Formerly head of production at Omelet, and director of broadcast & content production at Deutsch LA
Bicoastal Spot Welders has hired industry vet Victoria Guenier as executive producer and director of development. Working closely with co-founder and managing partner David Glean and EP Carolina Wallace and Joanne Ferraro, Guenier will be involved in growing business at Spot Welders and developing talent in the merging worlds of entertainment and advertising.
Guenier’s experience includes almost 20 years on the agency side working with clients such as IBM, Target, HTC, Motorola, Microsoft, and PlayStation. Most recently, she worked as head of production at boutique agency Omelet, which specializes in branded entertainment, content and advertising. Prior to that, Guenier was director of broadcast and content production at Deutsch LA. At the latter she was part of the team behind Volkswagen’s “The Force,” not only a major success on the Super Bowl but also a viral phenomenon directed by Lance Acord of Park Pictures. In addition to her agency career, Guenier has exec produced indie features and documentaries.
Crossing over now into the world of postproduction, Guenier brings her insider expertise to guide the creative process from start to finish with Spot Welder’s collaborative team of editors, and VFX artists at sister company Shipping+Handling.
Spot Welders maintains shops in Venice, Calif., and midtown Manhattan.
The One Club Names Global Finalists For Young Guns 22
The One Club for Creativity has announced 78 talented young creative individuals and teams based in 18 countries selected as finalists for the Young Guns 22 competition, celebrating global creative professionals age 30 or younger.
Young Guns is the industry’s only global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today’s vanguard of young creatives. This year’s entries were judged by a diverse jury of 101 creatives--many of whom are past YG winners--from 45 countries.
Young Guns 22 finalists span Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong SAR China, India, Indonesia, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, the U.K. and U.S.
This year’s winners will be announced on October 30, 2024, and celebrated at a special in-person party on November 13, 2024 at Sony Hall in New York.
All Young Guns winners receive a unique version of the iconic Young Guns Cube, designed exclusively for this year’s incoming class, and have their permanent profile page added to the Young Guns website.
Winners also receive a complimentary one-year One Club for Creativity membership, permanent membership in the Young Guns network, a chance to be featured in Young Guns events and an assortment of career-boosting opportunities from Young Guns sponsors.
Program branding and design of the YG Cube award itself is reimagined each year by a past Young Guns winner. This year’s YG22 branding was created by New York-based designer, illustrator, muralist, and author Timothy Goodman (YG7).
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