VideoSonic Systems has named BRUCE BARNETT as chief operations officer, a newly created position.

ERIC HEALY has joined Mullen as senior vice president, group marketing director in the company’s relationship marketing group. Healy comes to Mullen from Arnold Worldwide in Boston, where he was responsible for the Vonage business. Healy will lead strategic relationship and brand marketing efforts for TripAdvisor, 3Com, and GameTap.

LATINTHRE3 has appointed CAROLINE HORNER as vice president of client services. She has been charged with spearheading the firm's Client Services group across all of its offices in the U.S. and Latin America. Prior to joining LATINTHRE3, Horner was an executive at Organic where she held such positions as vice president of corporate development, vice president of client services and integration, managing director of the Detroit office, and director of client services.

JOE DUGAN has been named to the newly created position of senior vice president of CNN Digital Ad Sales. Most recently, Dugan served as vice president and sales manager of CNN Ad Sales. In this position, Dugan managed one of three sales teams responsible for generating ad revenue for CNN, CNN Headline News, CNN Airport Network and CNN.com. He joined CNN in 1993 as a sales planner.

DAVID CARTER has joined BBDO New York as a senior creative director. Carter joins the agency from Fallon, Minneapolis where he served as senior art director.

Publishing Group of America has named JILL MELTON editor of Relish, a food magazine launching next year. Melton worked at Cooking Light for fifteen years.

Rainbow Media Holdings has expanded its distribution arm internationally, and GLENN OAKLEY, Rainbow Media’s senior vice president of business development, will lead the newly created Rainbow International division.

HOLLY SAUNDERS has been named marketing director of National Geographic Adventure. Saunders will be responsible for all marketing and sales activities for the magazine. Saunders has been with National Geographic Adventure since its launch in 1999.

Boone/Oakley has hired CHARISSA RAGOT as account coordinator, responsible for Dialog Telecommunications and Bloom accounts. Previously, Ragot was an assistant producer at NBC News Channel’s national production facilities in Charlotte.

DEWAYNE MARTIN has joined TheLadders.com as vice president of strategic partnerships. In this role, Martin will develop and lead the company's partnership marketing program. Martin was the founding general manager of Forbes.com and managed the launch of the Web site.