Finger Music is opening a New York office to complement its ongoing operations in Los Angeles and London. Creative director/owner Dave Hodge, who recently scored a Microsoft spot for Crispin Porter + Bogusky out of the Manhattan studio, will be splitting his time between both coasts to oversee the launch. He will be joined initially by managing director/partner John Murrell….New York-based brand entertainment shop Campfire has brought on Sean Ganaan as a creative director, working under Campfire exec creative director/co-founder Mike Monello (of Blair Witch fame). Ganaan most recently spent over a year at Anomoly as its digital creative director, and before that served in the same capacity at Saatchi Sydney. Ganaan will be focusing mainly on Campfire’s ongoing work with Verizon FIOS on its MyHome2.0 campaign which is now entering its second year (www.2pointhome.com). He will also work on new and incoming creative initiatives….. Argentine producer Jorge di Benedetto, previously a founding partner/executive producer at Peluca Films, and American director David Preizler have opened production services company Nube Pictures in Buenos Aires. The new venture just wrapped projects for Dektor Film Group via Ogilvy Chicago and Savant Film out of Euro RSCG….Editor Nicolas Stampe has joined Cut+Run, which maintains shops in the U.S. and U.K…..Jason Pasch has come aboard SmithGifford, a Falls Church, Va.-based ad agency, as new media designer. He will be responsible for web, Flash and blog design and other online production, and will work directly with Matt Smith and his partner Bruce Gifford. Pasch had been a web designer with EFX Media, Arlington, Va., and prior to that lead web designer at R+B Design Firm in Gathersburg, Md….
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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