Hauser Group hired Chase Smallman as vice president/group account director to oversee accounts such as Cheerwine, Georgia Natural Gas, Brill, HPNOTIQ and Imperial Sugar. Before joining Hauser Group, Smallman served as vice president/account director for JWT Communications.

CrownPeak opened a New York office to be managed by Scott Samios, who joins CrownPeak as eastern regional director of sales. He previously worked at Omniture as regional director, east.

David Jenkins joins McCann NY as an executive vice president, chief of brand growth and innovation, across a range of accounts. Jenkins joins the agency from BBH NY, where he ran the agency's Miller Lite business for two years. In addition, chief growth officer Matt Weiss will also add the new role of chief of brand growth and innovation to his current leadership position.

Hydra hired Rachel Corcoran as director of compliance overseeing Hydra's compliance team and the Hydra AdControl suite of services. Most recently, Corcoran served as the manager of corporate regulatory compliance and contracts at Experian.

Allen & Gerritsen launched a sub-brand called New Model Army. Led by managing director Basil Dixon, New Model Army provides channel connection strategy to advertising agencies and their clients.

WD Partners hired Michelle Fenstermaker as executive director of consumer insights and John Bajorek as director of digital services.

PointRoll hired Ray McIntosh as sales director, west coast; Chris Baughman as avp, creative strategy; Dana Summers as account executive, Pacific Northwest; and Rhiannon Ubelhor as an account executive, Auto, for the Los Angeles post.

Engauge hired Korey Thurber as vice president of analytics. Most recently, Thurber served as vice president of financial services analytics at Harte-Hanks.

McCann Erickson Los Angeles hired Christian Cocker as senior vice president, director of account planning; Michael Rice as senior vice president, director of digital; and Joe Bock as senior vice president, group account director for Nestlé.

TBWA Worldwide has named Gerard Govaerts as president, TBWA/Latin America. Govaerts will be based in Miami and previously served as CEO, TBWA/Group Belgium.