BETC London added seven to its creative department: Ash Ghazali and Jon Kallus, Nat Cantor and Neil Gurr, Rafe Greenlaw, Gareth W Rice and Kate Blumer. Senior creative team Ash Ghazali and Jon Kallus join the agency from BBH London. AKQA creative team Nat Cantor and Neil Gurr bring 14 years of creative experience on some of the world's biggest brands between them, including Nike, Xbox, Heineken, Volkswagen, Mazda and Fiat. Rafe Greenlaw joins as head of design and Gareth W Rice as art director. The final addition to the BETC London team is Kate Blumer, who takes the role …

Sophie Schonburg joined Pereira & O'Dell Brazil as executive creative director. Schonburg began her career at AlmapBBDO where she remained for 19 years winning more than 20 Cannes Lions and multiple awards in D&AD One Show, Clio Awards, London Festival, FIAP, El Ojo and El Sol. She worked across the agency's portfolio of clients including Volkswagen, Pepsi, Visa, HP, Bayer, Getty Images and Havaianas. The placement of Schonburg completes the agency's move to make all offices of Pereira & O'Dell (San Francisco, New York, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro) effective global players. "Sophie's work is known and respected worldwide. Her …

John Wells was tapped to lead the Los Angeles office of R&R Partners in the new role of vice president of brand management/managing director. Wells joins the agency from Live Nation Entertainment, where he served as senior vice president of direct marketing for Ticketmaster, in charge of strategic management and development of its digital direct marketing and CRM program, including email, social media and mobile efforts. Prior to that, Wells was senior vice president for RAPP, working on campaigns for Bank of America, Toyota and DIRECTV. Mark Meissner joined R&R Partners as senior director, strategic communications in the firm's Washington, …

Naked hired Izzy DeBellis as group chief creative and strategy officer, a newly combined role at the agency. DeBellis previously served as co-chief creative officer at kbs New York. In his new role, DeBellis will be responsible for integrating, evolving, and leading strategic creativity across Naked hub offices in the US, UK and Australia. While at kbs, DeBellis managed a team of more than 100 creatives and 50 production and content staff, sat on the Executive Leadership team, and served as the business and strategy lead on accounts such as BMW, Vanguard Mutual Funds, AMEX, Adopt-Us-Kids and Gold by Jay-Z. …

R/GA tapped Candice Hahn as vice president, managing director, to grow its Austin office. She reports to Bob Greenberg, founder, chairman and chief executive officer, R/GA. Kyle Bunch, who helped open the office, will continue to serve the agency as a global lead within R/GA's mobile & social platforms group. Most recently, Hahn served as vice president, managing director of iCrossing's San Francisco office, where she secured new clients such as Cancer Treatment Centers of America, PetSmart, Charles Schwab, and Robert Half International. She also spent eight years at Modem Media (acquired by Digitas), helping to strategically drive client business …