Assembly hired Joel Pacheco as chief talent officer, a new position at the agency. Pacheco will lead MDC Media Partners' HR team and report to Martin Cass, CEO of Assembly and MDC Media Partners. Most recently, he worked for six years at WPP's Kantar Media Ad Intelligence as senior vice president of global human resources. Prior to that, Pacheco was vice president, global human resources at Raritan, Inc., running HR teams across North America, Europe and Asia. "We could not be more thrilled to have Joel join us in this role," said Cass. "He is a highly motivated individual who …

Jack Morton promoted three and hired six throughout its U.S. offices. John Howard was promoted to executive vice president, managing director, Detroit. Howard has served as the creative lead for Jack Morton's Detroit office since 1999, most recently as executive creative director. He has worked on GM, NASCAR, MLB, SXSW, NCAA, CMA, NFL and Disney. Tom Michael was elevated to senior vice president, group account & strategy director, San Francisco. He served as a senior strategist at Jack Morton for 12 years, driving communications and strategy for business development and client engagements with both B2B and consumer brands. Prior to …

Copacino+Fujikado hired Scott Foreman as managing director. Foreman will oversee the independent agency's day-to-day operations, including new business, account management, media and production. He will work alongside Mike Hayward, creative director and report to Betti Fujikado, co-founder. Foreman joins the agency after a 15-year stint at Publicis Seattle, where he served as CEO, responsible for managing the agency's T-Mobile account, in addition to day-to-day operations. While there, Foreman was part of the initial team that relaunched T-Mobile nationally in 2002 and also helped the agency win accounts like Eddie Bauer, American Girl and Visit Seattle. Foreman began his career in …