Jill Frank has become the first ever sr. content producer at Epsilon, which is known to many people as a data management company. At her new roost, she will report to chief creative officer John Immesoete (whose ad pedigree includes DDB and Leo Burnett).
Based in Chicago, Frank will produce all digital content, TV commercials, pitch reels and other fare for the agency. Her hire marks another step in Epsilon’s evolution to a marketing services company turning out creative product this is data driven.
“Jill is not a typical agency producer,” said Immesoete. “She sees and understands the benefit of content delivered to data-specified audiences, which is the future of advertising.”
Frank joins Epsilon from Harpo Productions where she worked since 2005 as a TV producer, creating on and off-air promos, integrated marketing and branded entertainment content for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network and before that for The Dr. Oz Show and The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Frank started her career in front of the camera as a news anchor/field producer for a local TV station in Malibu. She was also an assignment editor/producer at MTV before moving to public relations and then on to Harpo.
She also writes and produces comedy for the stage and screen, and has been featured on secondcitynetwork.com. In 2013, Frank graduated from The Second City Training Center’s comedy writing program.
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More