Mediabrands named Jimmy Poon as CEO of Mediabrands Ventures in China.

Drew Meyers was appointed managing director of Publicis Modem West in San Francisco, elevated from his current position as senior vice president, digital group account director at Publicis Seattle.

Deutsch LA hired Paul Pedrazzi as its new senior vice president, director of digital strategy. Pedrazzi joins Deutsch LA from Oracle Corporation where he was vice president, product strategy.

Ryan Adams was named corporate director of national digital sales at Journal Register Company.

Matt Bennett and Will Battersby have joined AKQA as a creative team. Previously, they both worked together at 20:20, where they created digital campaigns for clients including Virgin 1 and the COI.

TBWA/Chiat/Day New York hired Sue Anderson and Lisa Topol as creative directors. Anderson will have primary responsibility for ABSOLUT, and Topol will lead Kahlúa and Twix.

Pereira & O'Dell has hired Nick Chapman as director of strategy. He joins the agency from Venables Bell and Partners where he was director of brand strategy for all Con Agra brands, VIZIO and HBO.

Tricia Clark, formerly of 3 Lark Consulting, has joined Euro RSCG Chicago as group account director.

Lisa Bradner was named president of Geomentum. She was previously vice president/principal analyst at Forrester Research.

John Atwood was named deputy editor of Runner's World. Atwood joins Runner's World from Rodale Books, where he served as executive editor.