GARTNER, the LA based production company has appointed Oritte Bendory as Director of Marketing and Development. In this newly created role, Bendory brings her knowledge of the production business and a passion for working with directors, having extensive experience agency-side as a Senior Broadcast Producer for over ten years for agencies including Uproar/DDB and Ogilvy & Mather. At GARTNER, Bendory will spearhead client relationships on the East Coast and foster new business opportunities and talent recruitment, working out of the company’s new Soho offices in New York City.
In addition to Bendory’s deep roots in advertising, her previous experience in Hollywood will provide a broad network of contacts through the entertainment industry, as Bendory previously produced independent feature films and developed and sold television pitches and screenplays to a variety of Hollywood studios.
GARTNER has been producing award-winning commercials since its inception twenty-five years ago, with a company roster that includes directors James Gartner, Raymond Bark, Mike Bigelow, Ted Melfi, and Marcel Langenegger. Their work has received advertising’s highest honors including EMMY, DGA, AICP/MoMA honors, and Cannes Lions.