Karen Monahan has joined BBH New York as head of interactive production. Her background includes leading teams at both large and small agencies, with expertise in campaign work for web and mobile, Flash multi-player games as well as major brand global relaunches and e-commerce experiences. Prior to joining BBH she served in such roles as managing director of Perfect Fools New York, director of production at Big Spaceship, and executive producer/senior account lead at R/GA….R&R Partners, Las Vegas, has brought creative director Doug Finelli and associate creative director Steve Andrews on board. Finelli joins the R&R team headed by group creative director Arnie DiGeorge that oversees the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority account and the “What happens here, stays here” brand. His background includes stays at Publicis, DMB&B, Ogilvy & Mather and Dentsu. Meanwhile Andrews will manage creative development for such R&R clients as Wynn Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Andrews comes to R&R from Publicis, Seattle where he served as senior art director from concept to production on T-Mobile’s multi-million dollar cross-platform promotional campaigns, along with work for Hewlett Packard, Real Networks and Washington Lottery. Prior to this, he was with Atlanta-based West Wayne…..Noted audio post mixer David Gerbosi has joined Another Country, Chicago. He comes over from Chicago Recording Company where he’s spent most of his mixing career. Over the years, Gerbosi has mixed and sound designed more than 75 Super Bowl commercials….Animator Jessica Plummer, who had been freelancing, has joined Calabash Animation, Chicago….
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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