DDB Chicago hired Scott Herring as senior vice president, group business director in charge of the AT&T account. Prior to joining DDB, Herring was a vice president at SupportSoft.

Canoe Ventures has named Neil Schaffer as senior vice president of finance. Prior to Canoe, Schaffer served as CEO of Longview Consulting Group.

Todd Gallentine joined Gray & Partners as partner /creative director.

Alexandra Sabra joined Carat's Boston office as an account supervisor.

David&Goliath hired Rodrigo Butori and Steve Yee as associate creative directors.

MTV Networks International elevated Roberto Bagatti to vice president of creative for MTV Networks International and creative director of its World Design Studio in Milan. Previously, Bagatti served as creative director of MTV Networks South Europe.

Juan Bongiovanni joins MEC Interaction Latin America as regional interaction director. He joins MEC from Zed Digital LatAm, where he was online marketing director.

Starz Media promoted Adam Zeller to director of digital media.

Jumptap added David Karnstedt, president and CEO of Efficient Frontier, to its board of directors.

Mercury Media named Keith Turner vice chairman of the board of directors.