David&Goliath (D&G) has hired Brandon Davis, Nick Hine and Rick Utzinger as creative directors. Davis joins D&G after spending time freelancing in New York and Los Angeles on brands like Gatorade, Old Spice and The Weather Channel, before which he was a copywriter at Wieden + Kennedy in Amsterdam on EA Sports, Nike and Tanqueray, as well as TBWAChiatDay in New York on Embassy Suites and Starburst. Hine joins D&G after serving as global executive creative director on Infiniti at TBWAChiatDay in LA. Prior to that he spent time at Ogilvy Paris as global ECD on Dove Hair and Duracell. Utzinger also joins D&G from TBWAChiatDay where he was creative director on Miller Lite and Buffalo Wild Wings pitch wins. While at the agency, he also oversaw creative content for the Grammy Awards, which won four Clio Awards in 2014….
After getting her start in the industry a dozen years ago at Hornet, Hana Shimizu is back with the studio as executive producer. She had been freelancing over the past several years, taking on projects in the animation and digital worlds. Shimizu is based in NY. Hornet maintains bases of operation in NY, Brooklyn and London…
Brian Collins, chief creative officer and co-founder of Collins, has been named as the Design and Package Design jury president for the 2015 London International Awards (LIA)….
