We Are Social added two senior strategy directors its New York office. Greg Eckelman joins the agency from Code and Theory, where he was a senior creative strategist. Prior to that, he served as strategy director at Big Fuel Communications, and held senior strategy positions at Grey Group, MRM Worldwide and BLiNQ Media. Robb Henzi most recently served as strategy director at VICE Media, and before that served as vice president of strategy at Havas Media North America. The duo will provide strategic insights for both existing client relationships and business development, and work with We Are Social's US and …

Iris New York named Dipti Bramhandkar as head of planning. She will be responsible for taking on strategic lead for the agency and working closely with the Americas leadership team. Bramhandkar will report to Sam Noble, global chief strategy officer at iris. She will work across all of the agency's clients, including Diageo and Barclaycard. She will also work with Adam Abrahami, director of Concise, iris' insight, CRM and consulting arm, which delivers consumer insights and analytics for clients. Most recently, Bramhandkar ran her own strategy practice, DB Quill, working with agencies including Naked, DDB/Adam&Eve, ClearBlueSky, Mullen and The Burns …

EVB hired Valerie Carlson as executive creative director of design innovation, a new position. She will work out of the agency's Oakland office and report to Daniel Stein, founder and CEO. In addition, Kathleen Foutz was promoted to managing director. She began working for EVB in 2012 as group project director and was promoted to vice president, director of account management, last year. Most recently, Carlson was executive creative director/global innovation lead at Sapient Nitro in Los Angeles, where she oversaw experience, design and content teams. Before that, she was vice president, creative at Razorfish, where she created brand, marketing …

Havas Worldwide named Toygar Bazarkaya as chief creative officer for the Americas, charged with strengthening the agency's creative capabilities and building a community among creative teams throughout North and South America. In addition, Matt Howell was named global chief digital officer, charged with leading digital efforts throughout the network. Bazarkaya joins Havas from BBDO New York, where he served as executive creative officer for almost six years. Prior to that, he was chief creative officer of BBDO Germany. While at BBDO, Bazarkaya worked on brands such as Visa, Mercedes, Gillette, Campbell's, MLB, American Red Cross, Dubai Tourism and Dove Chocolate. …

Graylog tapped Chris Smith as vice president of marketing.

PushSpring added Preston Hillman as principal data scientist.

Not to Scale added Kris Merc to its directorial roster.

Resignation Media hired Andrew Hogan as regional vice president of sales for the central region; Justin Traina as regional vice president of sales for the east region; Albert Briggs as director of sales of the west region; and Ian Huxley as national vice president of integrated marketing.

Fluent opened an office in Washington, DC., to be led by Jeff Pavelcsyk, general manager, political and advocacy solutions.

Newsweek hired Kevin Dolak as executive editor of digital; Seung Lee as a technology reporter and Helen Russell as a production manager.