LAURENCE LAFFORGUE has joined Ogilvy One as account director, partner, working on the interactive side of the CPG practice. Lafforgue previously worked at Nurun.

Hill, Holliday has named BRIAN WHIPPLE as executive vice president and director of relationship marketing. Whipple joins Hill, Holliday from Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), where he served as managing director and partner. Prior to CSC, he served as senior vice president and managing director of Rapp Collins Worldwide in Chicago.

Siegel & Gale has promoted JASON CIESLAK to executive director, interactive media. Cieslak joined Siegel & Gale, Los Angeles in 1996 as a business development manager and was promoted to director of interactive media there in 1999.

BOB SCARPELLI has been promoted to worldwide chief creative officer at DDB Worldwide. Scarpelli will retain his title of chairman of DDB Chicago. Scarpelli has led the creative teams responsible for some of DDB’s best-known campaigns, including Anheuser-Busch, Dell, and McDonald’s.

Scripps Networks has promoted ANNETTE LINDSTROM to vice president of marketing for Home & Garden Television. The 11-year Scripps veteran, former director of marketing for the network, will serve as marketing liaison to new business initiatives in the brand's content platforms.

United Virtualities has hired JEREMY M. AARONSON as West Coast sales director, a newly created position. Aaronson joins UV from Longview Media (formerly Internet Fuel) where he worked since 1999, most recently as a senior sales executive. While there, he was involved with media buying and selling, business development, and account maintenance.

Ad Partners has hired DARLENE LEVI as vice president, account director. Most recently, Levi was an account director at JA&G Advertising, where she handled the Eckerd Drug account. Prior to that she was an account director with Doner.

ANGELA FLORES has been appointed Northwest manager at Organic Style magazine. Flores joins Organic Style from Line56 Media where she served as sales director and managed national sales and marketing. Previously, she worked as a sales representative at Forbes magazine.

HOWARD SHIMMEL has joined Nielsen Media Research as senior vice president, client insights. He joins the company from America Online, where he served as vice president, market research since 2001. While there, Shimmel was responsible for research across all of AOL's business units, providing research support for AOL's brand positioning and advertising, product and premium service development, programming, and strategic initiatives.

VICTORIA LOWELL and PATRICK LAFFERTY have been named senior vice presidents of marketing for Discovery Networks, U.S. The two will lead brand strategy development and oversee advertising and promotion campaigns. Lowell, who was promoted from vice president, marketing, Discovery Health Channel and FitTV, is responsible for all marketing efforts for Animal Planet, Discovery Health Channel, and FitTV. Lafferty, who joins Discovery from Leo Burnett USA, is responsible for all marketing efforts for Travel Channel, The Science Channel, Military Channel, and Discovery On Demand.