GSD&M Welcomes Hines

GSD&M Idea City has hired Carrie Hines as vice president, account director on the Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen account. Hines brings to the position a profile of strong experience in the casual dining, quick-service restaurant and spirits categories. Hines comes to Omnicom's GSD&M in Austin, Texas, from Slingshot of Dallas, where she held the title of group account director and was responsible for a portfolio of accounts including Joe's Crab Shack and several Brown-Forman spirits brands including Finlandia Vodka, Southern Comfort and Woodford Reserve. Prior to that, she held positions at Publicis, Bates and The Zimmerman Agency.

2 CDs Join TBWA\C\D in N.Y.

TBWA\Chiat\Day has added two creative directors to its New York office: Sue Anderson, who'll lead creative efforts on the Absolut account, and Lisa Topol (shown), who'll oversee work on Pernod Ricard's Kahlua and Mars' Twix -- accounts that the agency added in June and April, respectively. On Absolut, Anderson fills a vacancy left by the December exit of Rob Baird; the Kahlua/Twix position is new. Previously, Topol has worked at the New York offices of JWT (on clients such as JetBlue, Smirnoff, Schick, Nestle), Wieden + Kennedy (Nike, Sharp, Jordan, ESPN) and Ogilvy & Mather (Sprite, Motorola, Miller Lite). Anderson's previous experience includes the Amsterdam, the Netherlands office of Wieden (Coca-Cola, Honda, Lego) and TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris in Johannesburg, South Africa (BMW, Land Rover, South African Airways). TBWA\C\D New York now has three cds. Each reports to chief creative officer Mark Figliulo.