This week's agency moves, hires and partnerships: August 27, 2019

Virtue hired Simon Mogren as executive creative director, U.S. and promoted Rob Newlan to global president and Krystle Watler to managing director, North America. Mogren will oversee creative for the agency’s offices in Brooklyn, Los Angeles and Austin. He has worked at DDB Stockholm, Ogilvy Paris and BBDO New York with clients including Louis Vuitton, AT&T, Bacardi, PepsiCo, Dove Beauty, Footlocker and IKEA. Previously, Newlan was chief executive of the agency in the EMEA region and A