Greg Bell, a noted agency creative and entrepreneur who co-founded Venables Bell & Partners in 2001, has come aboard the directorial roster of Epoch Films. Bell left Venables Bell & Partners in ’09 to embark on a career as a director…. BBH New York has hired a pair of associate creative directors: Jesse Juriga and Nate Able. Juriga will become part of the Google team. He comes to BBH from Droga5 NYC where he worked four years on notable projects including The Puma Index, Puma Social, the New Museum launch campaign, Rhapsody’s “Jay-z Fans Get It” spot and The Tap Project. His work has been recognized by the One Show, Andy’s and Young Guns. Meanwhile Able helped launch the Xbox 360 and was part of the McCann Worldgroup team that split off to run the Xbox account at T.A.G. While at T.A.G., Able continued to do high-profile work for the Xbox account and garnered numerous awards for the Halo 3 “Believe” campaign, including the Integrated Grand Prix at Cannes. As associate creative director at agencytwofifteen (formerly T.A.G.) he turned out work for Xbox as well as Nescafé Mexico. Able began his career at McCann Worldgroup in San Francisco where he worked on regional and global accounts including Northstar-At-Tahoe, Microsoft and MSN….Colle+McVoy has brought Paul Isakson on board as director of strategy, a new position at the Minneapolis ad agency. Isakson will oversee brand and consumer strategy and planning, as well as lead digital strategy. He will also play a leading role in the agency’s new business efforts. Prior to joining Colle+McVoy, he was a co-founder of Thinkers & Makers, LLC, an innovation and growth consultancy that blended anthropology, design and technology to inspire and create ideas. Over the course of his career, he has collaborated with American Express, General Mills, Dairy Queen, Imation Corporation, Memorex, TDK Life on Record, Starz Entertainment, Molson Coors Brewing Company, General Electric, Sun Microsystems and the Colorado Rockies while in strategic leadership positions at space150, Sukle Advertising & Design and The Integer Group….
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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