Post-Its
Roe Bressan has decided to leave her position as managing director of The Whitehouse, New York, in order to start her own consultancy business. Her last day on staff at The Whitehouse will be Feb. 25, capping three-and-a-half years at the shop. The Whitehouse has committed to being Bressan’s first consultancy client. Bressan explained that she had attained her goal at The Whitehouse, helping it establish a strong New York operation in consort with offices in London, Chicago and Santa Monica. Now she’s looking to take on new challenges….
Blue Rock, New York, has launched a satellite division, Tranquility Base, New York, under the aegis of managing director/creative director Andy Milkis. The new venture’s visual effects and design services will complement those of Blue Rock’s sister company, Spontaneous, New York. Another key staffer at Tranquility Base is producer/sales rep Glen Carey, who comes over from McCann-Erickson, New York….
Editor Tina Mintus has been named a partner in editorial/visual effects/design company Version2, New York. She will head the company with owner/editor Vito DeSario–whom she has worked with for eight years–and will be responsible for new recruitment…..
Editor Erik Johnson, most recently with Crew Cuts, New York, has come aboard Homestead Editorial, New York, becoming part of a roster that includes editors Charly Bender, Chris Hellman, Greg Dougherty, Skip Duff, Sam Welch and Lisa Barnable….
Editor Joel Marcus, who spent the past two years in his native England on a personal sabbatical, has returned to the U.S. market, joining Cake, a Santa Monica shop launched by president/executive producer Tatiana Derovanessian. Prior to his recent U.K. stay, Marcus was cutting via Rock Paper Scissors, Los Angeles. Derovanessian formed Cake in collaboration with editor Rick Lobo and visual effects compositor Josh Kirschenbaum….
The Mill, London, has added several staffers: producers Lee Pavey and Daniel Sapiano; visual effects supervision and compositing vet Yourick van Impe and Flame artist Hsu-Hung Tai. The latter has worked throughout Asia on global accounts such as Nissan, Hitachi, LG and Sony. Van Impe has been with such shops as Ace Post Production, Brussels, and Golden Square Post, London. Sapiano most recently headed the production department at Das Werk, Hamburg. Pavey is also an alumnus of Golden Square Post….