Crispin Porter+Bogusky (CP+B) has hired Matt O’Rourke as interactive group creative director, Jens McNaughton as interactive associate creative director, and Chean Wei Law as interactive design director, to work out of the agency’s Boulder office.
O’Rourke joins CP+B as interactive group creative director. Prior to CP+B, O’Rourke acted as digital SVP/group creative director of McCann WorldGroup, where he worked across all WorldGroup accounts, focusing on non-traditional and non-advertising based solutions. O’Rourke started at McCann in 2003, working as a copywriter on the Microsoft account. In 2005, he decided to shift his focus from traditional to non traditional media, eventually taking a leadership position developing the agency’s digital creative capabilities at its New York office. Ever since this transition, O’Rourke’s work has been recognized with numerous industry awards, most recently a Bronze Lion at the 2010 Cannes Lions Festival for General Mill’s “Golden Grants” campaign and a Silver Pencil for the Mastercard mobile app Priceless Picks at this year’s One Show Interactive, an event at which O’Rourke also judged. In addition, O’Rourke has won accolades at the Kelly and Addy Awards as well as having received a gold Effie for his Mastercard work in each of the last four years.
McNaughton is CP+B’s newest interactive associate creative director, bringing with him more than 14 years of experience in advertising and web development. Since 2007, McNaughton has held the post of creative director at Apple, Inc., where he managed the development of the iPhone website and created more than a dozen iPhone applications. Prior to Apple, McNaughton acted as associate creative director at The Designory, Inc., where he worked on award-winning websites and online advertising campaigns for Nissan Motors and Infiniti Motors. McNaughton’s work has been recognized by One Show Interactive, Los Angeles Beldings, Communication Arts, San Francisco Show, Addy’s, HOW Magazine and the Macromedia Site of the Day.
Law returns to CP+B as an interactive design director, having gotten his creative start as an interactive designer with the agency’s Miami office in 2005, where he helped produce major campaigns for Burger King, Mini Cooper, Volkswagen and Coke Zero. Prior to his new position with CP+B, Law was an interactive art director/designer at Wieden + Kennedy, Portland, Ore., for more than three years, mainly working on the Nike, Starbucks and Coke accounts. Before that, Law worked as an art director for JWT New York, during which time he also founded his own design studio called Undoboy. Law’s work has been honored with many industry awards including a Cyber Grand Prix by Cannes Lions and a London International Grand Prize. In addition to multiple gold and silvers at both of these shows, he has also won awards from the Andy’s, One Show, Clios and Webbys.
Lashana Lynch, Eddie Redmayne Compare Notes On “The Day of the Jackal”
Lashana Lynch was running away from spies.
After playing Nomi in 2021's "No Time To Die," she was actively avoiding any role that involved working for the secret service. What part could beat a Bond girl who took James Bond's 007 code name from him?
"I was like, 'No, I'm not doing it again. That's a legacy role. That's something that absolutely should be untouched forever,'" recalls Lynch.
But then she read the character of Bianca Pullman for a TV series based on Frederick Forsyth's classic thriller "The Day of the Jackal." Bianca was also an employee of Britain's foreign intelligence agency, but the differences between the two MI6 workers appealed: While Nomi was slick, Bianca was a mess Lynch could dive into.
"I'd pushed against this world for a long time and it felt like it came right at me full throttle," she says.
No one is happier that she jumped on board than Eddie Redmayne, who plays the Jackal, the myth-like murderer for hire. Her "versatility is insane," he says, adding that Lynch even suggested the perfect song for the theme, Celeste's "This Is Who I Am."
"The Day of the Jackal" updates Fred Zinnemann's 1973 movie, starring Edward Fox as the cravat-wearing killer hired to kill the French president.
Redmayne's version inherits the gentlemanly style of Fox, living a life of jet-setting quiet luxury, funded by getting away with murder through ingenious devices, clever disguises and flawless planning. Bianca is the intelligence officer and arms expert who will stop at nothing to find him, much to the discomfort of her co-workers and family.
Lynch and Redmayne are also producers on the show, which is airing on Sky in the U.K. and debuts Thursday on Peacock. They didn't spend much time together on set,... Read More