Figliulo&Partners (F&P) has hired Scott Vitrone as partner and chief creative officer. Becoming F&P’s sixth partner, Vitrone will lead the agency’s creative vision and report directly to founding partner and CEO Mark Figliulo.
During his career, Vitrone has held group and executive creative director positions in New York at Barton F. Graf 9000, TBWAChiatDay, Wieden + Kennedy and Y&R. Winner of an Emmy and other industry awards, Vitrone helped shape work for a wide range of clients, including Nike, ESPN, Delta Airlines, Heineken, Target, Virgin Atlantic, Land Rover, Miller Brewing Company, Sprint and FedEx.
Career highlights include the celebrated “Whatever’s Comfortable” campaign for Southern Comfort at Wieden + Kennedy and “Experience the Rainbow” for Skittles at TBWAChiatDay, a campaign that is still running today.
Vitrone’s hiring follows the F&P’s launch of its new media and communications planning unit, led by former Wieden + Kennedy group media director, Ryan Haskins, and comes off the back of a series of new business wins for the agency.
“I’ve always wanted to work with Scott and I am really pleased to welcome him as a partner at F&P,” said Figliulo. “It’s an exciting time for the agency right now. We placed a bet from day one on being the best home for talent, so with Scott’s reputation and caliber, he’ll fit right in.”
Vitrone said, “I admire the spirit of generosity and transparency that Mark and the partners have created at F&P. It’s a young, independent agency that’s clearly going places. I’m excited to get cracking and help shape the agency’s future.”
Review: Writer-Directors Scott Beck and Bryan Wood’s “Heretic”
"Heretic" opens with an unusual table setter: Two young missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are discussing condoms and why some are labeled as large even though they're all pretty much a standard size. "What else do we believe because of marketing?" one asks the other.
That line will echo through the movie, a stimulating discussion of religion that emerges from a horror movie wrapper. Despite a second-half slide and feeling unbalanced, this is the rare movie that combines lots of squirting blood and elevated discussion of the ancient Egyptian god Horus.
Our two church members — played fiercely by Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East — are wandering around trying to covert souls when they knock on the door of a sweet-looking cottage. Its owner, Mr. Reed, offers a hearty "Good afternoon!" He welcomes them in, brings them drinks and promises a blueberry pie. He's also interested in learning more about the church. So far, so good.
Mr. Reed is, of course, if you've seen the poster, the baddie and he's played by Hugh Grant, who doesn't go the snarling, dead-eyed Hannibal Lecter route in "Heretic." Grant is the slightly bumbling, bashful and self-mocking character we fell in love with in "Four Weddings and a Funeral," but with a smear of menace. He gradually reveals that he actually knows quite a bit about the Mormon religion — and all religions.
"It's good to be religious," he says jauntily and promises his wife will join them soon, a requirement for the church. Homey touches in his home include a framed "Bless This Mess" needlepoint on a wall, but there are also oddities, like his lights are on a timer and there's metal in the walls and ceilings.
Writer-directors Scott Beck and Bryan Wood — who also... Read More