BRIAN SILVER has been named chief operating officer of Did-it Search Marketing. He will be responsible for overseeing client services, strategy, analytics, product development and technology solutions. Silver comes to Did-it Search Marketing from his position as vice president of operations for IAC Advertising Solutions, formerly Ajinteractive.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development has named NOAH ELKIN, Ph.D., and director of industry relations at iCrossing, Chair of the Expert Meeting on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Tourism for Development.

Draft has opened an office in Los Angeles and Bentonville, Arkansas. The Los Angeles office will service Draft clients Kaiser Permanente and the L.A. Times. The Bentonville, Arkansas office was opened to strategically position Draft closer to Wal-mart, one of the largest customers of several of Draft’s packaged goods clients.

BBDO Worldwide and OMD Europe have made key management changes in Germany. OLAF GÖTTGENS, currently CEO and managing partner of BBDO Germany, is joining Mercedes Car Group as worldwide head of branding and marketing communications. KLAUS-PETER SCHULZ, currently CEO of OMD Germany GmbH, is replacing Gottgens. Lastly, MANFRED KLUGE, currently managing director at OMD Germany GmbH, is being promoted to CEO.

Hill, Holliday has elevated KRISTI ARGYILAN, currently EVP of the media group, to agency general manager – a role that has been vacant for the past two years. BRIAN WHIPPLE, EVP and director of the relationship marketing group, will assume duties of chief operating officer, replacing JOE NORBERG.

BRIAN POWLEY has been named executive vice president and managing director, Modem Media West. Most recently, Powley had been managing director, west, at MRM Worldwide, the customer relationship management unit of McCann Worldgroup. Powley will oversee all business operations, client relationships and new business strategy for the region.

MICHAEL COMINS has joined ID Media as senior vice president, director of client services to lead the Chicago office. Comins was most recently senior vice president, director of media services for WhittmanHart.

Red Dog Entertainment has promoted JEANNE DRESP to executive director of production management. In this role, Dresp will oversee production on all original Red Dog Entertainment network series.

Cartoon Network Enterprises has made expansions to its global team. RICK BLANCO has joined as director of hardlines design; DEENA BOYKIN has been tapped as senior director of retail development; and DARIA CRONIN joins as director of softlines, charged as a group with building the global branding and merchandising arm of Cartoon Network.

LISA SPIELMAN has been named senior vice president, director of business development for ZenithOptimedia US. Spielman joins the agency after an eight-year run within the Omnicom family, most recently as director of business development for OMD in the US and prior to that as director of business development for DDB New York.