Kelsey Hodgkin has been elevated to head of strategy at Deutsch LA.
Kim Getty, president of Deutsch’s Los Angeles office, said of Hodgkin, “She brings cultural intelligence to every project she touches and has been an instrumental part of our strategy department for years.”
Hodgkin joined Deutsch in 2014 as EVP, group strategy director, leading strategy work for marquee clients across the agency’s Los Angeles roster. Most recently, she’s spearheaded strategic work for Target’s Back to School and licensing efforts, Tarana Burke’s #MeToo movement and Tile’s first advertising campaign which won two Bronze Lions at Cannes.
“What gets me most excited about this next chapter and about all the possibilities that lie ahead is the brilliant team,” says Hodgkin. “It is a privilege to have the opportunity to lead them with all their diverse and wonderful thinking.”
Hodgkin has more than 15 years of strategy experience. She has worked in three different countries and four different cities at global agencies including BBH, Ponce Buenos Aires, Modernista! and Mullen before arriving at Deutsch. Hodgkin has developed strategies for brands such as Diet Coke, Tesco, British Airways, Google, Amazon, Adidas, and Toms.
Born and raised in London, Hodgkin graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a master’s degree in history.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More