Seattle-based animation studio The Academy has signed London animation and graphics shop Cub Studio for U.S. commercial representation. Cub Studio is founded by design industry veterans Fraser Davidson and Ben Skinner, whose broad backgrounds in animation and online marketing fuse together a team of talented artists and producers to craft innovative designs for commercials, broadcast promos and branded content. With previous campaigns for such brands as Vodaphone, Twitter, Mercedes-Benz, ESPN, Bose, GE and BBC, their work has garnered numerous awards including a BAFTA Award as part of the Hat Trick team that produced the BBC’s “The Revolution Will Be Televised” in 2013. Known for their comedic animation work and sports branding, their recent work for ESPN gives a crash course on the history of Cricket just in time for the ICC Cricket World Cup. Cub Studio’s Davidson has nearly a decade of experience in the animation industry, having worked at London-based motion graphics, VFX and animation studio Mainframe for 6 years prior to setting up animation collective Sweet Crude. His animation work for major brands including Sony, MTV, BBC, Nickelodeon, Nike and Guinness has earned a number of awards over the years, including several PromaxBDA Awards. He is also the writer and director of the YouTube series “The Alternative Rugby Commentary” and has collaborated on projects with comedians such as Tim Minchin, Bill Maher, Tim Key and the boys of Don’t Drop the Egg. Cub’s Skinner has over 10 years of experience in online marketing, spanning SEO, Performance and UX in design related fields….
Big Deahl Productions, the commercialmaking shop that’s home to directors David Deahl and Todd Klein, has formally added postproduction services to its client offerings. Concurrently, the company has just completed a new campaign, entitled “Better Eggs in Many Ways,” for Eggland’s Best Eggs, through NYC agency Calcium. Big Deahl was responsible for everything from production to postproduction to final deliverables for the new campaign, finishing nine spots in total. Currently, BIG DEAHL is also providing production and post services for an upcoming new campaign for Nestlé. Similar full-service work on a recent campaign for Sizzlers also helped inspire the founders of Big Deahl–David Deahl and EP Rosemary Deahl–to add postproduction services to its repertoire….
