Pereira & O'Dell promoted Jonathan Woytek to executive creative director to oversee west coast clients such as Skype, Intel, Coca-Cola Latin America, 1-800-Contacts and Ad Council. Woytek joined the agency in 2010 creating Skype's "Stay Together" campaign and the Lego/DC Super Hero Movie Maker app. "From day one, Jonathan has been creating amazing work at Pereira & O&'Dell. He infuses all the work he does with a deep sense of humanity which spans from beverages to technology. Not an easy task," said PJ Pereira, chief creative officer & co-founder of Pereira & O'Dell.

Deutsch LA hired Duncan Houldsworth as executive vice president, executive director of data strategy. He reports to Kyle Acquistapace, partner and director of media and data strategy at Deutsch LA. Houldsworth will lead Deutsch LA's data strategy and analytics team, working across all clients on the agency's roster, including Sprint, VW, and Taco Bell. Before joining Deutsch, Houldsworth was a market research and strategic insights consultant, working with Fortune 100 companies in financial services, media, and telecommunications. Prior to that, he spent three years at Time Warner Cable as vice president, marketing insights, where he led the company's cross-functional analytics …

Lea Ladera joined McCann Erickson New York as executive creative director. Most recently, she was a creative director at Saatchi & Saatchi. Ladera's portfolio, spanning financial, retail and fashion, beverage, CPG, automotive, pharma, technology and travel. She has worked on Coca-Cola, McDonald's, HP, Delta Airlines, P&G, Unilever and General Mills, among other brands. In addition to Saatchi & Saatchi, she has worked for Ogilvy, JWT and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. "We have admired Lea's work for some time, from her recent Tina Fey work for American Express to her earlier amazing campaign for Macy's. We are incredibly excited to bring …

Leo Burnett Group tapped Bob Raidt as global president of Arc, the brand activation agency within Leo Burnett. Raidt will oversee business strategy and operations in the U.S. and globally with a focus on building the capability, connectivity and performance of the agency's Arc network. Throughout Raidt's nearly 20-years at Leo Burnett, he has worked on clients like McDonald's, P&G and Coca-Cola, where he collaborated closely with Arc. Since 2013, he has served as worldwide account director for Leo Burnett's Samsung business. In 2014, Raidt led Leo Burnett to retain its global agency of record status in Samsung's global agency …

Sue McLinden Donahue joined Evolve Media as the Midwest vice president of sales. Leah Corselli was named vice president of west coast sales for TotallyHer Media, Evolve Media’s publishing division dedicated to women and their families.

Whitepages hired Geoffrey Arone as executive vice president of products.

Samuel Gahwiler was named managing director, joiz Global.  Additionally, Itai Aaronsohn has been named head of product.

Flashtalking hired Monika Belur as vice president of marketing.

Mike Wehrs joined Appster as global chief marketing officer & head of U.S operations.

Tremor Video hired Mark Kalus to lead product strategy and implementation of its demand-side platform.