Seed Media Arts, the production house under the aegis of owner Roy Skillicorn, has brought director Tim Abshire aboard its roster. His work spans assorted blue-chip brands including Google, Jeep, ESPN, Walmart, PlayStation, Febreze, Volkswagen and Coca-Cola. The director has worked with such celebs as Drew Barrymore, Chris Rock, Derek Jeter, Ben Stiller, Jeff Goldblum, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Alice Cooper, Triple H and Sheryl Crow. Among the many awards won by Abshire’s work are three Cannes Gold Lions, an MTV Moonman Award, Gold Pencils, Clios and Gold fro Promax. Seed, which maintains offices in Chicago and Los Angeles, has a directorial lineup that includes David Rosen, Jason Lindsey, Anthony Garth, Rick Wayne, Reuben Wu, Scott Betty and Corey Rich….
The photography, directing and husband-and-wife duo of Peden + Munk (Taylor Peden and Jen Munkvold) has joined L.A.-based production studio Concrete + Clay. Their imagery has been central to rebranding major companies such as Tommy Bahama, Smirnoff, Jack Daniels, Williams Sonoma, Crate and Barrel, eBay, Gold Peak Tea, The Coca-Cola Company, Apple, Coors, Electrolux and Carrabba’s Restaurants. They also just completed the pilot for a new Netflix series about food….
Influx of Talent At DAVID New York Includes The Creative Director Duo Of Erin Evon and Jason Burke
Global creative agency DAVID has made seven creative hires in its New York office. Coming aboard are the creative director duo of Erin Evon and Jason Burke; associate creative directors Kelsey Miller, Tori Mortenson and Maris DiTullio; sr. copywriter Adam Goffstein; and sr. art director Victoria Rocha.
All will report to Daniel Lobaton, North America, chief creative officer, and André Toledo, chief creative officer.
Creative directors Evon and Burke have teamed on campaigns for Goldfish, Snyder’s of Hanover, Tide, Shopify, Samsung and Uber Eats. They’ve been working together for seven years at such NY agencies as R/GA and Saatchi & Saatchi. While at the latter, Evon was one of the creative behind “It’s a Tide Ad,” the Procter & Gamble Super Bowl takeover that at the Cannes Fest scored a Film Grand Prix, Titanium Cannes Lion and Creative Effectiveness Gold Lion as well as a Grand Effie.
Associate creative directors Miller and Mortenson were most recently at Mekanism working for Jose Cuervo and Quaker Oats. DiTullio had been an associate creative director at Deutsch LA where she worked on Taco Bell. Prior to Deutsch LA, she worked at Crispin Porter+Bogusky on Domino’s, and RPA on Apartments.com.
Sr. copywriter Goffstein served previously at The Martin Agency and MullenLowe Boston, working for brands like Buffalo Wild Wings and Busch Light. Rocha contributed to award-winning campaigns like Michelob Ultra’s “Dreamcaster” and Spotify’s “Spreadbeats.”
The seven new team members join the existing NY contingent in their newly opened office space at the iconic Domino Sugar Factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
“Talent is at the core of who DAVID is,” said Lobaton. “We are a first name agency so... Read More