsible for sales of the SpotOn addressable advertising product.