David Bryant and Mark Murata have joined digital marketing agency Organic as chief creative officer and chief talent officer, respectively. Most recently a creative strategist at Google, Bryant will oversee creative across Organic’s global network. Murata–who had served as sr. VP, talent acquisition and retention at Digitas–will manage Organic’s talent initiatives.
Prior to Google, Bryant was executive creative director, digital, at Publicis, where he played a key role in the agency’s winning Chevrolet’s digital account in 2010. He was a founding member of digital agency Tribal DDB. Throughout his career, Bryant has held various executive creative positions at BBH, StrawberryFrog, and Digitas. Notably, in 2003 he built the creative team at Modem Media U.K., raising the agency’s creative profile so that by 2005 it was Europe’s most awarded interactive agency.
Bryant has received more than 40 awards for digital and film work at festivals and shows including Cannes, Eurobest, and D&AD. He has served on awards juries including D&AD, the One Show, and BIMA interactive.
Meanwhile, Murata has more than 25 years of diverse, international corporate HR experience. He has defined and implemented talent acquisition and retention strategies for both Fortune 500 corporations and small to midsized private firms, including Toyota, Ernst & Young, MasterCard, and Porter Novelli.
Hwang Dong-hyuk On Season 2 of “Squid Game,” Wrapping Production on Season 3; What’s Next?
Viewers may gasp, cringe or cry out watching characters die on Netflix's "Squid Game," but those simulated deaths have a different effect on its creator, writer and director. Instead, Hwang Dong-hyuk feels happiness seeing them go.
The show has a huge cast and Hwang says it was "really difficult" to manage everyone on set.
As characters would die, Hwang recalls saying to the actors on their last day, "'Oh no! How sad! I won't see you tomorrow,' but I was always smiling inside."
"Squid Game" season two premieres Thursday. It once again stars Lee Jung-jae and centers around a secret competition in South Korea that targets people in debt and the winner gets a big cash prize. What they don't know is that losing the game is deadly.
Hwang originally conceived of the show 15 years ago as a two-hour film but it failed to gain traction with financiers or even interested actors. He put it aside and worked on other films instead. He then had the idea to make it a TV series instead and took the project to Netflix. There, it could reach a wide audience.
"I never in my wildest dream thought it was going to be this huge," said Hwang, who spoke about the show and what comes next. Answers have been edited for clarity and length.
Q: What have you learned from "Squid Game"?
HWANG: I learned that I shouldn't give up. If you love something and if you want to create something, it might not work now, but the time might come later. Or that idea could be the source of inspiration for something else.
Q: You've already finished filming season three of "Squid Game." Have you thought about what your next project will be?
HWANG: I'm afraid to talk... Read More