August 7, 2015 Cheryl Boone Isaacs was re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the organization’s Board of Governors. Jeffrey Kurland was elected first VP; John Bailey, Kathleen Kennedy and Bill Kroyer were elected to VP posts; Jim Gianopulos was elected treasurer; and Phil Robinson was elected secretary. Boone Isaacs is beginning her third term as president and her 23rd year as a governor representing the Public Relations Branch….PRETTYBIRD has signed filmmaker Jason Zada, who’s known for his immersive storytelling skills reflected in work for such agencies as W+K, CP+B, Leo Burnett, Saatchi, RPA, Y&R and Grey….Little Minx, the production house headed by founder/EP Rhea Scott, has brought the directorial team Sea Chant--consisting of the L.A.-based Carissa and Andrew Gallo–aboard its roster. Previously the directors were unrepresented in the U.S., working independently for varied clients…..
August 8, 2010 Goodby, Silverstein & Partners has hired Rick Dennis as executive creative director on Chevrolet. Dennis will oversee all creative duties in the agency’s Detroit office, working closely with executive creative directors Rick Condos and Hunter Hindman, who are both based in the San Francisco office of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. Dennis began his career in the BBDO Detroit mailroom, segued into a copywriter at JWT and CME Detroit, and returned to BBDO as executive creative director. Over the course of his career, he has worked on a multitude of automotive brands including Jeep and Dodge…. Bill Oberlander has joined JWT New York as executive creative director, where he will oversee the Microsoft Commercial business. He joins a Microsoft team that includes Jeremy Postaer on Bing and Jim Hord on Microsoft Office. Most recently, Oberlander served as chief creative officer/executive VP of Cossette New York. There he worked on Estée Lauder, Carlsberg Beer, and Cannondale Bikes, among other brands. Prior to assuming the lead creative role at Cossette, Oberlander was executive creative director at McCann Erickson, where he pitched and won the $350 million Intel business. Before that, he also spent time at Ogilvy on Motorola, AT&T Wireless, Sprite, Ameritrade and Nestlé Waters…. Production house Mothership, a sister company to Digital Domain, has signed director Grzegorz Jonkajtys for commercial and music video work in the U.S….
