Karen Monahan has joined Wieden+Kennedy, New York, as director of digital production. She previously served as head of interactive at BBH New York.
During her BBH tenure, Monahan was instrumental in establishing processes for the development of interactive work and was influential in the launch of key campaigns for Axe Unilever, such as “100 Girls” and the recently launched Axe “Rise” campaign.
Before joining BBH, she held the managing director role in the New York office of Perfect Fools, an international boutique design agency, and earlier held the roles of executive producer and director of production, respectively, at digital agencies R/GA and Big Spaceship.
At Wieden, Monahan rounds out an interactive creative management production team that includes interactive creative director Jerome Austria, and which is headed by executive creative directors Todd Waterbury and Kevin Proudfoot, and head of content production Gary Krieg.
Before she began her advertising career, Monahan was the assistant chair of the digital design department at Parsons School of Design, where she received a Master’s degree in design and technology and a Bachelor’s degree in fine art.
Disney Pledges $15 million In L.A. Fire Aid As More Celebs Learn They’ve Lost Their Homes
The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
While seeing the remains of his home, Ventimiglia was struck by a connection to his "This Is Us" character, Jack Pearson, who died after inhaling smoke in a house fire. "It's not lost on me life imitating art."
Mandy Moore, who played Ventimiglia's wife on "This Is Us," nearly lost her home in the Eaton fire, which scorched large areas of the Altadena neighborhood. She said Thursday that part of her house is standing but is unlivable, and her husband lost his music studio and all his instruments.
Mel Gibson's home is "completely gone," his publicist Alan Nierob confirmed Friday. The Oscar winner revealed the loss of his home earlier Friday while appearing on Joe Rogan's... Read More