Digital agency Razorfish has made two key hires for its production team in Chicago, securing Rob Jaeger and Katie Matson-Walker as production directors. Jaeger will manage content production across broadcast, web, cinema and mobile. Matson-Walker’s focus will be on transmedia brand storytelling and content production.
Jaeger was most recently VP, lead producer at Cramer-Krasselt where he managed and produced campaigns for Corona, Porsche, Crocs and Edward Jones Financials, among others. Prior to his tenure at Cramer-Krasselt, Jaeger was executive producer at Element 79 Partners and broadcast producer at DDB Chicago, where he produced content for Bud Light, Gatorade, Propel and Quaker Foods.
Meanwhile Walker was previously executive producer at digital and social media agency Mekanism, where she built the company’s satellite office in New York. Additional experience includes eight years as a producer with Believe Media. Over her career, Walker has produced commercials, web films, documentaries, music videos and social media campaigns for top global brands Stella Artois, Mac Cosmetics, Samsung, GE and ESPN, among others.
FireAid Concert Features Major Music Stars, Shares Stories Of Loss To Raise Money For L.A. Wildfire Relief
Pop stars, first responders, rock stars and those who've lost everything in the devastating LA-area wildfires came together for FireAid, a massive benefit concert Thursday that combined spectacular performances with moving storytelling from survivors and reminders of the destruction.
In a night full of surprises, a reunion of Nirvana — fronted by St. Vincent, Kim Gordon and Joan Jett in the place of the late Kurt Cobain — tops the list. They launched into "Breed," "School" and "Territorial Pissings" respectively, inspired and unexpected choices.
Drummer Dave Grohl's daughter, Violet, then emerged on stage for "All Apologies."
Closer Lady Gaga, after powering through the Oscar-award winning "Shallow" and "Always Remember Us This Way" from "A Star Is Born," played a new song on the piano. "It's just for tonight, it's just for you," she said of the song she wrote with fiancé businessman Michael Polansky. "Time is a healer."
"All I need is time," she sang in the folk-y pop chorus. "To heal my broken wings and then I'll soar."
Green Day kicked off the massive show by launching into "Last Night on Earth" at the Kia Forum and were soon joined by Billie Eilish for the first surprise of the night. The lyrics are surprisingly astute: "If I lose everything in the fire / I'm sending all my love to you."
After their set, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong hugged actor Billy Crystal, who was there to welcome to the crowd at the Kia Forum.
"Our goal is simple tonight, to spend more money than the Dodgers spent on free agents," he joked. He told the audience U2 offered the first big donation of the night: $1 million dollars.
Crystal said he was wearing the clothes he had on when he evacuated. He lost his home in... Read More