WPP and IPG veteran Fred Schuster is joining 2adpro Media Solutions as CEO of global brand solutions. In this new role, Schuster will be responsible for driving growth across the company’s brand business, expanding their global footprint and integrating near-shore strategic creative resources with its Indian-based creative production unit. He will directly oversee 50 people based in New York, London, and India, and jointly manage 1,200 in India. He will work out of the shop's New York office and report to 2adpro's board. Prior to joining 2adpro, Schuster lead a creative consulting practice, Fred&Co and also served as CEO of …

R/GA New York hired Ezequiel Soules and Martin Insua as creative directors. They will report to Chris Northam and Eric Jannon, group executive creative directors at R/GA. Most recently, the pair were creative directors in Wieden + Kennedy's Sao Paulo office. Soules and Insua were responsible for managing creativity and strategy online and offline for clients like Coca-Cola Brazil, Coca-Cola Latam, Smirnoff Brazil, Philips Brazil and Latam and Old Spice Brazil and Latam. Before that they worked as a senior team in Argentina at Ponce Buenos Aires for clients such as Axe Global, Rexona Global, Impulse Global, Knorr Quick. "We're …

Periscope hired Chris Hiland as executive vice president, director of media and engagement and Kathy Umland as director of creative services. Hiland joins Periscope from BPN, where he served as chief growth officer. He has worked with CPG, food, retail, education and industrial brands, including Tyson and P&G. Prior to BPN, Hiland held a variety of roles at Jack Morton, Ipsos and Mediabrands. Umland has 30 plus years of experience in advertising, with more than a decade spent at both Carmichael Lynch and, most recently, at Martin Williams. At Periscope, Umland will focus on creative resource management and recruiting talent …

Marla Newman joined Meredith Digital as vice president of sales.

Coegi hired Patricia Branson as director of client and employee services.

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INDOCHINO, a made-to-measure menswear company, hired Michael Mayes as the brand's first creative director.

RealityMine tapped Paul Street as director, global research and analytics.

Joan Solsman was named senior media reporter for CNET News. She returns to CNET after a six-month stint as the tech editor for The Wrap.

Conde Nast Entertainment named Lauren Lumsden digital director of the company's mobile-first social video platform, The Scene.