Creative studio UNIT has hired Phil McCluney as an executive producer, He will be responsible for strengthening existing client relationships and will be expanding UNIT’s offering in emerging areas of the VFX, production and postproduction industry.
In his 20-year history, McCluney has produced commercials, animated media, shorts and documentary films working across agencies, production and postproduction. His wealth of creative and production experience has led him to work with agencies worldwide including Uncommon, Mother, McCann Erickson, Fallon, Joint, Anomaly, BMP DDB and DDB UK, including a role client side at Deliveroo as executive producer and lead producer for Google during a stint at 72andSunny in Amsterdam. He was also a post producer at The Mill and an EP at production companies B-Reel and Dog Eat Dog.
His portfolio includes producing for brands such as Amazon, Google, MINI, Volkswagen, Audi, Unilever, Expedia, Barclaycard, Sony, Facebook and most recently British Airways and Formula E. His latest film project was with Oscar winner James Lucas on a short film Paint the Dragon’s Eyes, an Iris film festival “Best of British” selection shown on All4. Other film projects include EP’ing director Ryan Hope’s documentary Skin which received wide acclaim, premiering at the SXSW festival, and a documentary for YouTube about their creators Zoella, Tomski and others for Anomaly.
McCluney was a founding member of the APA interactive group APAi, a digital and integrated group with the aim of implementing unified processes across the industry.
McCluney said, “Throughout my career, I’ve always had such a solid experience working with UNIT. They are real problem solvers and it’s great having sound and picture under one roof. I was very happy when they asked me to join the team and grow their client base. I want to make all producers that come to us feel they are having the very best service, the highest standard of work possible and who feel supported all the way through.”
Ian Luxford, UNIT managing director, said, “Having known and worked with Phil for some years now, he has a fantastic reputation for having one of the calmest heads in the game. Phil’s experiences on the brand side, agency producing and in VFX houses will be invaluable to UNIT. It’s incredibly exciting that he is on our team now, and I look forward to seeing how his ideas and energy can help us expand our offering to UNIT and our clients.”
