April 17, 2009
Darren Spiller, who made a major creative splash Down Under, is slated to become chief creative officer of Fallon Minneapolis in late spring. He comes to Fallon Minneapolis by way of Publicis Mojo in Melbourne, Australia, where he most recently served as regional executive creative director and a member of the Publicis Global Creative Board…. Euro RSCG Chicago has extended its interactive reach, bringing aboard Alexis Chiagouris and Rina Mallick as digital strategist and digital creative director, respectively. These appointments—which are both new positions at Euro RSCG Chicago—come on the heels of Sprint awarding digital marketing business to the agency. Chiagouris will provide digital strategy and analytics expertise for the Sprint account, while Mallick will manage the account’s interactive creative direction…. Director Marc R. Wilkins has joined Caviar, a production house which maintains operations in Venice, Calif., Brussels and Amsterdam. He comes to Caviar from Paranoid US. Wilkins’ spot credits span such clients as Sprint, BMW, T-Mobile, Mercedes-Benz and Coca-Cola….
April 16, 2004
Noted feature composer Philip Glass (The Truman Show, The Hours, Secret Window) has made his spotmaking debut, wrapping music for two Altoids ads out of Leo Burnett USA, Chicago. Glass took on the commercials via Groove Addicts, the music/sound design house headed by creative director Dain Blair. Glass becomes the latest feature composer to come aboard Groove Addicts for select spot assignments. That roster includes Stewart Copeland (Wall Street, On the Line, Rumble Fish), Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, Batman, Good Will Hunting), Elmer Bernstein (Sweet Smell of Success, Magnificent Seven, To Kill A Mockingbird) and Jerry Goldsmith (L.A. Confidential, Alien, Chinatown)….Director Michael Patterson, formerly of Visitor, has joined Green Dot Films. Patterson, who had been at Visitor for about a year, is best known for his long tenure at Rhythm & Hues….Richard Cormier has been named senior VP at Nice Shoes, NY, which also serves as the umbrella for NY-based VFX company Guava and design unit Freestyle Collective. Most recently, Cormier served as sr. VP of commercial digital services at Ascent Media Group, following four years as managing director of Ascent company R!OT, Santa Monica. During that time, he oversaw the merger of POP, POP Animation, Digital Magic, 525 Studios, Hollywood Digital West and the original Riot into what is today R!OT….
