David Christopher, the chief marketing officer of AT&T Mobility, has been named chair of the board of directors of the Ad Council. He succeeds Laura Desmond, global CEO of Starcom MediaVest Group. Christopher will be Board Chair through June 2016 when he will be succeeded by David Kenny, chairman and CEO of The Weather Company.

BTI Studios hired Elodie Brulere-Powers as senior vice president of operations & client services.

Playboy Enterprises promoted Cory Jones to chief content officer, replacing Jimmy Jellinek, who was promoted to president of entertainment. Jason Burhmester was promoted to editorial director and Phillip Morelock to chief digital officer.

Neathawk Dubuque & Packett hired Boz Boschen as digital media director.

MATIERE hired Matt Feniger as brand marketing manager for its Matiere and Strand collections.

Mirum Minneapolis hiredBryan Ische as senior UI designer; Eric Salberg as director of operations; Peter Amstutz as director of analytics and Lindsey Shirey as account supervisor.

DuJour Media added David Sebbah as consulting creative director.

The Futures Company hired Hillary Newton as senior vice president in the consulting group.

EnviroMedia tapped Susan Rosenzweig as creative director.

Grace Blue promoted partners Claire Telling and Debra Sercy to co-CEOs of North America.