Moburst hired Chris Apostle as chief revenue officer.

Valerie Meraz was promoted to senior vice president of content acquisitions & strategy for Turner's entertainment networks.

FCB Chicago made hires in the creative department, beginning with Julia DeVos as senior vice president, group creative director; Jon Clarke as senior copywriter; Morgan Richter as senior copywriter; Jaime Flynn and Jen Stopka as creative directors; John Potter as senior copywriter; Alan Kwon joins as a senior art director; and Salvatore Russomanno are creative director.

Moroch promoted Candyce Vanterpool and Elijah Farmer to creative directors, to lead creative services for 55 McDonald’s Co-ops across the country, as well as multicultural initiatives with partner agency, LimeGreen Moroch.

Gyro tapped Mike Harris as global chief strategy officer, technology.

Billups hired Tom Flood as vice president.

Tribal Worldwide New York hired Laura Chiavone as chief strategy officer. She will oversee the agency's strategic disciplines and staff, including digital strategy, social strategy, SEO strategy, and account planning. Chiavone reports to Richard Guest, president of Tribal Worldwide North America. The chief strategy officer position in New York has been vacant since 2015. Chiavone joins the agency from DM9DDB in Brazil, where she most recently served as senior vice president and head of strategy. Prior to that, she founded Limo Inc., a research and trendspotting boutique, working for Heineken, Nike and Mondelez, to name a few. Chiavone also held …

Deutsch New York promoted Rachel Mercer to senior vice president, head of digital strategy and invention. Mercer joined the agency in May 2016, as vice president, digital strategy director, and played a key role in the agency winning the social and digital business for AB InBev's Busch brand. Her daily duties include overseeing digital and social outputs across clients like Sherwin-Williams, Green Giant and PNC Bank. Prior to Deutsch, Mercer worked at consulting firm The Upside in London as strategy & innovation director, building business opportunities for Adidas, Google and Kiehl's. She also worked in Deutsch's LA office, on the …

Zambezi hired Gavin Lester as its first chief creative officer in its 10-year history. He also has been named an equity Partner in the agency. Lester joins the agency following freelance work at 72andSunny. Lester recently worked with Zambezi on a freelance basis on its "Come As You Are" campaign for Las Vegas Sands Corp's Venetian Resort. He previously served as executive vice president, executive creative director at Deutsch LA, where he led creative for Sprint. Throughout a 20-year career, Lester has worked in London, New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, for agencies 180LA, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners and …

Karmarama has tapped Rob Chandler for the newly created strategy lead role for data-driven content. He reports to Karmarama chairman Jon Wilkins.< Chandler is a familiar face to Wilkins, having worked with him at Naked Communications where he was the global business lead. Wilkins was a co-founder. More recently, he held consultancy roles working with companies including Virgin Airlines. Meanwhile, Daniel Prestes joins in the newly created strategy director role working with CSO Sid McGrath on accounts including Clydesdale, Just Eat and Unibet. He reports to head of planning Will Hodge. The industry veteran has spent time at agencies in …