-Former Dare creative director Brian Cooper joined W+K London as global ECD for Nokia. link

-G2 hired WhittmanHart alum Kevin French as executive director/GM of its Pennsylvania operations.

-BBDO’s Brian DiLorenzo and Search Party Music owner/music supervisor Randall Poster discuss their HBO “Voyeur” collab. link

-Here’s more analysis than you’ll ever need on those 5-Hour Energy ads. link

-TBWA RAAD and Superfad team up to highlight the potential of Qatar. link

-Let’s hope Amazon recovered from its one-day Lady Gaga album download promotion. link

-New York editorial/post studio Cutting Room promoted Melissa Lubin to EP.

-Not the timeliest of efforts, but Samsung and the design team at JESS3 have just unveiled an infographic depicting SXSWi 2011 trends and data. link

Former 180 LA creative director Amir Farhang, who joined up with prodco Uber Content last fall, directs this latest round of spots supporting Droga5′s ongoing Tap Project for Unicef. The black & white ditty above stars music megastar Rihanna, who gets help from a smooth tune and a purposely corny VO. This latest clip, one of four in a “Celebrity Tap” campaign that also stars Taylor Swift, Vinnie Chase and someone named Selena Gomez (her clip is after the jump), comes with a contest where you can “win bottled tap water from the gilded faucets” of said celebs. Yum? Check out the Gomez’s chirpy spot and credits after the jump.

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