Director Geoffrey Barish has signed with bicoastal HSI Productions. He comes over from now defunct Extension Films, a satellite of the recently closed Propaganda Films….Director Steve Carr, formerly of Propaganda, has joined bicoastal Lot 47 Productions for exclusive representation in spots and music videos. At Propaganda, he was best known for his music video work. He has also diversified into features, the latest being Dr. Doolittle 2….Phillip Detchmendy, former executive producer of the shuttered Satellite—a sister shop to Propaganda—has been named managing director of bicoastal Tool of North America. Additionally, Jennifer Siegel has become Tool’s executive producer, succeeding Dierdre Harrington….Bicoastal production house NSF-USA has signed the directing team Civilian….Director Kevin Bourland has joined bicoastal Treat…. New York-headquartered Creative Content Artists (CCA), the parent company to several postproduction/visual effects and audio post houses, has acquired Barasch Music & Sound, a longstanding New York music, sound design and audio mixing shop founded by Mark Barasch. In exchange for selling his 11-year-old company, Barasch gains an equity position in CCA and becomes one of its partners, joining CEO Steve Hendricks and chairman David Carmen. Barasch will serve as president of Octopus’ Garden, CCA’s newly formed music and sound division. Under the tentacles of Octopus’ Garden are Barasch Music & Sound and three other CCA holdings: East Side Mix, Lower East Side and Superdupe Recording. CCA is also parent to Post Perfect, Crush Digital Video and arc.light…..Mixers Bob Giammarco and Tom Goldblatt have come aboard Photomag, New York….Connie Griffin has been promoted from executive producer to managing director of R!OT Manhattan. She succeeds Dan Rosen who will serve as a consultant to the digital post/effects house….
VCCP Hires Trio Of Creative Duos
Global communications network VCCP has brought three creative duos on board: Charli Camber (née Plant) and Laura Saraiva; Lance Boreham and Tom Dyson; and Jack Snell and Joe Lovett.
Associate creative directors Camber and Saraiva are a British-Portuguese duo known for creating entertaining, culturally influential, and emotionally resonant work. They are best known for “Waiting to Live,” a National Health Service (NHS) child organ donation campaign that placed 233 bespoke dolls representing children on the transplant waiting list in medical waiting rooms across the U.K. The campaign won over 50 awards, including three Cannes Lions, the Grand Prix at the Clios, ADC*E and Eurobest, as well as multiple D&AD Pencils.
Camber and Saraiva join VCCP after three years at VML, where they contributed to four agency pitch wins and worked across global brands including Batiste, Beko, and Duracell. They also helped launch the award-winning mentoring app Magpie and created “Check Me Out,” a provocative cervical cancer awareness campaign that gained traction on social media.
Boreham and Dyson join VCCP as a senior creative team. The duo first met on the renowned Watford ad course in 2014 and later reunited at isobel, where they delivered standout campaigns for Reed, Travelodge and Thortful. Their work has been recognized across the industry for its creativity and effectiveness.
Snell and Lovett also join VCCP as a senior creative team, marking a return to the agency where they spent the first seven years of their careers. During their initial tenure at VCCP, they played a pivotal role in launching major campaigns for Domino’s (“The Official Food of Everything”) and Virgin Media O2 (“Supercharge Your World”), as well as crafting... Read More