SANTA MONICA—Bicoastal Cosmo Street Editorial has brought editors Steve Bell and Jack Douglas on staff. Both artisans had recently been cutting with the company on a freelance basis.
Bell’s first assignments since formally joining Cosmo Street’s roster are a Nintendo job directed by Dante Ariola of bicoastal/international Morton Jankel Zander for J. Walter Thompson, Chicago, and a Samsung spot helmed by Erick Ifergan via bicoastal/international Believe Media for Foote, Cone & Belding, New York. Bell is scheduled to next take on an Instanet project directed by David Kellogg of bicoastal Anonymous Content for DiMassimo Brand Advertising, New York.
Based in New York but frequently cutting in Los Angeles, Bell was drawn to Cosmo Street being bicoastal, as well as the company’s support staff. He had been freelancing for the past year and a half. Prior to that, he was on staff at Berwyn Editorial, New York.
Since joining Cosmo Street, Douglas has done work for Nike, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Pacific Gas & Electric. While freelancing, he cut such jobs as a Chevrolet package via Cosmo Street, and a Citibank campaign via Mad River Post, Santa Monica. The latter was directed by Errol Morris of bicoastal/international @radical.media for Fallon, Minneapolis.
Prior to freelancing, Douglas had cut on staff at Crew Cuts/ West, Santa Monica, which has since closed (Crew Cuts remains headquartered in New York), and at Santa Monica-based Mint. He broke in as an editor at Mad River Post, Santa Monica, where his credits included Microsoft’s "Freightliner," which won a ’98 Silver Clio in the editing category. "Freightliner" was directed by Jeff Preiss of bicoastal Epoch Films for Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore. Among Douglas’ other ad endeavors have been spots for Mitsubishi, Toyota, EA Sports, Puma and H&R Block.
