Arnold Worldwide has hired Kryssy Bloch as VP, director of digital talent management. She reports to Matt Howell, managing partner/global chief digital officer, and will work with him to further enhance digital talent development across Arnold’s offices and client accounts. In addition to spearheading recruitment efforts, she will partner with internal teams to develop and institute programs to promote industry-leading knowledge and thought leadership throughout the agency’s network. She is based in Arnold’s New York office.
Bloch come over to Arnold from Ogilvy & Mather where she was associate director, interactive and technology recruiting. She cut her teeth in digital at R/GA where she spent six years, her last role there being as program manager of technology. At R/GA she oversaw resourcing, recruitment and retention issues for the agency’s large technology department, and managed the internship program, which welcomed 15 to 20 international students each year.
Bloch is the latest addition to Arnold which has been on a digital hiring spree over the last 18 months. In addition to the appointment of Howell in his current post, the agency brought on nine specialists from Modernista!’s digital department. Most recently, Arnold hired two Digitas veterans, Elliott Seaborn as exec VP, executive director at Arnold Boston, and Kim Bartkowski, digital creative director at ArnoldNYC. Arnold has additionally hired 60 digital specialists in the U.S. (bringing the total to 150 globally) across social media, mobile, user experience, digital production and interaction design from various agencies.
DGA Feature Nominees: Audiard, Baker, Berger, Corbet and Mangold
The field of feature nominees for the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards spanning two categories is set. Nominated for the DGA honor for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024 are: Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez, Sean Baker for Anora, Edward Berger for Conclave, Brady Corbet for The Brutalist, and James Mangold for A Complete Unknown.
The DGA also revealed the nominees for the Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film. The first-time narrative feature directors are: Payal Kapadia for All We Imagine as Light, Megan Park for My Old Ass, RaMell Ross for Nickel Boys, Halfdan Ullman Tondel for Armand, and Sean Wang for Diddy.
“2024 has been a truly extraordinary year for storytelling--and today’s nominees have created audacious and unique films that expand the possibilities of cinematic excellence,” said DGA president Lesli Linka Glatter. “I am thrilled to congratulate all our nominated directors for their brilliant work, which is visionary, inspirational and speaks to the depth of the human experience. To be chosen by one’s peers is the true marker of outstanding directorial achievement and what makes these nominations so very special.”
The winners will be announced at the 77th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 8.
Here’s a fuller rundown of the nominees in both DGA Award categories:
THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024 (in alphabetical order):
JACQUES AUDIARD
Emilia Pérez
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