Timber hired Nicholas Hiegel as digital effects supervisor and added Reber Covington for west coast representation.

Beast named Victoria Venantini as its east coast sales rep.

ID Media hired Wesley Alston as vice president, director of finance, a new position, to lead day-to-day operations of its New York-based finance team. He will report to Thor Peterson, chief financial officer. Previously, Wesley was senior finance manager at Razorfish.

HelloWorld named Phil Sims as chief technology officer.

360i hired Karen Crane as executive director of creative talent, Javier Fuentes as creative director and Heather English as associate creative director. All are based in 360i's New York headquarters. Taking on a new role at the agency, Crane most recently served as talent and operations consultant at Karen Crane Consulting and partner at global executive search agency Grace Blue. Previously, she was director of creative services at Grey where she oversaw creative talent development, operations and training across the organization. Fuentes has worked at agencies including Leo Burnett, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, The Barbarian Group and The Vidal Partnership. …

Moroch Partners hired Cody Bailey as director of digital and social strategy. Bailey will manage and lead the strategy for all digital platforms across the agency's network of more than 30 North American offices. Most recently, he served as senior vice president at ShareRocket, a social media ratings company, working on the ABC, NBC Sports, National Geographic, People's Choice Awards and Gannett accounts. He also led digital content and social media at Belo Corp. Bailey also worked at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he led the publication's transition into digital, as the director of innovation and product development. "The industry …

Droga5 New York hired Rob Trostle as executive design director, a new role at the agency. Reporting to Chief Creative Officer Ted Royer, Trostle will oversee and grow the design department and its capabilities. Trostle has more than 15 years of rich design and leadership experience and worked for agencies such as Mother and Anomaly. Throughout his career, Trostle worked for clients like Cole Haan, Target, Johnson & Johnson and Mitchum. Most recently, he founded a personal venture, Golden Arm, to explore the relationship between business and design while cultivating powerful stories for forward-thinking brands. In addition, Trostle has been …

Code and Theory hired Chris Hayes as partner and global chief marketing officer. Hayes joins Code and Theory from Critical Mass, where he served as chief marketing officer. For the past 20 years, he has led new business and marketing initiatives for agencies like Huge, Young & Rubicam and Euro RSCG 4D, the digital arm of Havas' Euro RSCG. "Chris will play a critical role in our plan to grow and scale the company on a global level," said Code and Theory co-founder Brandon Ralph. "He has an incredible track record in building businesses in the U.S. and abroad, and …

M&C Saatchi Mobile promoted Will Phung to the newly created post of vice president of media. His key priorities will be exploring the newest mobile media offerings, getting involved in first-to-market opportunities as well as programmatic buying in the mobile space, and the growing paid mobile social sector. Phung will work out of the New York office and report to senior vice president, Eric Mugnier. Phung joined M&C Saatchi Mobile in 2013 as media director, where he managed all media for North America and supported account teams in driving performance across all campaigns. "Over the last year and half, Will …

Avention hired Rob Kornblum as senior vice president of corporate development.