Hugo Bierschenk and Dean Woodhouse have joined the creative department of BBH New York. The hybrid creative team comes over from BBH London where they spent the past four years, turning out notable campaigns for Axe, Mentos, MySpace and British Airways. Bierschenk and Woodhouse’s collaborations have won 10 Cannes lions, one D&AD, numerous Campaign awards and five Mobile Marketing Awards….Cara Cutrone has joined N.Y.-based design and visual effects studio Spontaneous as VP, managing director. She will lead an innovative creative group and an experienced production team at Spontaneous, overseeing all client and account relationships. Her mandate will also see her partnering with director of sales Amy Zale to spearhead new strategic business opportunities, working with creative director John Leamy to set creative goals and standards across all media screens as well as heading talent recruitment. Prior to Spontaneous, Cutrone was executive producer at BlueRock and a sr. producer at Charlex. Jennifer Lederman will assume BlueRock VP/managing director duties in mid February….Graphic designer Tim Howe, previously with Digital Kitchen in Seattle, has found a new home at 3008, the Dallas editing, audio and FX boutique. Howe’s work at 3008 began with projects for Suddenlink via The Richards Group, and Hasbro via Uproar!/Dallas. The former included four animated commercials illustrating the ease of bundling Internet, TV, phone and security with Suddenlink. For Hasbro, Howe concepted and executed a 2D video for kids participating in the Nerf Battle Of The Ads promotion. Howe joins 3008’s design team of Todd Doane, design/VFX, and Jenna Milano, GFX/After Effects….
Curatorial Committee Roster Is Set For The 2025 AICP Post Awards
The AICP has set the full roster for the Curatorial Committee for the 2025 AICP Post Awards. The group, representing experts from the full gamut of postproduction crafts as well as from the agency and brand ranks, will meet this spring under the leadership of AICP Post Awards chairperson James Razzall, U.S. president of advertising, Framestore.
The extended entry deadline for the full suite of AICP Awards--which includes The AICP Show: The Art & Technique of the Commercial, and the AICP Next Awards--is Wednesday, March 5. Full entry details can be found here. The results of each show will debut during AICP Week in New York this June, and be featured at a gala celebration at The Museum of Modern Art.
One of Razzall’s key responsibilities as chair is to form the AICP Post Awards Curatorial Committee, which will determine the selection of the final winners and choose the Post Awards Best of Show from among the category winners. “I was looking for the best people at the top level in all their respective crafts,” explained Razzall. “We aimed to be as diverse and geographically as broad as possible. And we looked for cross-discipline opinions. We strove for a mix of people, including those who curate the work, not just our peers in post but also the best people we have worked with on the brand and agency side.
“Across the board, we were looking for people with a strong voice,” Razzall continued. “Our goal is to have a proper conversation, so we can filter through to make sure the best work is being recognized. When you consider the amount of effort that’s gone into these entries and the level of craft that they exhibit, we owe them that respect and honor of judging the work... Read More