Doner hired Jason Gaboriau as executive vice president, executive creative director and Zihla Salinas as executive vice president, managing director. The pair will manage the LA office and report to David DeMuth, co-CEO and president, Doner and Rob Strasberg, co-CEO and chief creative officer, Doner. Gaboriau will oversee creative work and be responsible for the overall creative direction for the agency's clients, as well as Doner LA. Most recently, Gaboriau served as vice president, executive creative director at Crispin, Porter + Bogusky LA, where he grew the agency from a small production outpost with one client to an integrated agency …

SMG Performance Marketing, part of Starcom MediaVest Group, announced today that it has hired Dan Matarelli as its new vice president, director. In his new role, Matarelli will manage the Chicago Performance Marketing office along with Kathryn Dillon, and lead various PM account teams He most recently worked at Caterpillar as global customer experience & marketing director, eCommerce, where he helped build Caterpillar's international eCommerce presence. Prior to that, he worked at Novartis Pharmaceuticals as a marketing and sales consultant. Matarelli is also a Starcom/Leo Burnett alum, having worked on clients such as Philip Morris and Miller Brewing Company.

Gyro Chicago hired Mark Witthoefft as head of planning. Witthoefft has worked for digital agencies like Razorfish and R/GA, along with more traditional shops such as Arnold and Element 79. Most recently, he was executive director of integrated strategy at the digital agency, Resource. Witthoefft has worked for clients like Capital One, Gatorade, Grey Goose, State Farm, Sprint and the truth anti-smoking campaign. "Mark's deep brand strategy experience combined with his knowledge across both traditional and digital channels makes him the perfect fit for gyro Chicago," said Mike Hensley, executive vice president/general manager of Gyro Chicago. "He will be a …

Robbie Durand, former editor-in-chief of FLEX magazine, will join Generation Iron Fitness Network as a contributing editor where he will develop and oversee written content, as well as provide weekly columns on the science of fitness and bodybuilding.

Mark Tutssel, global chief creative officer of Leo Burnett Worldwide, has been named as jury president for the 2015 London International Awards. Tutssel will preside over the Non-Traditional jury.

true[X], recently acquired by 21st Century Fox, has opened an office in San Francisco. Patrick Gales, director of global business development, will relocate from Los Angeles to San Francisco to run the office. He has worked for true[X] since 2011.

Chelsey McGrogan joins Smith Brothers as an associate producer with more than two years of project management experience in supervising advertising projects, maintaining client relationships and supporting editorial writing. Previously, McGrogan managed the editorial content and project management responsibilities for B2B clients in the trucking, transportation, logistics and machine-to-machine industries.

adMarketplace hired Julie Greenhouse as senior vice president of advertiser sales and services.

CMG Partners hired Mark Schweitzer as a partner. Previously, he was senior vice president of marketing and product at Comcast Business, chief commercial officer at Virgin Media (UK), and chief marketing officer at Sprint-Nextel.

Active Interest Media promoted Andrew Clurman to chief executive officer.