Edelman named Ted Smyth vice chair and chief of staff to Richard Edelman, president & CEO of Edelman.

Global production house Believe Media launched an in-house sales and marketing arm, Apostle. Carl Forsberg will head up the organization, which will operate out of the New York offices of Believe.

WizRocket hired Malcolm Friedberg as chief marketing officer/head of customer acquisition.

E-hydrate, maker of natural Protein On-The-Go, hydration drink mixes and energy gels, hired Peter Evans as chief marketing officer and Jim Kayser as chief sales officer.

WoodWing Software tapped Scott A. Smith as senior vice president, North America.

Conversion Logic hired Dan Cox as head of product.

Corey Elliott was promoted to vice president of research at Borrell Associates.

YayBig signed director Gary Turk for commercial work.

Kaboom Productions signed director Sarah Lange for exclusive Southeast representation.

AppsFlyer hired Paul Grueber as U.S. general manager and Sunil Bhagwan as vice president of sales, North America.