Digital marketing agency Organic has hired Chris Jones as executive creative director. Jones will oversee the creative output for the Organic San Francisco office across a number of clients, including recently won business for Quaker and Constellation Brands.
Jones joins Organic from Razorfish London, where he was responsible for design, information architecture, motion graphics and content strategy as creative director. He also managed creative leadership for clients including Audi and O2.
Prior to this role, Jones worked as experience director at Avenue A (now Razorfish). During his time at Avenue A, Jones built a design and user experience team that pitched and delivered work for McDonald’s, the Financial Times, and Samsonite. Throughout his career, he has held a number of design positions as a sr. designer to interface and motion graphics designer. Jones has worked across a number of categories spanning: automotive, telecommunications, publishing, travel and retail.
Additionally Organic has added Drew Myers as sr. VP, client services lead. Meyers will be based out of San Francisco and oversee Organic’s client relationships on the West Coast including: Intel, Walmart, Visa, Nike, Quaker and Constellation. Meyers comes over to Organic from Publicis Modem/Riney San Francisco.
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