Beast, a national creative editorial company, has promoted Ben Ellis to editor. Ellis has been with Beast’s Austin office for seven years, starting as a freelance assistant editor and later transitioning to lead assistant editor under Sam Selis, working on national commercial projects for Walgreen’s, Zales and Pacifico Beer, among others. He holds a degree in film from the department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas. Ellis discovered his passion for editing as a teenager while making amateur skateboarding videos with friends.

Beast maintains offices in Santa Monica, New York, Austin, Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta and San Francisco. Beast is part of the Deluxe Creative Services family of shops, which also includes Company 3, EFILM, Encore, Level 3, and Method Studios.