Simon Calvert is joining Gyro UK on Oct. 1 as chief strategy, technology and data officer. His appointment follows the recent hire of Kate Howe as managing director of Gyro London. Calvert's experience spans agencies on five different continents, including Digitas, EuroRSCG, McCann, Saatchi & Saatchi and Michaelides & Bednash. He was most recently digital strategy leader at Mindshare Worldwide providing digital strategy and execution for multinational clients including HSBC, Chanel, Unilever, Dyson, Diesel, Boehringer Ingelheim, Jaguar and Land Rover. Prior to Mindshare, Calvert was global chief planning officer at DraftFCB where he partnered with Howe to win NIVEA's $700M …

Moroch Partners hired Doug Martin as chief client service and development officer, a new position at the agency. Most recently, Martin served as principal at The Richards Group and prior to that worked for Wieden + Kennedy and Leagas~Delaney. Throughout his career, Martin has worked on brands such as The Home Depot, Nike, Patron, Miller Brewing, adidas, Spalding, Luzianne and Russell Athletics. He will be based in Moroch's Dallas headquarters. "Being an independent agency in today's industry is rare. The entrepreneurial spirit that has driven Moroch to so much success over the years is what makes this new chapter of …

Deutsch LA hired Colin Drummond as partner and chief strategy officer. Drummond will serve as chief strategist across all of Deutsch LA's client accounts, including Taco Bell, Volkswagen, Target and Dr Pepper Snapple Group along with overseeing the agency's planning and strategy group. He joins Deutsch LA from Ogilvy & Mather West where most recently he served as chief strategy officer. While there, Drummond oversaw strategic planning on accounts like Cisco, Beringer, and Arco, and built the agency's west coast-led planning capabilities. He also recently led the repositioning of American Express, working with the senior leadership to inject new relevance …

AdEase Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations has named Trisha Hall Blake managing partner and vice president of media. Hall Blake joined AdEase in 2011 and quickly rose to group media director at the agency's San Diego headquarters. Prior to AdEase, she was director of corporate media for MGM Resorts International in Las Vegas.

VSA Partners hired Andrea Spiegel as partner, client engagement.

T3 hired Dillon Nugent as director of client services.

Dstillery hired Anne Tourtillott as sales director, Detroit.

Traction hired Luigi Imperatore as chief financial officer.

Magnet Media hired Danielle Dardashti as senior vice president of business development.

WNET tapped Andy Halper as director of content distribution.