Rebecca Stambanis has joined Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore., as global planning director on the Nike account. Stambanis spent the past three years as deputy head of brand strategy at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco, where she led and managed strategic planning on accounts such as Nintendo, Comcast, Haagen Dazs, The Commonwealth Bank and Dreyers…..Art director Sam Dallyn has come aboard R/GA London. He will oversee the strategy and development of integrated digital design projects for London's Nike account. He will also collaborate with R/GA's New York-based Nike team. Dallyn reports to both James Temple, R/GA London's executive creative director, and Lucio Rufo, who was recently promoted to the office's new design director. Prior to joining R/GA, Dallyn served as an art director at London digital agency Blast Radius, which focuses on customer experiences and social marketing….Fluid, a New York-based editorial, visual effects and original music studio, has added editor Micah Scarpelli to its roster. Prior to Fluid, he was with Cutting Room, and the now defunct Version2….
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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