Jacinte Faria Kirkland has been promoted from head of operations, U.S., to managing director of Stink Studios, Americas. She will oversee its Buenos Aires and United States divisions and report directly to CEO, Mark Pytlik.
In May 2020, Stink Studios opened its newest production outpost in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A new mindset of collaboration, regardless of proximity, led to the merging of the New York, Los Angeles and Buenos Aires teams into Stink Studios Americas. This new era is guided by Stink Studios’ first-ever company values, written by Pytlik: craft, digital fluency, positivity, honesty, adaptability, humanity and equity. Stink Studios is committed to putting its people first, so creatives and creativity can thrive together, which Faria Kirkland will foster.
“This new role comes with its own new challenges,” said Faria Kirkland. “With the merging of our offices in New York, Los Angeles and Buenos Aires, the number of team members I’m overseeing has significantly increased. I’m focused on preserving while growing our culture so that we can continue to produce beautiful and useful work for our clients and (selfishly) ourselves.”
In her new capacity, Faria Kirkland will manage nearly 100 team members across the U.S. and South America. In her previous role as head of operations, U.S. she helped onboard Stink’s Buenos Aires operation and devised clarity around how the teams showed up and worked efficiently in an asynchronous and remote working environment. Now as managing director, her main focus will be on talent recruitment and business development.
Faria Kirkland joined Stink Studios in 2015 as an executive producer and has meaningfully impacted the creative studio since, rising to director of production then managing director for Los Angeles. In 2021, she managed the Los Angeles and New York offices as head of operations, U.S. She successfully merged both offices into a unified, remote U.S. operation, while onboarding the new Buenos Aires division. Her optimism and strong intuition laid the groundwork for Stink Studios’ most successful year since 2016.
Avid completes acquisition of Wolftech
Avid®, known for software solutions for professional media production, has completed the acquisition of Wolftech Broadcast Solutions, a leader in cloud-based multiplatform news planning, production and publishing solutions.
The acquisition enables Avid to combine its digital-first, end-to-end media solution with Wolftech’s expertise in story-centric workflow management. News organizations will be able to increase efficiency and accelerate story delivery through enhanced remote collaboration and multiplatform amplification.
Avid CEO Wellford Dillard stated, “Wolftech is unquestionably on the leading edge of where the industry is going, and this acquisition demonstrates Avid’s commitment to transform news, sports, and live production workflows. We are delighted to welcome Wolftech into the Avid family.”
Wolftech CEO Arne Berven added, “We were focused on finding a partner that could accelerate the adoption of our platform globally. We explored a number of possibilities, but when we talked to Avid, we knew it was the right match.”
The closing of the acquisition follows Avid’s announcement on October 7 that the company had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wolftech.
With this acquisition, Avid deepens the integration between the two toolsets while continuing to embrace an open approach in partnering with a wide range of media production tools and newsroom systems. Existing Wolftech customers will benefit from Avid’s global scale for customer support and professional services.
Ian Axton, head of production operations for ITV News, said, “As a customer of both Avid and Wolftech we’re excited about the benefits this acquisition will bring to our users and our business. Wolftech has transformed... Read More