Framestore added Alex Pejic, Stephane Naze, Nigel Denton-Howes and Oscar-winner George Murphy as VFX supervisors in its London and Montreal film offices.

Carlos Arambula has joined R&R Partners in the new position of vice president of Hispanic marketing, based in Los Angeles. Diego Valesquez and his team at CMV Publicidad in Mexico City, have joined R&R Partners as the firm's ninth office and first international location. As coach general of R&R's Mexico office, Valesquez will work closely with Arambula to grow the company's cross-border client base.

Curiosity Advertising, a Cincinnati-based advertising agency, announced the launch of a new media services department. Jen Burdell-King joins the agency as media director to oversee the launch and future growth of the media department.

The Washington Post hired Jed Hartman as chief revenue officer. He is the former group publisher for Time Inc. news and business.

MARC USA Chicago hired Bill McCarthy as vice president/account director where he will oversee True Value Hardware and the agency’s newly won Navistar Inc. account. Most recently he was digital sales manager for CBS Radio. Susan Bertocchi joined the agency as senior vice president/creative director responsible for the Payless ShoeSource account. Prior to MARC USA, she worked for Ryan Partnership, overseeing creative for Nicorette, Tums, Abreva and Aquafresh.

R/GA hired Joe Tomasulo as executive vice president, global chief financial officer and promoted Nick Coronges to global chief technology officer; Chris Colborn to executive vice president, global chief design and innovation officer; and Richard Ting to executive vice president, global chief of experience design. All four will be based in R/GA's New York headquarters.

MEC Global Solutions, MEC's international hub based in London, hired three to join its international strategy team in addition to the three senior strategists already in place. Chris Worrell joins as group strategy director; Francis Turner joins as strategy director and Filippo Giannelli joins as a strategist.

Krux opened its first company office in Tokyo and has appointed Masahiro Kano as country manager. Kano will help establish Krux’s presence in Japan including building a local staff, leading the company’s business development and contributing to growing its marketing efforts throughout the region.

CP+B tapped Rupert Samuel as executive director of content production. He will oversee all production for the four CP+B offices in the US as well as consulting with the agency's global offices. A London native, Samuel began his career at CP+B. Following an internship, he became a key member of the production group. He was named vice president of integrated production at CP+B in 2002, overseeing all forms of campaign production for clients including MINI, AND 1 and Burger King. During his time at CP+B, he produced numerous Cannes Grand Prix and Titanium award-winning campaigns and worked with directors like …

Jake Wheeler joined SapientNitro's la comunidad as creative director. Wheeler joins the agency from Grey New York where he led the Volvo North America business. Prior to Grey, Wheeler was creative director at SapientNitro, splitting his time between Miami and Shanghai. While there, he led projects for Ferrari and ran the U.S. digital business for FIAT Chrysler. He also oversaw projects for Bacardi, Tag Heuer and Microsoft in China. At la comunidad, Wheeler will report to ose and Joaquin Molla, chief creative officer's at the agency. "I think there are incredible opportunities for a group like la comunidad that harnesses …