A growing Conspiracy has added to its production and post resources with the Chicago office bringing on board fashion, beauty and visual storytelling editor Kyle Howard, while New York-based narrative and Spanish speaking editor Namakula signs to the roster for Midwest representation. The company’s production team has also hired Alexis Jaworski as associate producer. Editor Howard joins from New York’s Moondog Edit. Howard has cut commercials for a host of fashion and beauty brands, including Victoria’s Secret and Avon, as well as blue chip companies like Ford, Pepsi, and State Farm. Since moving to Chicago he’s already breaking through to top local agencies FCB, Energy BBDO and R/GA. Editor Namakula cultivated her talents as a comedy writer and actor in the U.S., U.K., and Spain. Namakula became an integral part of the launch for London’s Final Cut New York. Past clients include McCann, DDB, mcgarrybowen, Spike Lee, Jaume Collett-Serra, Pierlica De Carlo, The MoMa, Coca-Cola, Smirnoff, and AT&T. Associate producer Jaworski started her post career at Beast Editorial and has a background in producing documentary film, and in arts and entertainment marketing. With a focus on branding, campaign strategy and media production, she has worked for local artistic organizations including Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, River North Dance Chicago, Joffrey Ballet, and Yellow Wing Productions….
SCHROM x Yacht Club and Be Electric Studios Launch Electric XR for Virtual Production
SCHROM x Yacht Club, a full-service live-action, tabletop, and postproduction company, has teamed with Be Electric Studios, a soundstage, equipment rental, and virtual production company, to launch Electric XR, a virtual production collective.
Industry veteran Thomas Rossano will lead the new venture, which provides advanced virtual production solutions across multiple facilities. He brings over 25 years of experience in live-action, tabletop, postproduction and talent curation to enhance Electric XR’s offerings as a resource for brands and agencies, as well as other production companies in need of virtual production solutions. Additionally Rossano continues to serve as EP at XR New York (XR-NY), a role he’s held since December 2022. SCHROM x Yacht Club originally established XR-NY to help provide XR services for third-party rentals. While XR-NY will continue to function independently for SCHROM X Yacht Club, it now operates under the Electric XR umbrella.
Rossano’s expertise spans producing live-action commercials, branded content, interactive and experiential content. In addition to leading Electric XR, he holds responsibilities at SCHROM x Yacht Club which include driving business development, collaborating with sales reps and expanding the company’s creative talent network. Rossano’s career includes serving as an exec producer at Hungry Man for about 11 years, right from that company’s inception. He then went on to become a partner at Station Film where he also had a lengthy tenure. Later he was a partner at PRISM. Then after the pandemic hit, he became a freelance EP for nearly two years, looking into opportunities in virtual production, which led him to XR NY and now Electric XR. Over the years, he has produced high-profile... Read More