McKinney New York hired John Benedict as creative director. He will work with Peter Nicholson, executive creative director, on Samsung, Mentos and Crocs. Most recently, he was freelancing at 72andSunny, Sid Lee and BBH. Before that, he worked at the Barbarian Group as an associate creative director and prior to that was an interactive copywriter at Crispin Porter + Bogusky on Burger King, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese and Domino's. "I am excited that John has joined us here in New York as a Creative Director to help further push the work and bring a high bar for the craft of …

Solve hired Eric Husband as creative director, integrated. Husband most recently served as executive creative director at Colle+McVoy. Prior to that, he worked for Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners, Sausalito. Throughout his career, Husband has led creative for brands including BMW MINI, Aveda and Nestle. "We're excited to welcome Eric. He thrives on non-traditional solutions and instantly makes us deeper there," said Eric Sorensen, Executive Creative Director at Solve. "He thinks like we do - he approaches clients' business challenges holistically and he's great at making ideas work together across all platforms."

Siteworx promoted Ken Quaglio to CEO and Tim McLaughlin to board chair.

Match Marketing Group tapped Frank Wittenauer as executive vice president, talent.

HLK added Erin Gitau and Luke Yamnitz as strategists.

frog hired Richard Tyson as principal strategy director.

Virginie Sagan joined Wanda Paris as luxury/beauty producer.

Ellie Duque was named publisher of Entertainment Weekly, replacing Melissa Mattiace.

Dave Treston joined KSV in Burlington, Vermont as a senior account planner.

Michelle McIntosh joined MeringCarson’s Visit California Account Team as a project manager.