Hill Holliday has named Adam Vohlidka as its executive VP of social creative and digital content. Vohlidka will report to chief creative officer Peter Nicholson and be based in New York where he will spearhead the development of Hill Holliday’s new team, Social Force. This offering will focus on capturing audience attention and work across all client businesses.
Vohlidka started his diverse professional journey at MTV Networks where he was a graphic designer who rose to various leadership positions. He then transitioned to agencies, where his expertise has included developing teams across creative, digital and social content operations.
“I’m passionate about creating engaging digital content that resonates with people of all ages and stops them in their tracks, whether it’s on a billboard or their phone screen,” Vohlidka said. “Joining Peter, a fellow artist, and Hill Holliday gives me an exciting opportunity to work alongside people who share my passions and recognize that traditional advertising isn’t enough anymore–there’s immense potential to create exceptional, enjoyable and intriguing work.”
Nicholson related, “Our new division, Social Force, is designed to meet changing audience needs in the modern attention economy. Adam’s knowledge of agency operations and brand dynamics combined with his skill at navigating creativity while staying attuned to cultural shifts is rare. He and his team will help our clients achieve iconic status.”
A School of Visual Arts graduate, Vohlidka has earned recognition throughout his career, including Clios, Behance, Promax and other notable awards. In addition to MTV Networks, he has held director roles at agencies such as Translation, Havas, Cutwater and Hero Collective–along with creating great social creative with agencies like Wieden + Kennedy. Other global brands he’s worked with include the NFL, Lenovo, Budweiser, Nike, AT&T, Google, Michelin, Sony, Bose, Amazon, State Farm, Converse, Bel Brands, Calbee USA, United Masters, and Yellowstone Forever.
Carrie Coon Relishes Being Part Of An Ensemble–From “The Gilded Age” To “His Three Daughters”
It can be hard to catch Carrie Coon on her own.
She is far more likely to be found in the thick of an ensemble. That could be on TV, in "The Gilded Age," for which she was just Emmy nominated, or in the upcoming season of "The White Lotus," which she recently shot in Thailand. Or it could be in films, most relevantly, Azazel Jacobs' new drama, "His Three Daughters," in which Coon stars alongside Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen as sisters caring for their dying father.
But on a recent, bright late-summer morning, Coon is sitting on a bench in the bucolic northeast Westchester town of Pound Ridge. A few years back, she and her husband, the playwright Tracy Letts, moved near here with their two young children, drawn by the long rows of stone walls and a particularly good BLT from a nearby cafe that Letts, after biting into, declared must be within 15 miles of where they lived.
In a few days, they would both fly to Los Angeles for the Emmys (Letts was nominated for his performance in "Winning Time" ). But Coon, 43, was then largely enmeshed in the day-to-day life of raising a family, along with their nightly movie viewings, which Letts pulls from his extensive DVD collection. The previous night's choice: "Once Around," with Holly Hunter and Richard Dreyfus.
Coon met Letts during her breakthrough performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?" on Broadway in 2012. She played the heavy-drinking housewife Honey. It was the first role that Coon read and knew, viscerally, she had to play. Immediately after saying this, Coon sighs.
"It sounds like something some diva would say in a movie from the '50s," Coon says. "I just walked around in my apartment in my slip and I had pearls and a little brandy. I made a grocery list and I just did... Read More