Deutsch LA hired Mike Frank as senior vice president, creative director, where he will lead the agency's 35-person Volkswagen team. He will report to Tara Greer, executive vice president, executive creative director. Most recently, Frank worked at Razorfish for seven years, most recently serving as vice president, group creative director of the LA office. While there, he created campaigns for brands including Visa, Motorola, Target, Acura and BlackBerry. Prior to Razorfish, he served as a creative director at IBM Interactive Experience working on Sony, AOL, NCAA, Nissan and Coke. "Mike's deep automotive experience, coupled with his passion and understanding of …

IRIS.TV hired Ashley King and Christian De Gennaro as vice president of sales.

Kas Rigas, former group director of MSLGROUP’s consumer practice, joined APCO Worldwide as a senior director in the firm’s Food, Consumer Products & Retail practice.

Andrew Gorenstein joined About.com as president of advertising & partnerships.

Breakthrough Entertainment hired Owen Kelly as international sales and acquisition executive for Feature Films.

Kristin Bayer joned Zizzo Group as a senior account executive. 

The Charity Network named Jan Friedlander Svendsen as chief marketing officer.

Mortenson Safar Kim hired Patrick McSweeney as its vice president of public relations.

Emma named Ethan Zoubek as chief revenue officer and Wellford Dillard as chief financial officer.

Yoel Flohr joined AMC, SundanceTV and AMC Studios as senior vice president of franchise development, a new position.