Agency veteran and entrepreneur Doug Hecht is joining the advisory board at out-of-home agency Grandesign. Hecht, the former president and chief operating officer at digital agency Digitaria (now Mirum, part of WPP) will advise the firm on M&A, general operations, public relations and business strategies. Hecht also previously served as board chair of SDX, formerly San Diego Ad Club.  

BBH New York has appointed agency veteran Matthew Anderson to the position of chief growth officer. Anderson will report to New York CEO Anthony Romano. Anderson joins BBH following business development roles as global CMO at Code & Theory, CMO at Publicis NY and managing director of business development at Kaplan Thaler Group. Earlier in his career Anderson served at Deutsch, where he rose to head of business development at the agency’s New York office. Throughout his career, Anderson has contributed to a long list of account wins, including Wendy's, Abbott Nutrition, USAA, Red Lobster, PNC Bank, J&J Acuvue and …

Ad agency Celtic Chicago has promoted Jim Heitzman to president. Heitzman has been with Celtic Chicago for six years, most recently serving as vice president of advertising. In his new role, Heitzman will manage all advertising operations at the agency. Prior to joining Celtic Chicago six years ago, Heitzman held account positions at StudioNorth and gyro/HSR where his client lists included Leica Microsystems, Hewitt Investments, SIRVA, LaSalle Bank, Discover Financial Services and more. Heitzman is credited with driving much of Celtic’s growth in recent years. “Jim’s ability to deliver a holistic view of our integrated programs coupled with a passionate …

Hailey Andrews has joined MBMG as Communications Director managing a variety of accounts including the recently won consolidated media assignment for the California Milk Processor Board.  Andrews held marketing positions in both the entertainment and non-profit industries before Horizon Media, where she led strategy and day-to-day operations for clients including Oberto Beef Jerky, Health Net insurance, and Tillamook Cheese.  When Horizon partnered with Innocean USA to launch Canvas Worldwide, Andrews joined the agency start-up on the Kia Motors America account.  She reports to Zach Rosenberg, president, MBMG.          

Madison + Vine has tapped Matt Seigel as its first partner and managing director, responsible for overseeing and helping grow the company’s expanding advertising practice.  The agency is best known as a content studio with a collective of creatives, strategists, and filmmakers, and now M+V is evolving to incorporate more branded advertising agency responsibilities.  Previously Seigel was with VanyerMedia where he ran the agencies Los Angeles office for about four years.  

PHD is splitting the role of head of planning between two executives as part of a "left brain, right brain" model. Rebecca Burchnall brings to the position a more performance-specific background whereas Andrew McLean provides experience of brand-building. Both have been promoted from within the agency. Burchnall, who becomes the first woman to take the head of planning role in PHD’s 28 year history, has been with the agency since 2011, most recently as head of audience planning. McLean first joined PHD in 2016 as strategy director.

R/GA, part of Interpublic, has promoted Richard Ting to executive vice president, global chief design officer. With this appointment, R/GA said it is unifying all design disciplines under one umbrella with the goal of fostering greater integration.  Ting will also be responsible for growing and evolving R/GA’s data and AI-driven design capabilities while continuing in his role as a partner for R/GA Ventures.  “For this new role, we needed someone that would not only re-shape, develop, and train our design teams, but also create a new vision for design at R/GA,” stated agency founder and CEO Bob Greenberg, to whom …

Omnicom has appointed Ronnie Hawkins to its board of directors, expanding the board to 14 members, 12 of them independent. Hawkins is managing director, head of international investments at EIG Global Energy Partners. He brings "years of experience in international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, start-ups and divestitures," stated Omnicom chairman Bruce Crawford.

McKinney has appointed Jasmine Dadlani director of strategy in the agency’s New York office.  Previously she was senior vice president, director of brand planning at Cramer-Krasselt. She also served as svp/ brand planning Deutsch New York and brand planning director at Arnold Worldwide in Washington, D.C.  At McKinney Dadlani will report to chief strategy officer Walt Barron.

Miami-based multicultural agency Alma has launched a marketing science and analytics department and has appointed Monique Delarosa to run it.  Delarosa, a Dominican-American from New York City, is a 15-year marketing industry veteran who joins the agency from the client side at Citibank, where she was chief marketing & analytics officer for the Sears Credit Card portfolio.  Previously, she was with Publicis Groupe’s SapientNitro on the agency side. Earlier she led strategy and analysis initiatives for GE Capital, JP Morgan Chase, and KeyBank.  “There’s an absolute need in our market to define this new domain from the multicultural perspective,” stated …