Andreas Dahlqvist, who’s served as executive creative director/managing partner at DDB Stockholm since 2004, is joining McCann New York as vice chairman, executive creative director, a new post at the agency.
At DDB Stockholm, which recently was named the Gunn Report’s Digital Agency of the Year, Dahlqvist was responsible for the agency’s creative and strategic product and drove such highly lauded work as the “Fun Theory” campaign for Volkswagen and print and integrated work for McDonald’s, as well as a ground-breaking digital campaign for Swedish Armed Forces. Other creatively high profile clients, spanning multiple categories, include Telia, Adidas, Skoda, The Royal Opera, RSA’s Trygg-Hansa/Codan (insurance companies), Microsoft, Tropicana and international creative work for Vattenfalls, the Swedish energy company.
Earlier, Dahlqvist was creative director of DDB’s predecessor agency in Sweden, Paradiset, and from 1999-2003 he was creative director and founder of The Bearded Lady, a hybrid, interactive agency with a client roster that included Royal Mail, Spendrups beer, Telia, JC, Brothers and Stockholm Records. He began his career as an art director in his native Sweden.
Dahlqvist’s creative honors include 10 Cannes Lions, six One Show Pencils, 14 Clios, four London International Awards, as well as over 70 other top international and local festival award show honors.
Linus Karlsson, chairman/chief creative officer of McCann New York and London, said that Dahlqvist “will be responsible for hands-on oversight of the creative work for all New York agency clients and for leading the transformation of McCann’s N.Y. flagship agency into a creatively driven organization.”
Matthew Forrest Launches Commercial/Branded Content Production Company Cloud Forest
Producer Matthew Forrest has officially launched Cloud Forest, a Los Angeles-based video production company specializing in commercials and branded content, with additional capabilities in emerging formats like AI and VR.
With the mantra “Where your vision meets our production precision,” Cloud Forest aims to serve brands, agencies and networks with a blend of creativity and operational efficiency.
Forrest brings over 20 years of experience to Cloud Forest. His portfolio includes producing commercial content for Square, Aveeno, and Lyft, branded content series for KitchenAid, Pizza Hut, and Verizon, and projects like Mariah Carey’s “Keys of Christmas.” Forrest’s career highlight came at Endemol Shine, where he earned a Sports Emmy in 2018 for producing Life VR’s “Capturing Everest.”
“Leveraging my varied experiences in both traditional and digital formats, I’m excited to create content across a wide array of platforms with the partners I admire,” said Forrest. “Our focus is on delivering excellence in commercials and branded content, while also offering cutting-edge solutions in AI and VR when appropriate for our clients’ needs.”
Cloud Forest’s talent roster currently features long-time Forrest collaborators such as commercial directors Ben Pluimer, Michael Belcher, Clyde Bessey, Christopher Louie and Kevin K. Shah; director/photographer Shawn Corrigan; photographers Gabriela Oltean and Will Deleon; and creative directors Natalie Perry and Drew Grossman. The studio’s strength lies in curating the right team and accurately defining the necessary resources--budget, roles, and technology--allowing every project to meet its creative and business goals.
This approach has earned praise from industry... Read More