Jesse Blatz has joined Team One as creative director. He hails from Mullen Boston, where he was an integral part of the creative leadership. He was instrumental in winning the Zappos.com account during a highly competitive review that included over a hundred agencies. He also led jetBlue’s colorful “You Above All” campaign, for which he set the overall look using his own illustrations.
Additionally Blatz created the fan favorite “Bruins Hockey Rules” campaign for the Boston Bruins, as well as notable campaigns for iRobot (maker of the Roomba), Fage Greek Yogurt, and most recently, a global TV effort for Google’s Nexus 10 tablet. His work has been recognized at Cannes, One Show, and Communication Arts, among others.
At Team One, Blatz will team up with associate creative director Eric Arnold.
Digital promotion
As for the growing digital space at Team One, Elizabeth Brownsen, formerly management director of interactive production, has been promoted to executive director, operations and technology.
She will lead Team One’s relationship with Resources, the agency’s IT group, and drive the shop’s technology vision.
Utah Leaders and Locals Rally To Keep Sundance Film Festival In The State
With the 2025 Sundance Film Festival underway, Utah leaders, locals and longtime attendees are making a final push — one that could include paying millions of dollars — to keep the world-renowned film festival as its directors consider uprooting.
Thousands of festivalgoers affixed bright yellow stickers to their winter coats that read "Keep Sundance in Utah" in a last-ditch effort to convince festival leadership and state officials to keep it in Park City, its home of 41 years.
Gov. Spencer Cox said previously that Utah would not throw as much money at the festival as other states hoping to lure it away. Now his office is urging the Legislature to carve out $3 million for Sundance in the state budget, weeks before the independent film festival is expected to pick a home for the next decade.
It could retain a small presence in picturesque Park City and center itself in nearby Salt Lake City, or move to another finalist — Cincinnati, Ohio, or Boulder, Colorado — beginning in 2027.
"Sundance is Utah, and Utah is Sundance. You can't really separate those two," Cox said. "This is your home, and we desperately hope it will be your home forever."
Last year's festival generated about $132 million for the state of Utah, according to Sundance's 2024 economic impact report.
Festival Director Eugene Hernandez told reporters last week that they had not made a final decision. An announcement is expected this year by early spring.
Colorado is trying to further sweeten its offer. The state is considering legislation giving up to $34 million in tax incentives to film festivals like Sundance through 2036 — on top of the $1.5 million in funds already approved to lure the Utah festival to its neighboring... Read More