Exponential Interactive hired Sandy Shanman as general manager, mobile, to run the newly launched Appsnack advertising division.

Tylted has appointed Steven Van Blarcom as executive vice president; Stellah De Ville as creative director; David Waldman in a strategic business development role; Wonny Lee as director of marketing; and Christian Montoya as producer.

Entertainment One Family hired Joan Grasso as vice president, licensing for North America.

ESPN promoted Scott Parker to vice president, consumer marketing. Parker previously served as senior director, marketing.

Content innovation studio, Let There Be Dragons, launched in Los Angeles. Producer Jennifer Golub will lead the studio. Let There Be Dragons is a standalone Omnicom Inc. offering, which draws upon the talents of TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles.

Evolution Bureau hired Dan Hofstadter and Ricard Valero as associate creative directors. The pair joins the agency from BBDO San Francisco, where they served as a creative team on accounts for Mars and Gallo wine, among other accounts.

Zoom Media and Marketing hired Kim Bryson as senior vice president of business development and Mark Campe as senior vice president of west coast sales.

Engine Company 1 hired Gabriel Johnson as a copywriter. Prior to joining the firm, Johnson spent a year with Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners where he was a copywriter working on the MINI, Priceline and Radio Shack accounts.

Young & Laramore hired Kevin Wood and Lucia Bayt as digital experience producer and account manager, respectively.

Gill Duff has been named president & CEO of BBDO Atlanta. He was most recently global business director at DDB Worldwide, overseeing Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Budweiser brand.