Leo Burnett/Arc Worldwide hired Greg Edwards as senior vice president, account director.

Current TV hired Naomi Bulochnikov as director, corporate communications.

Hello Design made Scott Arenstein and Szu Ann Chen Smith partners at the agency.

The Wall Street Journal named Nina Lawrence as vice president of global marketing, advertising sales. Lawrence joins the Journal from W magazine, where she has served as vice president and publisher since 2005.

Deutsch NY hired Torsten Gross as senior vice president, group planning director on the Microsoft Office business.

CP+B announced that Evan Fry has rejoined the agency as executive director of creative development. During his initial time at CP+B, Fry served as a creative director and left in 2009 to co-found the agency Victor & Spoils in Boulder.

Dasher Lowe joined Ogilvy & Mather Chicago as managing director of OgilvyOne. Most recently, he worked at Starcom MediaVest Group’s Performance Marketing as executive vive president/managing director.

DunnhumbyUSA promoted Brian Merkle to chief financial officer.

J.T. Mapel joined Sponge as president and director of client relations. Previously, he spent close to 20 years working on the Anheuser-Busch business at DDB.

Plink named Marc Marin as chief marketing officer.