Bullet, a year-old creative production firm founded by producer Oscar Thomas, has brought executive producer Damon Webster and digital content producer Andrea Leminske on board, and opened offices in Los Angeles and Amsterdam.
Webster’s experience includes his having been head of production at Saatchi & Saatchi LA, Torrance, Calif., for nine years. He had most recently been freelancing. Meanwhile Leminske has worked with such agencies as R/GA, Digitas and Agency.com.
Webster will lead Bullet’s new Los Angeles office, while Leminske will head the New York office with Bullet producer and music supervisor Patrick Oliver.
Thomas will relocate to Amsterdam to head the new Bullet office there.
“New York is our central base, but having offices on the West Coast and in Europe means having a deep talent pool to dip into and share with our clients,” Thomas noted. “Ideally, we’d like to have small production offices across the globe that are networked together and can share resources. There’s a demand now for producers who are not afraid to take an entire production into their own hands and work without traditional baggage, and that’s what we’re building with the addition of Damon and Andrea.”
“Agencies today,” observed Leminske, “are under a great deal of pressure from their clients to produce great work across all media that achieve results despite challenging budgets. Bullet, with its great producing ability coupled with its business management services, is an ideal resource for a lot of agencies. I’m excited to be a part of what they’re building.”
Bullet’s business model includes having an ensemble of savvy producers that agencies can tap into for ambitious projects. It’s a resource designed to help agencies keep their overheads low while still being able to access agency producer expertise.
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