Production company Karma Kollective has been launched in Culver City, Calif. Headed by founder/executive producer Yamani Watkins and exec producer Edy Enriquez, the new spot/music video/multimedia shop opens with a directorial roster that includes Elliott Lester, Dean Karr, Darren Grant, Scott Weintrob, Aaron Priest, the Wang Brothers, Ras Kassa and Mark Larranaga….The Mix, a boutique 5.1 HD Surround Sound record and mix studio serving the advertising, TV and entertainment industries, has opened in Santa Monica under the aegis of audio post mixers Ted Lobinger, Josh Eichenbaum and Steve Davis. Lobinger founded the since closed L.A. house Latte Mix, which is where Davis had served as a staff mixer. And Eichenbaum earlier held staff and freelance positions at several Southern California audio studios. Recent work from him under The Mix banner includes record and mix on a Levi’s spot for HSI, an Ancestry.com spot for Boxer Films, a multi-spot TV campaign for Washington Mutual for TBWAChiatDay and the broadcast trailer for the Adam Corolla film, Hammer. Eichenbaum also mixed a sound intensive anti-terrorism spot for Whitehouse Editorial and Quantum-Lebanon, which is part of Saatchi & Saatchi group in the Middle East. The spot was sound designed by Academy and Emmy Award winning sound designer Stephen Hunter Flick….New York-headquartered digital agency R/GA has promoted Brandt Flomer from creative director to the newly created position of director of experience strategy. He will work with brand teams to concept and deliver groundbreaking innovations–from new applications to improved existing products–that will help grow clients’ businesses. He reports to Chris Colborn, exec VP/chief experience officer….
