Carrie Spott has joined the Northern Lights Family as head of business development. Spott will lead the national sales force with a personal focus on developing network, broadcast and streaming relationships. Spott joins the company after a two-year engagement as an independent sales representative at her own Carrie Spott LLC with the Northern Lights Family of companies, which includes the entertainment marketing-focused Northern Lights Agency, post and editorial shop Northern Lights, branding and design agency Mr Wonderful, production and brand-content studio BODEGA, and audio company SuperExploder which specializes in composing, sound design and audio post. Spott also served as VP of client success at Athena Global Advisors. Prior to that she was VP business development and executive in charge of production at Alkemy X….
Los Angeles-headquartered music and sound house Hook+Line Inc. has secured boutique sales outfit Katrin + Katie–headed by Katie Goldstein and Katrin Aul–for representation on the East Coast. Katrin + Katie collectively have over 30 years of experience in the business and have represented directors, editors and composers on a variety of Cannes and Emmy award-winning projects. Katrin + Katie’s current roster also includes Moxie Pictures and Union Editorial……
Design-led content creation studio Ataboy, with offices in NYC and New Zealand, has partnered with creative talent agency Devine, led by Sara Barnthouse, Carleigh Finch, Taryn Leonard and Robin Reed, for representation on the West Coast…..
SCHROM x Yacht Club and Be Electric Studios Launch Electric XR for Virtual Production
SCHROM x Yacht Club, a full-service live-action, tabletop, and postproduction company, has teamed with Be Electric Studios, a soundstage, equipment rental, and virtual production company, to launch Electric XR, a virtual production collective.
Industry veteran Thomas Rossano will lead the new venture, which provides advanced virtual production solutions across multiple facilities. He brings over 25 years of experience in live-action, tabletop, postproduction and talent curation to enhance Electric XR’s offerings as a resource for brands and agencies, as well as other production companies in need of virtual production solutions. Additionally Rossano continues to serve as EP at XR New York (XR-NY), a role he’s held since December 2022. SCHROM x Yacht Club originally established XR-NY to help provide XR services for third-party rentals. While XR-NY will continue to function independently for SCHROM X Yacht Club, it now operates under the Electric XR umbrella.
Rossano’s expertise spans producing live-action commercials, branded content, interactive and experiential content. In addition to leading Electric XR, he holds responsibilities at SCHROM x Yacht Club which include driving business development, collaborating with sales reps and expanding the company’s creative talent network. Rossano’s career includes serving as an exec producer at Hungry Man for about 11 years, right from that company’s inception. He then went on to become a partner at Station Film where he also had a lengthy tenure. Later he was a partner at PRISM. Then after the pandemic hit, he became a freelance EP for nearly two years, looking into opportunities in virtual production, which led him to XR NY and now Electric XR. Over the years, he has produced high-profile... Read More