Kim Essex was promoted to director of North American Food & Beverage Practice at Ketchum.

NBC UNIVERSO hired Fernando Gastón as vice president of production and development.

Kristen Bedard Johnson joins Lively Group as director of innovation and new business.

Strike Anywhere hired Cori Cooperider as executive producer.

SRG hired Tim Streeb as managing director of marketing and PR.

Altice named Paul Haddad as global chief data officer.

BARKER named David Song as its managing director.

Earth Networks named Anuj Agrawal as chief marketing officer.

GoDaddy hired Ray Winborne as chief financial officer and promoted Scott Wagner to president and chief operating officer.

Ubimo named Kelly Lawler as vice president of sales.