David Richardson has joined Martin|Williams Advertising, Minneapolis, as VP/group creative director and will work on the Payless ShoeSource and Hoover accounts. He earlier spent eight years at Minneapolis shop Peterson Milla Hooks where he focused on the Target business, touching nearly every aspect of the retailer’s advertising. Among the notable work he created was Target’s “Back to College” interactive webisodic OddsAgainst7even.com campaign. Richardson was also instrumental in helping Peterson Milla Hooks win the Budweiser Select business in 2005….John Evans has become a full fledged editor at Panic & Bob, Toronto, where he earlier served as editor David Baxter’s assistant for more than three years…..Autodesk, Inc. has completed the acquisition of substantially all the assets of Skymatter Limited, the New Zealand-based, privately held developer of Mudbox 3D modeling software. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Mudbox has shaped photorealistic creatures for the blockbuster movie King Kong, as well as upcoming films The Golden Compass, Fred Claus and Inkheart. “Mudbox is complementary to the Autodesk 3ds Max and Autodesk Maya software products, providing our customers with an additional suite of tools for modeling, prototyping and detailing,” said Marc Petit, senior VP, Autodesk Media & Entertainment…
Director Cassandra Brooksbank Joins Monument Content For Spots and Branded Content
Monument Content has signed director Cassandra “Cassie” Brooksbank for U.S. representation spanning commercials and branded content. She brings to her directing and storytelling the experience and skills of a writer, conceptual artist, editor and visual effects artist.
Her body of work as a director includes Pepsi’s “Selfie” featuring Lionel Messi amid a flurry of fans, Barclays madcap women’s Soccer League spot where she collaborated closely with the agency to develop the creative, ultimately winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sports Industry Awards, and a grass-roots campaign for Fellow Coffee. The latter just didn’t brew buzz; it helped raise $1.2 million on Kickstarter.
Prior to joining Monument Content, Brooksbank had been repped in the U.S. for commercials by production house Hey Wonderful.
On the long-form front, she is repped by CAA for film and television. And on the horizon is her debut feature, My Masterpiece, produced by Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions and backed by Amazon.
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