Editor Doug Cox has launched Misfit, a creative editorial boutique. He and executive producer Kelly Koppen will head up the new venture which also features editor Regina Rivard. Among Cox’s recent credits was a package of five promos for the Levi’s Station to Station public art project which invited artists to take part in a cross-country train trip in order to push the limits of creativity and discovery while searching for “the modern frontier.”
In fact, Cox’s cut of the Levi’s :60 titled “Modern Frontier Train” won an AICE Award earlier this month. Cox edited the piece via Umlaut–his roots prior to Misfit–for agency AKQA. This marked the second AICE Award won by Cox, the first coming in 2012 for Old Navy in the Best of San Francisco category. Thus far in his career, Cox has garnered seven AICE Award nominations. He has also come up a winner of multiple ADDYs and ANDYs.
Cox has served in many capacities during his industry career. He’s been a creative, an editor and a producer. In the past 15 years, he’s cut content for Camp + King, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Venables Bell & Partners, DOJO, Grey, AKQA and DDB. Cox began his first stint at Publicis & Hal Riney as a producer, and then built out the shop’s first postproduction suite. He joined the roster at S.F. shop Barbary Post after a period of working freelance, and most recently served as editor at Umlaut.
Koppen started her career in client services at Jigsaw, where she wore several hats. In her eight years at the company, she took on editor and producer roles while also serving as operations manager. Next she moved to São Paulo with her fiancé; soon freelance work found her, and she had to make one of the world’s longest commutes. After a few years, she relocated to the Bay Area with her husband and son, then grabbed the chance to produce at Cut + Run. She now starts a new career chapter at Misfit.
