Arts & Letters Creative Co. has hired Andrew Kong as creative director on the ESPN account, working alongside fellow creative directors Molly Jamison and NJ Placentra. In this new leadership position, Kong will work across several properties within ESPN, including NFL on ESPN and “There’s No Place Like Sports.” He will report to Arts & Letters founder and ECD, Charles Hodges.
Kong joins Arts & Letters from The Martin Agency, where he was an associate creative director working on the agency’s famed GEICO account and Donate Life. He spent the bulk of his career on the West Coast at Deutsch LA, where he started as a copywriter in 2015 and eventually rose to become associate creative director, working across several notable agency accounts including Dr Pepper, BEHR, Snapple, and Taco Bell. He kicked off his creative career at goodness Mfg in Hollywood, working on brands like Carvana and Toshiba, among others.
His work has been recognized by Cannes, D&AD, Effies, The One Show, Radio Mercury Awards and Spikes Asia.
Kong is a graduate of the University of Kansas and of the VCU Brandcenter, where he received his M.S. in copywriting.
SMPTE elects board officers, regional governors
SMPTE®,the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, has revealed the board officers and regional governors who will serve terms beginning in January 2025.
Three new officers--Richard Welsh as SMPTE president, Eric Gsell as SMPTE executive VP, and Polly Hickling as SMPTE Education VP--have been elected for a two-year term from Jan. 1, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2026. One SMPTE officer, Lisa Hobbs, will be continuing her service as SMPTE secretary and treasurer for another two-year term. Additionally, Raymond Yeung will be stepping into the role of standards VP on Jan. 1, 2025.
“SMPTE’s membership has spoken,” said SMPTE interim executive director Sally-Ann D’Amato. “These officers have been tasked with an important responsibility, one each of them is prepared to tackle head-on. These next two years are looking bright for SMPTE!”
In addition to the officers, 10 regional governors were elected by the Society to serve two-year 2025-2026 terms.
These include the following regional governors, re-elected to continue their service:
Asia-Pacific Region Governor
Tony Ngai, Society of Motion Imaging Ltd.
EMEA - Central & South America Region Governor
Fernando Bittencourt, FB Consultant
United Kingdom Region Governor
Chris Johns, Sky UK.
USA - Central Region Governor
William T. Hayes, Consultant
USA - Eastern Region Governor
Dover Jeanne Mundt, Riedel Communications
USA - Western Region Governor
Jeffrey F. Way, Open Drives
Also elected were four newcomers to the SMPTE Board:
Canada Region Governor
Jonathan Jobin, Grass Valley
USA - Hollywood Region Governor
Allan Schollnick, Voxx... Read More