Sightly hired Larry Harris as chief strategy officer and chief marketing officer.

Transworld Snowboarding hired Taylor Boyd as managing editor.

Annik tapped Kristin Luck as chief marketing consultant.

Kerry Krasts and Scott Conway were promoted to creative directors at MeringCarson.

Ketchum promoted Melissa Kinch to director of Ketchum West, responsible for Ketchum operations in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Horizon Media hired Tanvir Hannan as head of conversation within its WHY Group.

Rhea + Kaiser promoted Amy McEvoy to account director-public relations/associate public relations director; and hired Allison Saegebrecht as media strategy director; Hannah Barthels as assistant account manager; and Rocio Acosta as a studio production artist.

Beth McCarthy joined Captains of Industry as the firm's first managing director, business development and strategy.

TBWA\Chiat\Day New York promoted Aki Spicer from director of digital strategy and content planning, to chief digital officer, a new position. Evan Weissbrot was promoted from executive director of engagement to chief engagement officer. In addition, the agency hired Trish Schmitt and Ted Guidotti as global creative directors, and elevated Jason Souter from group executive producer to head of integrated production. Spicer joined TBWA in 2013 as director of digital strategy and content planning, implementing digital and content platforms across all agency clients, including GoDaddy, Michelin, and Sport Chek. Prior to TBWA, Spicer was director of digital strategy at Fallon. …

Iris hired Mike Giannone as chief strategy officer and Marie Davidheiser as managing director of the New York office. Most recently, Giannone was group strategy director at Grey NY. Prior to Grey, he was vice president, strategic planning director at Innocean on Hyundai and See's Candies. He has also held strategy and new business roles at The Garage Team Mazda/WPP and Saatchi & Saatchi LA. At iris, Giannone will work across the New York, Atlanta, Chicago and Sao Paulo offices, leading the strategy and planning teams. As managing director for iris New York, Davidheiser is charged with overseeing day-to-day management …