Brian DiLorenzo will join McCann New York, as chief production officer, a new role at the agency, effective on October 17. He most recently served as executive VP, executive director of integrated production at BBDO New York.
DiLorenzo will lead McCann NY’s integrated production operations, as well as content development. During his BBDO tenure which began in 2006, he helped develop lauded storytelling experiences for HBO such as the “Voyeur” and “Imagine” campaigns, and integrated content for such clients as AT&T, Federal Express, and Starbucks.
Prior to BBDO, DiLorenzo was director of broadcast production at Fallon in Minneapolis and New York, where he exec produced the second series of “The Hire” online films for BMW Films–work produced by RSA Films and which went on to win the first Cannes Titanium Lion in 2003. DiLorenzo’s Fallon endeavors also spanned such clients as PBS, Citibank, Lee Jeans and Holiday Inn. He produced, for instance, Lee Jeans’ buddy Lee “Play the Game” Internet-based campaign, and exec produced the Georgia Pacific web reality show Brawny Academy.
His latest move to McCann reunites him with Linus Karlsson, chairman and chief creative officer of McCann New York and London. The two had teamed at Fallon in the late 1990s on Lee Jeans and Brawny, among other brands. Karlsson said that his reunion with DiLorenzo is “the result of a 10-year conversation and dream of working together again.”
The reunion theme has indeed been a part of DiLorenzo’s career. When he came aboard BBDO New York, he again teamed with David Lubars, BBDO North America’s chairman/chief creative officer. Lubars and DiLorenzo were former Fallon colleagues.
Kamala Harris Receives Chairman’s Prize At NAACP Image Awards
Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night with a sobering message, calling the civil rights organization a pillar of the Black community and urging people to stay resilient and hold onto their faith during the tenure of President Donald Trump.
"While we have no illusions about what we are up against in this chapter in our American story, this chapter will be written not simply by whoever occupies the oval office nor by the wealthiest among us," Harris said after receiving the NAACP's Chairman's Award. "The American story will be written by you. Written by us. By we the people."
The 56th annual Image Awards was held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in the Los Angeles area.
Harris, defeated by Trump in last year's presidential election, was the first woman and the first person of color to serve as vice president. She had previously been a U.S. senator from California and the state's attorney general.
In her first major public appearance since leaving office, Harris did not reference her election loss or Trump's actions since entering the Oval Office, although Trump mocked her earlier in the day at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Harris spoke about eternal vigilance, the price of liberty, staying alert, seeking the truth and America's future.
"Some see the flames on our horizons, the rising waters in our cities, the shadows gathering over our democracy and ask 'What do we do now?'" Harris said. "But we know exactly what to do, because we have done it before. And we will do it again. We use our power. We organize, mobilize. We educate. We advocate. Our power has never come from having an easy path."
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