Optimus has brought Flame artist and visual effects talent Paul Rosckes aboard as visual effects supervisor.
Rosckes honed his visual effects expertise at full service postproduction house Avenue Edit, where he designed visual effects and graphics for national commercials. It was there that he further developed his talent and reputation, and has been sought after on the freelance market ever since. After freelancing for Optimus for some time, he now formally joins the Optimus family.
“Paul is a remarkable guy who has the talent to create that surprising extra effect or special touch that you’d never expect,” said Tom Duff, president of Optimus. “He is an effects production expert, as well, and we hear his accolades from clients, former post house colleagues and peers within our own Optimus walls.”
Optimus partner and effects director Glen Noren cited Rosckes’ years of experience as a Flame artist, his presence on assorted shoots, and his affinity for mentoring younger effects talents and helping them develop further.
Rosckes said he was drawn to Optimus not only for its visual effects and motion graphics team and resources but also being able to dovetail with ONE at Optimus‘ live-action capabilities, leading to “more opportunities to develop high-quality visual effects from the ground up.”
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Her body of work as a director includes Pepsi’s “Selfie” featuring Lionel Messi amid a flurry of fans, Barclays madcap women’s Soccer League spot where she collaborated closely with the agency to develop the creative, ultimately winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sports Industry Awards, and a grass-roots campaign for Fellow Coffee. The latter just didn’t brew buzz; it helped raise $1.2 million on Kickstarter.
Prior to joining Monument Content, Brooksbank had been repped in the U.S. for commercials by production house Hey Wonderful.
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