Stone Dogs–the London-based boutique postproduction company headed by co-founders Brian Carbin and Dave Kiddle–has hired Jess Slaney as its director of growth. Slaney began her career in film and postproduction, before transitioning into content production with the launch of her own company, Cherry Media, which she ran successfully for over a decade. From there, she moved to Factory where her knowledge of audio postproduction grew exponentially, heading up business development as part of its senior leadership team. Moving agency-side, she then took on the roles of production consultant and EP at Pentland as well as EP at Mother, utilizing her years of experience to optimize creative output, workflow, and profitability. Prior to now joining Stone Dogs, Slaney acted as business director at Sohoโs Bubble TV. Recent career highlights for Slaney include executive producing Speedoโs global womenโs campaign and Uber Trainsโ social campaign with Mother, as well as championing up-and-coming female director Lucy Fairbanks for Speedoโs lauded โWith The Tidesโ…
Richard Welsh elected SMPTE president
SMPTEยฎ membership has elected Richard Welsh to serve as the Societyโs president. Welsh formally began his term on Jan. 1 after serving as SMPTE executive vice president. His term will extend two years to Dec. 31, 2026.
โI am honored to have been elected SMPTE president, and I am excited to work with the whole SMPTE family worldwide in supporting progress across our industry,โ said Welsh. โSince the Societyโs inception more than 100 years ago, bringing the moving image to audiences worldwide has been at the heart of SMPTEโs mission. With video devices in viewersโ pockets and content available to them on demand, SMPTEโs ongoing commitment to delivering the best possible integrity, quality, and experience in media to global audiences is more vital than ever. Iโm thrilled to have the opportunity as SMPTE president to deliver on our vision for the media technology industries of unlimited creativity and experiences for everyone.โ
Welsh is currently the sr. VP of innovation at Deluxe. He has been on the SMPTE board for more than 10 years, most recently serving a two-year term as SMPTE executive VP. He has also served as SMPTEโs VP of education and as governor for EMEA, Central/South America. Welsh is also on the board of IBC and the chair/co-founder of the volumetric asset management company Volustor.
Welsh began his career at Dolby Laboratories as a film sound consultant, working his way up to director of digital cinema services in the 12 years he spent there. He later became the head of operations of Technicolorโs digital cinema, localization, and sound services department. More recently, Welsh became an associate lecturer at Southampton Solent University while simultaneously co-founding Sundog Media Toolkit... Read More