Mother New York hired Charlie McKittrick as strategist. He joins Mother after a ten-year stint at Ogilvy & Mather where he headed up a 20-person marketing strategy practice.

Empower MediaMarketing hired Nancy Koors as chief strategy officer.

Baldwin& hired Rob Frasketi as the machete. Titles at Baldwin& are self-assigned; Frasketi's position will correspond to that of an art director. He will work on the agency's BMW and other accounts.

Specific Media opened an office in Seattle, to be led by Heather Conniff, director of sales for the Pacific Northwest.

Ashleigh Karnilowicz joined Keiler & Company as an assistant account manager.

Julie Carney joined Mechanica as a brand director. Most recently, Carney was an account supervisor at Mullen.

Meaghan LePage joined Allen & Gerritsen as a marketing campaign producer.

Draftfcb Chicago promoted Kelly Graves and Patrick Moorhead to senior vice presidents.

SapientNitro named Stephen Mui as executive creative director of its Shanghai office. Mui will lead a team of traditional and digital creatives to develop strategies for clients such as Mars, Volvo, NBA China, Unilever and Coca-Cola.

Colle+McVoy hired Nicole Pomerleau as media director. Pomerleau joins the agency from Fallon.