Christian McLaughlin has been named vice president of specials for Comedy Central.

Jason Elm was named chief creative officer of DDB California. Prior to joining DDB, Elm served as executive vice president, group creative director at Deutsch LA.

David&Goliath named Mike O’Malley as Kia sports marketing/sponsorships account director and Merav Cohen as Kia dealer marketing group account director.

The Gate hired Erica Martinez as director of strategy.

Videology named Andy Ocasio as director of US Hispanic and Latin American sales.

MediaMath named Rachel Meranus as senior vice president, marketing and Brian Miller as general counsel.

Johannes Leonardo named Patrick Glorieux as copywriter and Cecilia Azcarate Isturiz as art director.

JWT New York tapped Emmanuel Lallevé and Florent Imbert as executive creative directors. The pair will start at JWT New York in August. Lallevé and Imbert join the agency from Marcel Worldwide in Paris.

loyalkaspar hired  Robert Blatchford as chief development officer and Anna Minkkinen as creative director.

Hailey Bartholomew signed with The Famous Group, Los Angeles, for commercial representation.