Creative agency Eleven, which maintains locations in San Francisco, Chicago and New York, has hired Michael de Wit and Ruben Martinez as, respectively, creative director and sr. designer.
“Michael and Ruben bring a wealth of international experience to Eleven,” said Mike McKay, chief creative officer at Eleven. “Having worked on global brands like adidas, Vans, Coca-Cola and The North Face, they’ll
help us creatively tap into cultures around the world for Samsung, CommonSpirit Health and many other clients.”
With more than 20 years of experience in creative/art directing, de Wit will leverage his international experience working with lifestyle brands like Vans, adidas, Oakley and Converse, to drive Eleven’s creative and new business approach in 2021. De Wit directed various campaigns and activations throughout his career in Amsterdam, Boston, New York and more, including Converse’s ‘Made by you’ and adidas’ “adidas Running x ISS.” De Wit most recently served as creative director at Unlisted Brand Lab.
Martinez will build on Eleven’s design-focused foundation, bringing to the agency decades of design expertise from working with brands such as Coca-Cola, Amazon and adidas. Today, Eleven is blending design, marketing and brand innovation, and Martinez has been tapped to support those capabilities with his campaign design experience. Martinez will be working with clients such as Casper, Cadre, The Kraken Rum, Samsung, Pella and Electrify America. Prior to joining Eleven, Martinez had been freelancing; earlier he had been at Starch Creative.
De Wit will join McKay and five other creative directors immediately assuming responsibilities for Samsung and CommonSpirit Health while Martinez will work across a range of agency assignments. Additionally, de Wit will play a role in new business development, further extending Eleven’s reach and scope across verticals.
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