Jon Graves joined Bloomberg Media as global head of event sales.

Rec Room hired Jan Livingston as partner and executive creative director.

Stinkdigital hired Ben Hughes as executive creative director for its New York office. A newly-created position, Hughes will lead the 50-person team across work for clients such as Spotify, Google and Twitter. Hughes is an Emmy-nominated creative who has worked at Wieden+Kennedy, Mother, B-Reel, R/GA and 72andSunny on MTV, Facebook, Jeep, Delta Air Lines, Cole Haan, Target and Esquire.

Kinetic Worldwide named Christine Moore as global chief operations officer, a new position at the agency. Moore will manage operations, acquisitions, compliance and risk management, strategic partnerships, talent development, financial performance, processes and investments. She will report to Mauricio Sabogal, Kinetic's global CEO, and work in the agency's New York office. Most recently, Moore was chief operating officer of MDC Partners' KBS+, where she developed a global structure for all operational, financial, IT and HR functions. Prior to that, she served in a variety of senior level financial roles at McGarryBowen and Mediabrands. "I am thrilled to welcome Christine to …

Translation hired Achilles Li as group creative director on the agency's NBA and Champs Sports accounts. Li will work closely with John Norman, chief creative officer of Translation. A native of Honk Kong, Li spent more than 14 years working in the HK and Shanghai advertising industries, working on Nike, Disney, P&G, Heineken, Coca-Cola, Nokia, Levi's, Jeep and Fiat, among others. Most recently, Li was executive creative director at Wieden + Kennedy Shanghai. "Achilles is a phenomenal talent," said Norman. "He has a fundamental understanding of cross-cultural storytelling and universal human truth that you only get from building campaigns for …

Annie Heckenberger joined Digitas Health LifeBrands as vice president, group director, brand communications strategy. Heckenberger will lead and develop social media and content through earned and paid strategies, as well as drive social creative. She reports to Michael Leis, senior vice president, social strategy. She joins the agency from Red Tettemer O'Connell + Partners, where established its social practice in 2008. As the vice president, earned media, she led the social and PR practices for the agency and implemented creative brand campaigns. Prior to that, Heckenberger served as social media director for Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation. "Annie is truly …

barrettSF hired Kaitlyn Rikkers as a senior digital media strategist. Rikkers will take an active role in new business and work across all barrettSF accounts, including Yellow Pages, 2K Games, Bleacher Report and Rubio's Coastal Grill. Most recently, she worked at San Francisco shop Yes Lifecycle Marketing, where she was senior digital manager for the Lands' End account. Prior to that, she helped co-found social agency Media Beard, based in the U.K. "More and more, we're looking in nontraditional areas for our hires," said Jamie Barrett, co-founder and executive creative director of barrettSF. "Kaitlyn's non-agency background gives her a unique …

WWE tapped John Brody as executive vice president, global sales and partnerships. Brody, who previously held senior leadership roles with the National Football League, Wasserman Media Group, Major League Baseball and the Boston Celtics, will report to WWE chief revenue & marketing officer, Michelle D. Wilson.

TLC announced that Howard Lee, executive vice president, development and production east coast will expand his role to oversee TLC's entire production and development programming slate originating from the Los Angeles, New York and Silver Spring, MD, offices.

Big Block partnered with Jack Strachan, owner of Say Hey Representation. The integrated production company adds Strachan to handle sales and representation for Big Block’s directorial and design/vfx roster for the east coast territory.