PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Bicoastal Anonymous Content signed director Asa Mader to its music video division.

Blink, London signed viral director Ben Wheatley for exclusive UK rep.

Toronto's Circle Productions signed director Sean Michael Turrell, as well as Outsider directors Ric Cantor, Henry Littlechild, Scott Lyon, Jorn Threlfall and Pedro Romhanyi for Canadian rep.

Code Film, Toronto signed directors Jennifer Little and David F. Mewa for exclusive Canadian spot rep.

London's Coy! Communications signed The Shammasian Brothers, ex-Therapy Films.

Bicoastal GO Film signed directing duo Radish (Moritz Friedel & Cristoph Chrudimak) for exclusive US spot rep.

Independent, London signed documentary filmmaker Joshua Neale.

The Joneses, Los Angeles signed director Richard D'Alessio for US spot rep.

MAD Films Inc., Toronto signed Parisian director Yannick Saillet for Canadian spot rep.

Paranoid US, Los Angeles signed director Cyril Guyot for US spot rep.

Parasol Island, Düsseldorf signed directors Gustav Johansson and Nacho Gomez.

Pulse Films, London hired Roz Houchin, previously of Home Corp, as EP.

Toronto's Spy Films signed director Alexes for international spot rep.

London's th1ng signed director Yoav Segal and his producer, former head of TV at Grey Advertising, Amanda Lowit.

Paris' Wanda Productions signed director Martin de Thurah for French market rep.

POST / AUDIO / ANIMATION
New York creative boutique Bionic hired Megan Sweeten as managing director.

Bluerock Editorial, New York hired Wade Weliever as producer.

Company 3, Los Angeles promoted Denise Brown from producer to director of Telecine; Thatcher Peterson from director of operations to EP and Michael Boggs from operations to director of commercial DI and scanning.

Los Angeles-based DUCK signed mixed media director Simon Blake to its roster.

Elias Arts, Santa Monica promoted Kenny Segal to composer/chief studio engineer and Christopher "Kimo" Kemp to the position of associate creative director.

Final Cut, Los Angeles added editors Matt Murphy and Dean Gonzalez to its roster.

Săo Paulo-based creative collective Lobo opened an office in New York. Creative director Daniel Piwowarczyk will oversee the new studio and founding partner Mateus de Paula Santos will work in both offices.

Arleta, CA and Vancouver-based MastersFX named Mark Ballou as effects coordinator.

Editing company Peepshow, London has opened a New York office with Gary Knight, formerly of Final Cut, as resident editor and Amy Saunders as EP.

Santa Monica-based Rock Paper Scissors promoted Carol Lynn "CL" Weaver to EP, added Damion Clayton to its editorial roster and promoted assistant editors David Brodie and Terence "Biff" Butler to editors.

Sea Level VFX, Venice hired VFX artists/ supervisors Christopher Noellert and Glen Bennett and executive producer Steve Reiss.

Smoke & Mirrors, New York hired VFX supervisor/Flame artist Nixcholas Seresin.

AD AGENCIES
Element 79, Chicago promoted Joe Burke to EVP, group creative director; Kim Noles to EVP, group account director and Todd Chrisman to SVP, GCD of interactive.

London's iris Digital hired former StrawberryFrog, New York interactive creative head and ex-AKQA creative lead Tori Winn as CD.

Craig Davis, worldwide CCO for JWT, announced he will be leaving the agency in 2009 to return with his family to Australia. Meanwhile at JWT, New York, Harvey Marco, formerly ECD at Saatchi & Saatchi, Los Angeles, was named chief creative officer; Paul Bichler, previously of BBH, New York, was hired as ECD and Justin Crawford promoted to ECD.

The Ogilvy Group named Miles Young, chairman of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Asia Pacific, as global CEO, to succeed outgoing CEO Shelly Lazarus. Lazarus will remain in the role of chairman.

R/GA, New York promoted Brandt Flomer to the role of director of experience strategy. The agency also launched a digital-focused branding consultancy R/GA Brand Design, led by Marc Shillum.

Saatchi & Saatchi, New York hired former Goodby, Silverstein & Partners creatives Nick Spahr and Chris Beresford-Hill as ACDs.

LA's Team One hired Troy Kooper as CD.

Wieden+Kennedy, Portland hired Chad Rea, founder of brand communications firm 86 the onions, as creative director for Target.