Jennie Morris has been appointed chief creative officer of Publicis Singapore. This newly created position is in line with the agency’s investment to bolster its strategic bench following a raft of new business wins this year. Morris will oversee all accounts out of the Publicis Singapore office.
Day-to-day, she will partner with Joanne Theseira, managing director of Publicis Singapore. Morris will work closely with the creative leaders across Publicis Groupe to strengthen the agency’s creative culture and deliver more effective world-class solutions for clients.
She brings deep expertise across a wide range of industries; such as tourism–having worked on Qantas, British Airways, Emirates, Scoot, Singapore Airlines and numerous tourism boards; telcos–Optus and Telstra; automotive–Toyota, Lexus, Mercedes Benz and BMW; and consumer packaged goods, where she created work to connect with millions of consumers across Asia for brands like Mead Johnson, P&G, Pepsi and Mars. Her work has been recognized at Cannes, D&AD, One Show, NY Festivals, Clio, Dubai Lynx, and Spikes Asia.
In 2007 Morris made a mark in the industry’s history by taking the title of the first female executive creative director in the UAE. There, she led the Emirates Airlines business as the global creative lead during the much lauded and awarded “Fly Emirates. Keep Discovering” campaign years.
Singapore has been home for Morris and her family for the past nine years–seven of which she spent at Publicis Groupe. Her diverse experience working with brands including Saatchi & Saatchi and Sapient have helped her to become a true hybrid creative, passionate about telling meaningful brand stories via new technologies and data led dynamic creativity.
Prior to being appointed CCO, Morris was already working as an executive creative director with Publicis Singapore. Previously she served as global creative director on the Singapore Airlines business at TBWA Singapore.
SCHROM x Yacht Club and Be Electric Studios Launch Electric XR for Virtual Production
SCHROM x Yacht Club, a full-service live-action, tabletop, and postproduction company, has teamed with Be Electric Studios, a soundstage, equipment rental, and virtual production company, to launch Electric XR, a virtual production collective.
Industry veteran Thomas Rossano will lead the new venture, which provides advanced virtual production solutions across multiple facilities. He brings over 25 years of experience in live-action, tabletop, postproduction and talent curation to enhance Electric XR’s offerings as a resource for brands and agencies, as well as other production companies in need of virtual production solutions. Additionally Rossano continues to serve as EP at XR New York (XR-NY), a role he’s held since December 2022. SCHROM x Yacht Club originally established XR-NY to help provide XR services for third-party rentals. While XR-NY will continue to function independently for SCHROM X Yacht Club, it now operates under the Electric XR umbrella.
Rossano’s expertise spans producing live-action commercials, branded content, interactive and experiential content. In addition to leading Electric XR, he holds responsibilities at SCHROM x Yacht Club which include driving business development, collaborating with sales reps and expanding the company’s creative talent network. Rossano’s career includes serving as an exec producer at Hungry Man for about 11 years, right from that company’s inception. He then went on to become a partner at Station Film where he also had a lengthy tenure. Later he was a partner at PRISM. Then after the pandemic hit, he became a freelance EP for nearly two years, looking into opportunities in virtual production, which led him to XR NY and now Electric XR. Over the years, he has produced high-profile... Read More