Tuesday, August 16, 2011
- Deutsch Los Angeles
Deutsch Los Angeles hired Bud Caddell as invention strategist. Caddell, who most recently helped to launch Common, will be working across all accounts at Deutsch. - GMC
Heather Symmes has rejoined GMC as director of affiliate marketing. - MARS Advertising
Dan Streety joined MARS Advertising as executive creative director. Most recently, he was executive creative director at Saatchi & Saatchi X, leading the P&G WALMART/SAM'S Club Global Customer Team. - AKQA
AKQA hired Jaime Diskin as creative director and Patrick Maravilla as associate creative director. The pair will manage creative on the Xbox account. - Brand New School
Brand New School hired Blake Huber as flame artist and lead compositor for its East Coast studio. - Brand Arc
Brand Arc has named Shannon Pruitt chief strategy officer. Most recently, Pruitt was vice president of sales development at Warner Bros. Television Group. - Paradysz
Paradysz hired Steve McMeans as media buyer for its Insert & Print Media division. He was previously the media manager at Lifetouch Portrait Studios. - Publicis Dallas
Publicis Dallas hired Wes Beyrent as vice president and director of creative technology. Beyrent joins the agency from Tribal DDB/Dallas, where he was director of creative technology and user experience. - The Regan Group
The Regan Group hired Jennifer Brown as director, digital marketing. Brown most recently was an account supervisor at Ketchum, working on marketing, public relations and promotions for clients Frito-Lay and TOMS. - Thornberg & Forester
Thornberg & Forester hired Vi Nguyen as head of 3D and VFX supervisor. - Acquity Group
Acquity Group hired Libby Morgan as portfolio director for the company's New York City office. - skyrockit
skyrockit named Thi Linh Wernau as vice president of business development and client services and Kevin Britt as vice president of monetization. - ValueClick Media
ValueClick Media opened an office in Atlanta, Georgia, to be led by David Braswell and Andrew Davis. - OMD
OMD elevated Pranav Pandit from group director of digital strategy on the Gatorade and REI accounts to director of Ignition Factory, Midwest. - Live Gamer
Live Gamer hired Bob Lonigro as executive vice president of media sales. - Critical Mass
Critical Mass hired Christine Bridger as vice president, creative for the agency's Chicago office. - Media Ventures Group
Media Ventures Group hired David L. Cohen as vice president of digital strategy and business development. - VIA Agency
VIA Agency hired Stephen Davis as copywriter and Jill Hurd as traffic/resource manager. - BIGSMACK
BIGSMACK hired Andrew Kobliska as head of marketing & business development. - Mullen North Carolina
Mullen North Carolina hired Steven Slivka as senior vice president of digital innovation and Amy Wein as senior vice president of public relations and social influence. - Gravity
Gravity hired Roy Eventov as creative director for its Digital Group. Previously, he was vice president & director of design/creative director at MRM Worldwide. - Splice Here
Splice Here hired Shannon Pettini as creative director.
