Acceleration Community of Companies (ACC) has promoted Monica Chun to serve as president. In her new role at the L.A.-headquartered independent holding company, Chun will lead growth strategy, marketing, innovation and cross-network integration throughout ACC’s entire portfolio of agencies. She will also be responsible for fostering and developing integrated marketing campaigns for Acceleration’s diverse client base. Last month, Acceleration acquired a majority stake in public relations firm DKC and its creative services studio, HangarFour. This further expanded ACC’s marketing, communications and creative capabilities, adding to its significant global client base. The company now boasts over 550 employees across 12 offices nationwide as well as London and Asia and represents leading brands including Pepsi, T-Mobile, Stanley, Netflix, Google, Airbnb, TikTok, Meta, the National Basketball Association, and Delta. In addition to DKC and HangarFour, ACC includes MKG, a creative and brand experience agency; Pink Sparrow, a design, fabrication and 3-D printing shop; Stripe Theory, a data marketing analytics and reputation management agency; Pixly, a full-service, performance minded influencer company; and Trailblaze, a marketing communications firm specializing in regulated industries. Prior to ACC which she joined in 2019 as chief client officer, Chun spent two decades at PMK*BNC, where she was agency president and chief operating Officer of brands, building the firm’s experiential, influencer, digital, social, and analytics units and helping fuel record growth with clients such as Samsung, Audi, American Express and Activision, among others….
SAG-AFTRA and the convenience bargaining group with whom the union negotiates its Interactive Media Agreement will resume negotiations on Wednesday, Oct. 23. The convenience bargaining group includes Activision Productions Inc., Blindlight LLC, Disney Character Voices Inc., Electronic Arts Productions Inc., Formosa Interactive LLC, Insomniac Games Inc., Llama Productions LLC, Take 2 Productions Inc., and WB Games Inc….
