Jessica Dierauer has been promoted to executive producer of music and creative content at Young & Rubicam, New York. Reporting to Lora Schulson and Nathy Aviram, co-executive directors of content production, Dierauer will be responsible for everything related to music–from licensing tracks and hiring composers, to creating new opportunities for Y&R’s clients throughout the entertainment industry.
She previously served as executive content producer for Y&R New York where for the past two years she has produced and executed integrated campaigns, websites, new media applications and events for clients like LG, Office Depot and Malaria No More. In 2010, Dierauer produced Y&R’s music seminar at the Cannes Lions Festival, which featured influential musicians Trevor Horn and Thomas Dolby, and New Yorker music critic Sasha Frere-Jones.
“As music and brands continue to become more closely aligned, this creates a stronger need for musical specialists within an agency,” said Jane Barratt, president of Y&R New York. “Music has always been one of Jessica’s favorite parts of the production process. She’s paired bands like The Brazilian Girls with Axe and James Pants with Levi’s. Her strong connections in the music, entertainment and production industries will no doubt bring great opportunities to current and potential clients.”
Prior to Y&R, Dierauer was senior producer at Bartle Bogle Hegarty, N.Y.
Kamala Harris Receives Chairman’s Prize At NAACP Image Awards
Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night with a sobering message, calling the civil rights organization a pillar of the Black community and urging people to stay resilient and hold onto their faith during the tenure of President Donald Trump.
"While we have no illusions about what we are up against in this chapter in our American story, this chapter will be written not simply by whoever occupies the oval office nor by the wealthiest among us," Harris said after receiving the NAACP's Chairman's Award. "The American story will be written by you. Written by us. By we the people."
The 56th annual Image Awards was held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in the Los Angeles area.
Harris, defeated by Trump in last year's presidential election, was the first woman and the first person of color to serve as vice president. She had previously been a U.S. senator from California and the state's attorney general.
In her first major public appearance since leaving office, Harris did not reference her election loss or Trump's actions since entering the Oval Office, although Trump mocked her earlier in the day at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Harris spoke about eternal vigilance, the price of liberty, staying alert, seeking the truth and America's future.
"Some see the flames on our horizons, the rising waters in our cities, the shadows gathering over our democracy and ask 'What do we do now?'" Harris said. "But we know exactly what to do, because we have done it before. And we will do it again. We use our power. We organize, mobilize. We educate. We advocate. Our power has never come from having an easy path."
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