Hometeam celebrates a year of growth by expanding its production and postproduction team while remaining fully remote. The company has added Jo Huang-Zollner as sr. post producer, Zach MacDonald as sr. producer, Melissa Lummus as producer, Kelli Bechtol as post producer and promoted Jen Brown to executive producer. These additions have contributed to successful projects for brands including Google, IBM, Robinson Helicopters, Chick-Fil-A and North Carolina Education Lottery. Hometeam is also launching a new website.
The newly redesigned website reflects Hometeam’s growth and the elevated quality of its work. Showcasing its growing portfolio, it features a streamlined viewing experience similar to a streaming service, with projects organized into playlists and a Shuffle option. The site also highlights Hometeam’s “Crewmmunity,” offering behind-the-scenes photos and celebrating the collaborative spirit of their production adventures.
“With Hometeam’s national and global scale, we’ve been a uniquely capable production partner to help brand clients tell the full scale of their stories, coast to coast and around the world,” said founding partner Brandon Bloch. “And with so much new work to showcase, it felt like a great time to give Hometeam a new home in the form of an elevated new website.”
Continuing its rapid growth, Hometeam’s revenue has steadily increased each year since its founding in 2020 and is expected to more than double last year’s figures. The company is finding success in direct-to-brand production, establishing itself as a partner for major tech brands like IBM and Google, as well as national consumer brands. Hometeam’s model of leveraging their best-in-class network of local filmmakers and content creators on a global scale provides creative flexibility and efficient content creation, making it a valuable option for brands operating both in the U.S. and internationally.
“Since our start in 2020, we’ve made it our mission to provide a better approach to production for the ever-evolving content needs of brands and agencies,” said founding partner Harrison Winter. “It feels like we’ve built the right solution because we continue to attract new clients and exciting new projects, which has allowed us to scale up our team and continue to bring great opportunities to our network of top-tier filmmakers and content creators.”
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