Director Joel Peissig has signed with bicoastal design/production studio Imaginary Forces (IF) to helm commercials. Peissig had most recently been working as an independent director in the U.S. and overseas. His past affiliations include RSA, Notorious and Squeak Pictures…..Ramsey Dean has come aboard Spank! Music & Sound Design, Chicago, as head of music supervision….Creative design and digital production studio The Syndicate, Santa Monica, has hired CG supervisor Adam Watkins for its commercial and feature film projects. Watkins, who joins The Syndicate from Digital Backlot, has among his credits John Adams, There Will Be Blood, The Golden Compass, Evan Almighty and 3:10 To Yuma…On the heels of its launch of a CG operation, San Francisco-based Spy Post has opened an editorial services division that will feature the talents of editors Edward Feldman and Nathan Petty who come over from Umlaut, San Francisco…New York-based design and production studio Click 3X has added five staffers: producers Jared Yeater, Emily Gleicher and Carson Hood, junior designer/illustrator Gabriel Tick and junior motion graphics designer Erica Gorochow….Martin/Williams Advertising, Minneapolis, has hired Lori Yeager Davis as senior VP/director of strategic engagement. She formerly served as VP of Space 150, an interactive agency in Minneapolis. Prior to that she was with Campbell-Mithun Advertising, Minneapolis, as an associate planning director and then as senior VP/managing director for the agency’s youth marketing practice….Bicoastal Brand New School has added CG supervisor Vadim Turchin…Designer/animator Kelli Miller has joined New York-based creative studio Thornberg & Forester…
Director Cassandra Brooksbank Joins Monument Content For Spots and Branded Content
Monument Content has signed director Cassandra “Cassie” Brooksbank for U.S. representation spanning commercials and branded content. She brings to her directing and storytelling the experience and skills of a writer, conceptual artist, editor and visual effects artist.
Her body of work as a director includes Pepsi’s “Selfie” featuring Lionel Messi amid a flurry of fans, Barclays madcap women’s Soccer League spot where she collaborated closely with the agency to develop the creative, ultimately winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sports Industry Awards, and a grass-roots campaign for Fellow Coffee. The latter just didn’t brew buzz; it helped raise $1.2 million on Kickstarter.
Prior to joining Monument Content, Brooksbank had been repped in the U.S. for commercials by production house Hey Wonderful.
On the long-form front, she is repped by CAA for film and television. And on the horizon is her debut feature, My Masterpiece, produced by Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions and backed by Amazon.
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