BBH New York has hired Carey Head to serve as head of integrated production and technology, effective May 30. In the newly expanded role, Head will be tasked with continuing to grow the department’s digital scope and capabilities, including disciplines like UX and CT, while leading the integrated production team across all media platforms.
The hire and planned department expansion come at a time of growth for BBH NY following the recent addition of lauded (Cannes Lions, Clios, a pair of D&AD Yellow Pencils) art director Marcos Kotlhar who came over from AlmapBBDO in Sao Paulo, Brazil. BBH NY has also seen momentum spring from its production of creative work like the Sony PlayStation campaign “Greatness Awaits,” which helped catapult the new PS4 console to number 1 in the market. In addition to taking home the Sony PlayStation business last year, BBH NY was also named agency of record for Newell Rubbermaid’s 12+ global consumer brands and digital agency of record for Vaseline.
Head joins BBH with over 14 years in advertising and marketing. He was most recently head of integrated production at Barton F. Graf 9000. Prior to that, he served as director of digital production at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. Throughout his career, Head has developed cutting-edge, disruptive campaigns for a number of blue-chip clients including the likes of Chevrolet, Doritos, GE, Adobe, and HP. His work has garnered recognition from such competitions as the Cannes Lions, the AICP Show, Clios, New York Festivals and The One Show.
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