SAN FRANCISCO-Pomegranit Editorial, San Francisco, has added three new members to its editorial and design team: editor Kerie Kimbrell, senior motion graphics designer Brandon Martinez, and motion graphics designer Lesa Herrera.
The company has also announced the departure of co-founder Doug Werby. According to Pomegranit partner/editor Mitra Tyree, Werby exited the company to pursue a directorial career.
Prior to joining Pomegranit, Kimbrell had been an editor in the commercial division of Industrial Light+Magic Commercial Productions, San Rafael, Calif., where her clients included Ammirati Puris Lintas, New York; BBDO Chicago; and Euro RSCG DSW Partners, Salt Lake City. Kimbrell had begun her career as assistant editor for Godfather III, through Francis Ford Coppola’s production company, American Zoetrope, Henry and June for director Phillip Kaufman, and The War of the Roses for 20th Century Fox. Kimbrell has already cut spots for Coca-Cola via Doner, Southfield, Mich., and internet service Direct Web via THINK New Ideas, Los Angeles.
Martinez will head Pomegranit’s design department. He will be responsible for conceptualizing and creating graphic design content and will supervise projects through final online. Most recently, he had worked independently for San Francisco Niketown, and as a designer/director for Sony, Mazda, and OM Records, San Francisco. He also freelanced last year as a designer at Montgomery Cobb, Los Angeles.
Herrera will team with Martinez to expand the company’s design department. She was most recently with l.inc. Design, San Rafael, Calif., where she was a junior motion graphics designer, and had worked with ZDTV, CNET, and McCann-Erickson, San Francisco.
Jury Presidents Named For The One Show 2025
The One Club for Creativity has announced the global creatives from around the world who will serve as jury presidents for The One Show 2025.
These creatives will lead judging for each discipline, and have a vote on the work.
Confirmed One Show 2025 Jury presidents, by discipline, are as follows:
--Brand-Side/In-House: David Lee, CCO, Squarespace, New York
--Branded Entertainment: Malcolm Poynton, Global CCO, Cheil Worldwide, London
--Creative Use of Data, Creative Use of Technology: Nancy Crimi-Lamanna, CCO, FCB Canada, Toronto
--Cultural Driver: Bianca Guimaraes, partner, ECD, Mischief, New York
--Design: Liza Enebeis, creative director, partner, Studio Dumbar/DEPTยฎ, Rotterdam
--Direct Marketing: Vicki Maguire, CCO, Havas London
--Film & Video: Javier Campopiano, global CCO, McCann Worldgroup & McCann Global, Madrid
--Gaming: Taj Reid, global chief experience officer, US CCO, Edelman, New York
--Integrated, Experiential & Immersive: Chris Beresford-Hill, worldwide CCO, BBDO New York
--Fusion Pencil: Walter T. Geer III, CCO, Innovation North America, VML, New York
--Green Pencil: Barbara Humphries, ECD, The Monkeys, Sydney
--Health & Wellness, Pharma: Wendy Lund, chief client officer, WPP, New York
--IP & Product Design: Ronald Ng, global CCO, MRM, New York
--Moving Image Craft & Production: Irene Kugelmann, chief creative officer, DDB Group of Companies Germany, Berlin
--Music & Sound Craft: Joel Simon, CCO, JSM Music, New York
--Out of Home, Print & Promotional: Kainaz Karmakar, CCO, Ogilvy India, Mumbai
--Public Relations: Patricia รvila, regional director for Latin America, รgora, Sรฃo Paulo
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