BBDO New York hired Dean Hacohen, as an executive creative director. He was most recently executive creative director at Cramer-Krasselt in Chicago.

Gravity, the recently re-launched and rebranded company formerly known as Rhino, hired Bob Samuel as chief marketing officer and executive producer for the company's Commercials group.

Phillips Design Group hired Doug Fox as vice president of brand development.

Mintz & Hoke Communications Group has promoted Amy Thompson to senior account executive, up from account executive.

Kristen Overland joined Ames Scullin O'Haire as a senior account executive.

MPG hired Peter Sedlarcik as senior vice president, director of insights and analytics. Sedlarcik was most recently senior vice president, director of insights and analytics at Targetcast.

T3 hired Mark Durein as group account director. Prior to coming to T3, Durein served as global account director for Young & Rubicam, where he led consumer marketing for Blue Shield of California.

Newcast, the branded entertainment division of ZenithOptimedia, named Anthony Azzaro and Kim Iadevaia as directors of branded entertainment.

Amy Vernon joined BlueGlass Interactive as director of viral marketing strategies.

Palisades Mediagroup named Richard Russell as senior vice president, director of communications planning and strategy. Previously, he was vice president, global communications planning at Davinci Selectwork LLC, an Omnicom company.