MullenLowe U.S. has brought Jordan Muse on board as president of MullenLowe East, and promoted Kelly Fredrickson to chief culture officer and Javier Passerieu to president of MullenLowe West.
“Innovation is fuel for growth. Brands that continually innovate grow faster than their peers,” said Kristen Cavallo, CEO of MullenLowe Global. “We’re applying this truth to ourselves. We need great leaders who are empowered to push boundaries so we can continue to offer strategic business and brand solutions for our clients that go beyond what is expected. I’m excited about the people we’re introducing today. I’m confident that Kelly, Jordan, and Javi will complement and accelerate our vision.”
Fredrickson steps into the newly created role of chief culture officer after a five-year stint leading MullenLowe Boston. As chief culture officer, Fredrickson will aim to foster a culture that encourages inquisitiveness, positive dissatisfaction, creativity, experimentation, and risk taking. In the same way the agency encourages clients to innovate and differentiate themselves from their competition, Fredrickson will ensure the agency leads by example.
Fredrickson fostered a culture of effectiveness that landed MullenLowe in the top five on both the Effie and WARC U.S. effectiveness rankings, and she modernized the agency by championing the growth of both the social and behavioral sciences capabilities. She was pivotal in the launch of a first-of-its-kind Momternship program designed to bring mothers back to the workforce, created a speaker series called “Stoking Curiosity” to spark creative collisions virtually, and championed the agency’s five ERGs to build communities on their own terms.
Muse, executive partner at The Martin Agency, is taking the role of president of MullenLowe East. He will partner with executive creative director Tim Vaccarino and head of strategy Ellie Gogan-Tilstone to elevate the creative output across the offices’ marquee clients: KFC, Navy Federal Credit Union, USGA, E*TRADE, Scotts, JAMRS, Bayer, and Banner Health, among others. Muse will continue to lead GEICO at The Martin Agency as executive partner and will oversee MullenLowe’s relationship with the brand, since it became a social partner earlier this year.
Muse comes with an extensive creative pedigree, having spent the last five years at Martin and a decade at Wieden+Kennedy. He was behind award-winning campaigns including Old Spice’s “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like,” Nike’s 2016 Olympic basketball campaign, and “Boneless Thugs-N-Harmony” for Buffalo Wild Wings. He was inducted into the AAF Advertising Hall of Achievement the same year his father, advertising visionary Jo Muse, was inducted to the Hall of Fame.
Cavallo also promoted managing director Passerieu to president of MullenLowe West. Under his direction, the agency went through a business and creative transformation, helping Corona return to growth, repositioning the global Grey Goose business, contributing to Acura’s most effective campaign to date, and elevating Patrón to a premium brand with an unwavering passion for craft. Prior to moving to the U.S., Passerieu spent three years as global business director for Unilever at MullenLowe London. During his 19-year career building brands and teams on three continents, he also led award-winning work for Coca-Cola, Sony, Axe/Lynx, Absolut Vodka, and Whole Foods Market. As West president, he will continue to work in partnership with executive creative directors Laura Sampedro and Carlos Alija and head of strategy Kristina Jenkins.
Oscar Nominees Delve Into The Art Of Editing At ACE Session
You couldn’t miss Sean Baker at this past Sunday’s Oscar ceremony where he won for Best Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay and Editing on the strength of Anora. However, earlier that weekend he was in transit from the Cesar Awards in Paris and thus couldn’t attend the American Cinema Editors (ACE) 25th annual panel of Academy Award-nominated film editors held at the Regal LA Live Auditorium on Saturday (3/1) in Los Angeles. While the eventual Oscar winner in the editing category was missed by those who turned out for the ACE “Invisible Art, Visible Artists” session, three of Baker’s fellow nominees were on hand--Dávid Jancsó, HSE for The Brutalist; Nick Emerson for Conclave; and Myron Kerstein, ACE for Wicked. Additionally, Juliette Welfling, who couldn’t appear in person due to the Cesar Awards, was present via an earlier recorded video interview to discuss her work on Emilia Pérez. The interview was conducted by ACE president and editor Sabrina Plisco, ACE who also moderated the live panel discussion. Kerstein said that he was the beneficiary of brilliant and generous collaborators, citing, among others, director Jon M. Chu, cinematographer Alice Brooks, and visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman. The editor added it always helps to have stellar acting performances, noting that hearing Cynthia Erivo, for example, sing live was a revelation. Kerstein recalled meeting Chu some eight years ago on a “blind Skype date” and it was an instant “bromance”--which began on Crazy Rich Asians, and then continued on such projects as the streaming series Home Before Dark and the feature In The Heights. Kerstein observed that Chu is expert in providing collaborators with... Read More