The Escape Pod has named Heather Hayden as director of talent.

Zambezi named Janine Zaim as its first director of recruiting.

David&Goliath named Gustavo Sarkis as executive creative director to lead the agency's Kia business. Sarkis will be responsible for overseeing all creative work on the brand, for which the agency has been agency of record for since its inception in 1999. He will report to D&G's managing partner and chief creative officer, Colin Jeffery. Sarkis joins the agency from Crispin Porter + Bogusky, where he was executive creative director, overseeing all creative coming out of the agency's Miami office. He spent the last two years working across a variety of clients, including Letgo, Vonage and Santa Margherita Prior to CP+B …

Austin-based creative agency, Preacher hired Kim Nguyen as associate creative director. She most recently served as associate creative director for BBDO New York. Nguyen held copywriter roles at Saatchi & Saatchi and TBWA/Chiat/Day, then worked at Grey New York where she became an associate creative director before moving to BBDO.