AKQA hired Jaime Diskin as creative director and Patrick Maravilla as associate creative director. The pair will manage creative on the Xbox account.

Brand New School hired Blake Huber as flame artist and lead compositor for its East Coast studio.

Brand Arc has named Shannon Pruitt chief strategy officer. Most recently, Pruitt was vice president of sales development at Warner Bros. Television Group.

Paradysz hired Steve McMeans as media buyer for its Insert & Print Media division. He was previously the media manager at Lifetouch Portrait Studios.

Publicis Dallas hired Wes Beyrent as vice president and director of creative technology. Beyrent joins the agency from Tribal DDB/Dallas, where he was director of creative technology and user experience.

The Regan Group hired Jennifer Brown as director, digital marketing. Brown most recently was an account supervisor at Ketchum, working on marketing, public relations and promotions for clients Frito-Lay and TOMS.

Thornberg & Forester hired Vi Nguyen as head of 3D and VFX supervisor.

Acquity Group hired Libby Morgan as portfolio director for the company's New York City office.

skyrockit named Thi Linh Wernau as vice president of business development and client services and Kevin Britt as vice president of monetization.

Heather Symmes has rejoined GMC as director of affiliate marketing.