Crockett Jeffers will be joining BBDO San Francisco effective Nov. 19 as a creative director to oversee its Gallo Family Vineyards, Barefoot Wine & Bubbly, Vail Resorts and Cesar Dog Food accounts, as well as several new business pursuits. He will report to executive creative director Craig Mangan.
Jeffers comes from Venables Bell & Partners where he was a creative director and copywriter, working on Audi, Barclays, Conoco and ConAgra. His work has been recognized by The One Club, Cannes Lions, New York Art Directors Club, Communication Arts and the AICP Show, among others. He began his career as a copywriter at Butler Shine Stern & Partners, as well as working at TBWAChiatDay, Los Angeles.
At BBDO S.F., Jeffers will be partnered with Amber Justis, who joined the agency as a creative director in August from Draftfcb. Justis boasts a strong background in digital, having worked at places like Evolution Bureau on campaigns such as the popular “Elf Yourself.”
Jeffers is the latest creative hire at BBDO S.F. Creative director Michael Duckworth joined the agency in September, a month after the hiring of Justis. Duckworth works on Nutro, Natural Choice, Uncle Bens, Sutter Health and Hewlett-Packard. Before BBDO, Duckworth served at a number of agencies including The Richards Group, Saatchi & Saatchi and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. Over the course of his 16-year career, Duckworth has collected worldwide awards and recognition for clients such as Bridgestone Tires, Hyundai, GO RVing, Zales, Outward Bound, Toyota and Nintendo.
Utah Leaders and Locals Rally To Keep Sundance Film Festival In The State
With the 2025 Sundance Film Festival underway, Utah leaders, locals and longtime attendees are making a final push — one that could include paying millions of dollars — to keep the world-renowned film festival as its directors consider uprooting.
Thousands of festivalgoers affixed bright yellow stickers to their winter coats that read "Keep Sundance in Utah" in a last-ditch effort to convince festival leadership and state officials to keep it in Park City, its home of 41 years.
Gov. Spencer Cox said previously that Utah would not throw as much money at the festival as other states hoping to lure it away. Now his office is urging the Legislature to carve out $3 million for Sundance in the state budget, weeks before the independent film festival is expected to pick a home for the next decade.
It could retain a small presence in picturesque Park City and center itself in nearby Salt Lake City, or move to another finalist — Cincinnati, Ohio, or Boulder, Colorado — beginning in 2027.
"Sundance is Utah, and Utah is Sundance. You can't really separate those two," Cox said. "This is your home, and we desperately hope it will be your home forever."
Last year's festival generated about $132 million for the state of Utah, according to Sundance's 2024 economic impact report.
Festival Director Eugene Hernandez told reporters last week that they had not made a final decision. An announcement is expected this year by early spring.
Colorado is trying to further sweeten its offer. The state is considering legislation giving up to $34 million in tax incentives to film festivals like Sundance through 2036 — on top of the $1.5 million in funds already approved to lure the Utah festival to its neighboring... Read More