Digital Kitchen has appointed Roy Skillicorn as executive producer to launch, lead and build DK Studios, the company’s full-service content production studio.
Skillicorn brings to the table his career of discovering and nurturing the careers of leading directors, animators, designers, illustrators, photographers, composers and fine artists. Before starting his own production companies–SEED, Backyard, Tricky Pictures and Transistor Studios–he helped other world-renowned startups, including Pixar, Colossal Pictures, and HKM by securing (as their agent and brand strategist) their very first commercial revenue assignments; and Skillicorn continued sharing success with them for over a decade.
DK Studios’ integrated in-house teams draw upon expertise gained from years of experience in live action, editorial, type design, motion design, and 3D to ensure creative consistency throughout the process of a spot or a campaign.
Don McNeill, president and co-founder of DK, said, “Collaborating with Roy made perfect sense to us for the launch of DK Studios. Both DK and Roy maintain our historic loyalty to Chicago and its creative talent. Our other common denominators are our passions for wickedly brilliant work, our appetites for a positive creative culture and for producing inspired storytelling, no matter what the medium.”
“I see the current marketplace as an excellent opportunity for us to come to the table as a collaborative partner to agencies and help elevate their ideas through production,” added Colin Davis, DK Studios’ head of production. “With the addition of Roy to our team, we now have one of the most highly respected evangelists ready to demonstrate to agencies both the value and the creative storytelling powers that come with working with DK Studios.”
Skillicorn continues to support his own successful live action company, Seed Media Arts.
