Badger & Partners appointed ANDREW BEAVER as chief marketing officer and senior partner. Beaver will direct agency operations, new business development, and oversee delivery of the agency's range of branding and creative services to its clients. Prior to joining Badger & Partners, Beaver served as director of client services and managing partner at TBWA/Chiat/Day, New York, where managed clients including Seagram's Spirits, K-Mart, and Orbitz.com. Prior to that, Beaver was executive vice president at Deutsch Inc., managing Tanqueray, Snapple, and Prudential Securities brands.

SFGT has recruited DOUG HILL as creative director/group head, responsible for Sunoco, De'Longhi, American Education Services, and The Philadelphia International Auto Show accounts. Previously, Hill was senior creative director at McCann-Erickson, New York, working on Sprint, Lowe's, Rubbermaid, and Partnership for a Drug-Free America accounts.

NICHOLAS LONGANO has been named chief marketing officer at Massive Incorporated. Longano will be responsible for expanding Massive’s position in the in-game advertising market by building a network of publishers and titles into a legitimized media solution for advertisers. He most recently served as a group vice president at Vivendi Universal Games.

The Weather Channel has promoted CHUCK HERRING to vice president/general manager of the all-local weather network, Weatherscan. In his new role, he will be responsible for managing all local weather products and for the continued development and deployment of Weatherscan. Most recently, Herring was vice president/general manager for The Weather Channel Radio Network. The Weather Channel also promoted Vicki Hamilton to general manager for The Weather Channel Radio Network, up from senior vice president of shared services and IT operations.

Giant Ideas, a Pittsburgh-based agency, is opening a Denver office on Dec. 1. ROBERT ROBB, vice president of marketing communications for Adelphia Communications Corp., has been tapped to head the office as executive vice president of client services.

TakeONE Marketing Group, a provider of online reward programs services, has named KEN MARLIN as vice president of sales. Marlin will be responsible for driving revenue and managing the company’s new business development efforts.

Moxie Interactive has promoted SHELLEY BERTSCH to chief marketing officer, BOB CONQUEST to chief creative officer, and JANA STECKLER to vice president of client services.

JENNIFER DIRKS has joined Bader Rutter & Associates as an account executive. Dirks will be working with the agency’s financial services and consumer clients. Prior to joining Bader Rutter, she worked as a public relations account executive at Zeppos & Associates.

Digital Edge, Mediaedge:cia’s interactive communications division, has named JENNIFER BORENSTEIN as associate director, strategy and insights. Borenstein will analyze data and consumer research to help guide campaign strategy. She will also work with MEC’s direct media unit Wunderman Media and MEC’s search marketing unit Outrider.

ALEJANDRO VITALE has joined Hispanic advertising agency CreativeOndemanD (C.O.D), as director of integrated marketing. Vitale’s responsibilities will include new business development and cultivating strategic business alliances. Prior to joining C.O.D., Vitale worked at Miami-based advertising agency accentmarketing, where he supervised the General Motors Public Policy account for the U.S. Hispanic market.