Beast Editorial has brought three new editors aboard: St๏ฟฝphane Pereira and Kyle Brown who join Beast Los Angeles; and Karen Kourtessis who will work out of the New York office.
Kourtessis’ career launched with the U.S. Army where she shot and edited training films and news stories. When she scrapped her fatigues and moved to New York City, she landed a position at Crew Cuts and cut her teeth editing for brands such as Visa, Pepsi, Pizza Hut and Dr. Pepper. In 2006, she was invited to be a partner at Crew Cuts, a position she held until early 2013. Kourtessis’ body of work over the years spans storytelling with comedy, documentary, visual style and people/dialogue fare. Her efforts have garnered awards recognition, among the highlights being Pella Windows’ “Elopement” spot which she cut (and Mike Bigelow directed) for Y&R New York. She’s also cut music videos for artists such as Lloyd Banks, Ryan Leslie and Melanie Fiona. Her film work includes award-winning shorts, documentaries for Google and a short documentary that premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival.
Pereira has been freelance for a number of years. He began in Paris cutting documentaries and then diversified into commercials for brands including Peugeot, Dior, Nike, Kenzo, Sprite and BMW. Pereira has crafted fantastic worlds and stories in his collaborations with directors such as Lionel Mougin, Antoine Bardou-Jacquet and The Elvis. Pereira has also cut features, including Asterix & Obelix: Meet Cleopatra, the 4th highest grossing film of all time at the French box office.
Brown had most recently been cutting at production house Prettybird. His credits include short films, documentaries, two seasons of a comedy series for Starz, and spots for Fiat, Visit Florida, Pepsi and Jack Daniels.
Brown, Pereira and Kourtessis are available through all of Beast’s seven shops–L.A., NY, Austin, Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta and San Francisco.
ADCOLOR | The One Club Creative Award Winners: Translation’s Jason Campbell and League Twenty Two’s Ashley Henderson
Jason Campbell, chief creative officer at Translation Enterprises, and Ashley Henderson, founder and CEO at League Twenty Two, are the recipients of this yearโs ADCOLOR | THE ONE CLUB Creative Award, presented this past weekend at the 18th annual ADCOLOR Awards ceremony, part of the 2024 ADCOLOR Conference in Los Angeles.
Now in its 15th year, the ADCOLOR | THE One Club Creative Award is given to a professional in a creative field from a historically excluded community who has demonstrated extraordinary talent and achievement within the media, creative, digital, and traditional advertising disciplines.
The honor is presented jointly by The One Club for Creativity and ADCOLOR, the organization dedicated to celebrating and promoting professionals of color and diversity in the creative industries.
The award was co-presented on stage by Adrienne Lucas, head of DEI & strategic partnerships at The One Club, and Courtney Richardson, creative director at Droga5, who won the award in 2021.
โThe One Club has for decades provided programming such as ONE School, Creative Boot Camps, and annual Where Are All The Black People conference and career fair that helps solve the industryโs diversity problem,โ said Kevin Swanepoel, CEO, The One Club. โWeโre proud to work with ADCOLOR and recognize Jason and Ashley for their inspiring accomplishments.โ
Campbellโs Caribbean roots color his creativity, his perspectives, and have been instrumental in how he got to where he is today.
He has worked for brands including Nike, the NBA, Verizon, Impossible Foods, Airbnb and Beats by Dre, and held a teaching position at Miami Ad School. Prior to his professional career, he received The One Clubโs Patrick Kelly... Read More