Director David Ramser has returned to The Artists Company. His first project since rejoining is a three-spot Comcast/Xfinity package for Burrell Communications….Carmichael Lynch, Minneapolis, has promoted executive creative cirector Dave Damman to chief creative officer. Damman, who reports to CEO Mike Lescarbeau, will oversee creative for all Carmichael Lynch clients, including Subaru of America, Jack Link’s Beef Jerky and Newell Rubbermaid. Damman began his work in advertising over 20 years ago at Saatchi & Saatchi in New York, where he served as an art director. Following art directing roles at Dallas’ Tracey-Locke and Minneapolis’ INITIO, Damman moved to Carmichael Lynch for the first time in 1996. During this two-year stint, Damman helped strengthen and reestablish brands such as Harley-Davidson and Brown Foreman beverages. In 1998, he moved to Fallon, where he was group creative director on brands including Lee Jeans, Timberland and International Trucks. After founding his own agency, Damman Pearce, Damman returned to Carmichael Lynch in May 2011. Damman’s work has been recognized in the U.S. and internationally by all the most respected creative award competitions, including the One Show, Cannes, The New York Art Director’s Club and Britain’s D&AD….With 15 years combined experience in visual effects and production, creative director Elliott Jobe and business development director Taylor Jobe have launched THERE, a bicoastal company specializing in the capture and seamless compositing of digital sets with green-screen production. By providing an alternative to traditional location-based production, THERE makes it possible to shoot dream locations that would otherwise be difficult to capture in an expedient and cost competitive way. The shop also facilitates greater creative scope by combining the realism of live-action shoots with the flexibility of digital. Among THERE’S recent projects are commercials for Virgin America and Crystal Geyser, featuring digital sets of a plane interior and a modern kitchen, respectively; and a “Rock Center” promo with Brian Williams, featuring digital sets for seven floors of Rockefeller Center-based productions (e.g., Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, SNL, 30 Rock)….
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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