Cartel Entertainment hired Claire Abramowitz as director of development.

On Ideas hired David Bonner as executive creative director.

Digital Pulp hired Nick Maine and Sam Thompson as technical architects, and Ashraf Mohammad as drupal developer.

Beast named Valerie Petrusson as president.

MARC USA Pittsburgh hired writer Alison Hammer and art director Dan O’Donnell.

Kirsten Atkinson joined Walton Isaacson as vice president of media and branded integration, a new position. Atkinson previously served as media director at Team One. She reports to agency co-founders Aaron Walton and Cory Isaacson. "Kirsten's experience across platforms and media as well as cultures is a perfect match with our agency's DNA," said Walton. "In particular, we are keen on her ability to traverse traditional channels along with branded entertainment and experiential." Atkinson, who began her career at Starcom Worldwide as a media planner on Procter & Gamble, has worked on traditional channels as well as emerging media, new …

Lowe Campbell Ewald hired Zenaida Torres as group account director. Based in Los Angeles, Torres will oversee the agency's Kaiser Permanente account. She will report to Angela Zepeda, president and managing director of Lowe Campbell Ewald's Los Angeles office. Torres joins the agency from DDB California, where she served as account director, leading strategy and development of consumer advertising for Wells Fargo. Prior to DDB California, she was a marketing consultant for Iridescent, a Silicon Valley-based science, technology and engineering education non-profit. Torres has also held roles at DDB New York where she oversaw advertising campaigns for P&G healthcare brands …

T3 named Jennifer Mollo as executive director of client relations. Mollo returns to T3 from R/GA where she served as group account director. Previously, she served as a senior consultant/director of agency management operations at Dell. Mollo led company efforts to implement best practices across global agency partners. Prior to that, Mollo was senior vice president, director of client services at T3 where she was responsible for managing clients such as UPS, Dell, JCPenney, and Universal. "We're thrilled to welcome Jennifer back to T3," said Gay Gaddis, CEO and founder of T3. "Her years of experience working on both the …

CP+B named Lori Senecal as Global CEO, a new position. Senecal will oversee CP+B's global growth and expansion, managing the coordination of the firm's eight international offices. She recently served as CEO of the MDC Partners network, a position she will retain while with CP+B. Prior to that, she was the global head of kbs+ and before that was president of McCann-Erickson Worldwide's New York office. Over the course of her career, Senecal has led numerous blue chip, worldwide accounts including Coca-Cola, Nestle and BMW. "Lori understands and loves this agency," said Chuck Porter, Chairman of CP+B. "She shares our …

McKinney promoted Laura Suchoski to social media director. She will report to and work with chief digital officer Jim Russell to steer the agency's social media efforts for clients. Suchoski will work primarily with Travelocity and Crocs, with everything from daily social messaging to major digital campaigns. She will also serve as the face of the social media discipline at McKinney and act as a resource for platform-specific best practices, tools and techniques. Suchoski joined the agency in 2014 from ESPN and espnW, where she developed social media strategy, campaigns and content to spotlight women in sports.