Deutsch has elevated Doris Chung to EVP, executive creative director for the agency’s Los Angeles office. Chung was tapped by Deutsch in 2017 to spearhead the shop’s creative work for brands under the beverage conglomerate Keurig Dr Pepper, including Mott’s and Canada Dry. Since then, she has created award-winning digital work and has been instrumental in winning key new pieces of business for Deutsch’s L.A. office. In her new role, she will lead creative for Deutsch clients including H&R Block, Mattel, Canada Dry, Mott’s and Squirt, and will continue to report to Deutsch’s L.A. CCO, Brett Craig.
In the last year at Deutsch, Chung has established herself as a digital-first creative leader. She can be credited for growing the agency’s digital and social practice through her creative leadership on new business pitches, securing Deutsch as social AOR across the Mattel, Inc., portfolio of brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher Price, UNO and @Mattel. Her recent social work for Canada Dry titled “Sipnosis” landed finalist spots for the 2019 Webby, ADC and One Show Awards. Chung also spearheaded H&R Block’s 12-hour livestream on tax day which received 3.7m unique visitors and allowed the brand to steal the spotlight on tax day.
“Doris came to Deutsch, hit the ground running and hasn’t skipped a beat since,” said Craig. “She is teeming with positive energy and is one of the best collaborators in the building. Doris understands how to exploit the various media channels that are now available to brands while still staying true to their brand DNA. I can’t wait to see how she will push our clients into new, bolder territories in the coming future.”
Chung said she’s honored “to help shape the future of Deutsch. Working alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry and on a diverse pool of clients, I have a wonderful opportunity to tackle solving business problems for brands and consumers in the most creative and effective ways. In my new role, I hope to develop some new muscle at the agency, while still building our expertise and creative prowess across all existing channels—and more importantly, explore new industry firsts.”
Prior to joining Deutsch, Chung served as SVP, group creative director, at DigitasLBi, where she spent more than a decade creating award-winning work for brands including American Express, Puma and P&G. Immigrating from South Korea, Chung was raised in Queens and graduated with a degree in Graphic Design and Advertising from the Art Institute of Boston.
Her elevation comes on the heels of the agency bolstering its business intelligence department through three key new hires alongside new business wins including a major re-brand for the Almond Board of California’s global digital platform.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More