DDB Chicago hired Andrew Kasprzycki as executive vice president, global client lead on the ConAgra team. Kasprzycki joins the agency from Starcom Worldwide, where he most recently served as executive vice president, managing director, leading the New Establishment Brands Group. The group created award-winning business results for brands like Airbnb, Twitter and Houzz. Before that, he was founder and president at Proximity Chicago, a division of BBDO. The marks a return of sorts to DDB for Kasprzycki worked at Tribal Chicago from 2005-2008. "We are thrilled to have Andrew joining our team in this leadership role," said Paul Gunning, CEO …

Blast Radius named Kevin Drew Davis as chief creative officer, overseeing all creative operations, brand strategy and experience design in the Chicago and Canadian market. He joins the agency from DDB San Francisco, where he served as chief creative officer. Davis will be based in Chicago. In his new role, Davis will lead accounts including Lavazza, Huawei, BMW Canada and Saskatchewan Telecommunications, partnering with Lothar Boensch, managing director of Blast Radius USA, and Michel Sergio, president of Blast Radius Canada. Prior to DDB San Francisco, Davis was executive creative director at DDB Chicago, where he was one of the lead …

Madras Brand Solutions named Mark Cerame as head of strategy.

Todd Waks has been named senior vice president of strategic alliances for dick clark productions.

Digital First Media hired Dan Petty as director of audience development.

Kelly Ryan has been hired as director of marketing at Dapple.

GMR Marketing promoted Mariana Alvaro to vice president, digital services.

MOD Worldwide named Jared Scott as managing director.

Verance Corporation named Lucy Hughes as vice president / head of research.

Mason hired Christian Renstrom as vice president of business development.