SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Audio post facility AudioBanks has secured engineer Tony Pepper, rounding out a roster of mixers that includes Sonia Castro, Chris Winston, Dona Richardson and recently promoted Andy Simon. During his first week with the Santa Monica shop, Pepper mixed projects for several shops, including Wong Doody, Seattle.
"Tony really complements our engineer team," said AudioBanks general manager Sarah Banks. "He has a wealth of experience in producing and mixing and, being such a huge sports fan, has contributed his talents to numerous sports-related promos and commercials.
"I am excited to join the team at AudioBanks and collaborate with the company’s extensive client base," related Pepper who comes over from Jacor Communications in San Diego, where he wrote, produced and directed on-air image campaigns and commercial advertising, as well as managed the company’s production department. Before moving to San Diego, Pepper enjoyed a successful tenure as mixer/engineer at Hollywood Recording Services. There, Pepper garnered extensive experience with short-and long-form audio post, including TV and radio commercials, movie trailers and television programs. In addition, he worked extensively on audio editing and dialogue recording for Disney Feature Animation on Pocahontas, Hunchback of Notre Dame and Mulan. Other Pepper credits include MTV’s Legends series and TV trailers for NBC.
A San Diego native, Pepper entered the industry in ’81, producing and directing live radio broadcasts for more than 500 San Diego Padre baseball home and road games. From ’91 to ’94, he also wrote, produced and directed radio spots for San Diego radio station KFMB.
All five rooms at AudioBanks feature 5.1 surround sound and are fully networked, offering audio faxing and digital patching capabilities for creating virtual mixes.
-Millie Takaki
Jury Presidents Named For The One Show 2025
The One Club for Creativity has announced the global creatives from around the world who will serve as jury presidents for The One Show 2025.
These creatives will lead judging for each discipline, and have a vote on the work.
Confirmed One Show 2025 Jury presidents, by discipline, are as follows:
--Brand-Side/In-House: David Lee, CCO, Squarespace, New York
--Branded Entertainment: Malcolm Poynton, Global CCO, Cheil Worldwide, London
--Creative Use of Data, Creative Use of Technology: Nancy Crimi-Lamanna, CCO, FCB Canada, Toronto
--Cultural Driver: Bianca Guimaraes, partner, ECD, Mischief, New York
--Design: Liza Enebeis, creative director, partner, Studio Dumbar/DEPT®, Rotterdam
--Direct Marketing: Vicki Maguire, CCO, Havas London
--Film & Video: Javier Campopiano, global CCO, McCann Worldgroup & McCann Global, Madrid
--Gaming: Taj Reid, global chief experience officer, US CCO, Edelman, New York
--Integrated, Experiential & Immersive: Chris Beresford-Hill, worldwide CCO, BBDO New York
--Fusion Pencil: Walter T. Geer III, CCO, Innovation North America, VML, New York
--Green Pencil: Barbara Humphries, ECD, The Monkeys, Sydney
--Health & Wellness, Pharma: Wendy Lund, chief client officer, WPP, New York
--IP & Product Design: Ronald Ng, global CCO, MRM, New York
--Moving Image Craft & Production: Irene Kugelmann, chief creative officer, DDB Group of Companies Germany, Berlin
--Music & Sound Craft: Joel Simon, CCO, JSM Music, New York
--Out of Home, Print & Promotional: Kainaz Karmakar, CCO, Ogilvy India, Mumbai
--Public Relations: Patricia Ávila, regional director for Latin America, Ágora, São Paulo
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