CAREER MOVERS: Appointment at Tarantula Asia

Below-the-line agency Tarantula Asia, Shanghai has hired Rick Du as account director to work on the Mars pet care account. Du was previously with McCann-Erickson for four years. The agency has also named Alison Theureau as business development manager. Theureau has several years of experience having worked at Draft Worldwide in New York. Elinor Zhao (pictured) has taken the role of account director at Tarantula following a nine-month study break.