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    Sharon Kamra joins Material as chief people officer

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    Global customer experience company Material has named Sharon Kamra as its first chief people officer. Kamra assumes responsibility for Material’s overall people experience and operations, including recruiting, compensation, benefits, and learning and development. Kamra will report to chief operating officer Laurie MacLaren.

    With Kamra’s arrival, Material has renamed its talent team as the People Team. COO MacLaren said, “It signals our commitment to and focus on supporting the whole person and their value beyond the skills they bring to their job.” She continued, “Sharon’s track record shaping values-driven workplaces combined with Material’s strength in continuous learning and actionable human insights are powerful ingredients for delivering a highly relevant and differentiated employment proposition.” 

    Kamra built her career at Sapient and its iterations including SapientNitro, SapientRazorfish, and Publicis Sapient as chief people officer, leading recruiting and workforce planning, among other roles. During her tenure, the company grew from 5,000 to 20,000 employees with Kamra focused on creating a nurturing culture and people experience to more powerfully enable its rapid growth. On her watch, turnover rates were consistently lower than the industry average. She started her career at Ultradata as a project manager and went on to hold client-facing roles in the customer experience space for a decade before transitioning into the people function.

    Kamra will be based in Chicago. Material is a global strategy, insights, design, and technology partner to companies striving for true customer centricity and ongoing relevance in a digital first, customer-led world. By leveraging proprietary, science-based tools that enable human understanding, Material informs and creates customer-centric business models and experiences plus deploy measurement systems–to build transformational relationships between businesses and the people they serve

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    Director Kacper Larski Joins RSA Films For Spot Representation

    Tuesday, November 12, 2024

    RSA Films has added director Kacper Larski to its roster for commercial representation in the U.S. Larski is known for his work in automotive and sport, and a style of filmmaking which features epic visuals and gripping montage, often combining the real and surreal. Among his most recent commercial films are Garmin’s “Fenix 8” (direct to brand), U.S. Army Reserve’s “Helper” (DDB Chicago) and Bushmills Whiskey’s “Follow No One” (Mekanism). He’s also directed campaigns for Hyundai, Jeep, GMC, Subaru, VW, Mazda and Chevrolet.

    Larski’s distinctive aesthetic emerged in one of his first projects, Land Rover’s “68 Years Later,” which won a Cannes Young Directors Award in 2016. Two years later, he directed the “Greatness is Rare” campaign for BBDO Toronto and the Canadian Paralympic Committee which won Cannes Lion Gold. Prior to joining RSA, Larski had most recently been repped in the U.S. market by production house Eleanor.

    “The camera and film for me have always been about the ability to live 1,000 lives,” Larski said. “Stylistically, I want to transport viewers in whatever stories I’m telling--a super athlete’s runner’s high, a skier’s dream powder, a giant’s tale, even driving in space.”

    “Kacper is one of the most exciting filmmakers I’ve seen over the last several years,” said Luke Ricci, president, RSA Films US. “Whether it’s a character, an emotion, an environment, car or other product, he has a special and distinctive way of capturing and articulating the world around him in all his work. He is a fantastic addition to our RSA family.”

    “Joining RSA is a dream come true,” Larski said. “The roster includes some of the best filmmakers in the world, with founder Ridley Scott... Read More

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