Emily Hodkins joins Droga5 as director of communications. She joins the agency from 72andSunny, where she built and led the communications department.

TuneCore promoted Scott Ackerman to CEO.

Sq1 named Tucker Hassler as executive creative director.

AMC Networks announced that Marci Wiseman, the current head of business affairs for AMC, is moving into a new role at AMC Networks, as the executive-in-charge of Owned Content Distribution and Strategy. She will be responsible for expanding the reach of the company’s owned content across its four networks, through non-affiliate distribution agreements, including domestic subscription video on demand and global syndication.

Essence promoted Christian Juhl to global CEO, Matt Isaacs to executive chairman, Andrew Shebbeare to founding partner and global innovative director, and Andy Bonsall to executive consultant.

Soonr tapped Ahmet Tuncay as CEO and Sam Liu as vice president of marketing.

Swirl hired Greg Johnson as executive vice president, director of digital.

ShootersINC hired Nick Litwinko as managing director of ShootersNYC, DIVE & BIGSMACK.

NBCUniversal’s Hispanic Enterprises and Content hired Maria Drew as senior vice president of human resources.

Adroit Digital, a division of MediaMath, hired Todd Ralph as a Detroit-based sales director.