Indie agency 22squared has hired Alok Nath in the new role of sr. VP, director of the Maker Studio, reporting to president Brandon Murphy. The new position underscores the importance of the design and maker culture for the agency and clients. Nath will lead content creation and production, across the digital landscape, in 22squared’s Atlanta and Tampa offices. Nath comes directly from BBDO Atlanta, where he was SVP, retail creative director, leading a 25+ person team, in creating content across social, digital, rich media, interactive OOH, experiential, print and video.
Murphy stated, “The continued proliferation of media, technology and social platforms has created a massive need for content of all types, and given rise to our growing design and maker culture. Alok is a special individual and the perfect fit for 22squared’s culture. He is a builder and maker with a can-do attitude, energy, innovation and experience.”
This is the third new director-level position hire since Murphy was named president of 22squared in July, and another key step in his mission to continue to build a more modern agency. In September, Murphy announced the additions of Kris McDermott as SVP, director of technology, and Jim Issa as VP, director of 22Pictures, two new roles bringing technology and creative even closer together.
Nath commented, “22squared is rapidly evolving into the agency of tomorrow, today. It is inspiring to see how the agency is embracing the dynamic nature of our business and recognizing the growing appetite for content across the digital landscape. I love to build and I love to create. My new role at 22squared allows me to do both, with the right team, the right partners and support across the agency.”
Writers of “Conclave,” “Say Nothing” Win Scripter Awards
The authors and screenwriters behind the film โConclaveโ and the series โSay Nothingโ won the 37th-annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards during a black-tie ceremony at USCโs Town and Gown ballroom on Saturday evening (2/22).
The Scripter Awards recognize the yearโs most accomplished adaptations of the written word for the screen, including both feature-length films and episodic series.
Novelist Robert Harris and screenwriter Peter Straughan took home the award for โConclave.โ
In accepting the award, Straughan said, โAdaptation is a really strange process, youโre very much the servant of two masters. In a way itโs an act of betrayal of one master for the other.โ He joked that โYou start off with a book that you love, you read it again and again, and then you end up throwing it over your shoulder,โ crediting author Robert Harris for being โso kind, so generous, so open throughout.โ
In the episodic series category, Joshua Zetumer and Patrick Radden Keefe won for the episode โThe People in the Dirtโ from the limited series โSay Nothing,โ which Zetumer adapted from Keefeโs nonfiction book about the Troubles in Ireland.
Zetumer referenced this yearโs extraordinary group of Scripter finalists, saying โprojects like these reminded me of why I wanted to become a writer when I was sitting in USCโs Leavey Library dreaming of becoming a screenwriter. If you fell in love with movies, or fell in love with TV, chances are you fell in love with something dangerous.โ
Special guest for the evening, actress and producer Jennifer Beals, shared her thoughts on the impact of libraries. โIf ever you are at a loss wondering if there is good in the world,โ she said, โyou have only to go to a... Read More