Independent agency 22squared has expanded its leadership team with the hiring of Annette Sally in the new role of executive VP and executive director of account management, overseeing all clients for the agency’s Atlanta and Tampa offices. Sally led the multi-award winning Always #LikeAGirl campaign and ran operations in six regions worldwide, while serving as the EVP/global business leader of the Fem Care portfolio for Procter & Gamble at Leo Burnett in Chicago. The #LikeAGirl initiative swept the awards circuit, winning an Emmy, Global Gold Effie, Black Pencil, Grand Clio, Titanium Lion, Glass Lion and the Grand Prix at Cannes.
Sally will be based in the Atlanta office and will report directly to chief client officer Brandon Murphy. Murphy stated, “Bringing a leader of Annette’s caliber to 22squared is a big step for our agency. We have ambitious goals and plans for our future and she will be critical in helping us achieve them. Her experience in leading brands to and through game-changing ideas will help 22squared make a bigger impact. Her global perspective and business acumen will elevate our leadership team. Most of all, we are excited to bring a person of her character and drive to our team to help us push our change agenda. “
Sally’s experience includes global account and managing director positions at leading worldwide agencies including Grey Global, FCB and Arnold Worldwide, in New York. Her client experience also includes top brands: Unilever, P&G, Energizer Personal Care and Diageo.
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More