AvatarLabs, one of Hollywood’s most successful online marketing agencies specializing in the creation of online rich media and enriched websites, has named Thorsten Kober as Interactive Developer. Rex Cook, Executive Creative Director/Founder, AvatarLabs, made the announcement.
In his new position with AvatarLabs, Kober’s main focus will involve the building of interactive websites, Flash banners, as well as Rich Media applications for the web and desktop using Adobe Air, on behalf of Hollywood’s major motion picture studios.
ABOUT THORSTEN KOBER:
Thorsten Kober discovered his passion for working with Flash in 2002 after an extensive career as a musician. After taking classes at UCLA Extension to deepen his working knowledge, he decided to pursue a career as a Flash developer at Eclipse Advertising, an entertainment advertising agency, and worked on projects for Nissan, Konami and IMAX, to name a few. Besides Flash CS3, his expertise spans Flex, Papervision3D and Dreamweaver.
ABOUT AVATARLABS:
Founded in 2001 by Executive Creative Director Rex Cook, AvatarLabs is one of Hollywood’s top online design and production studios. Mr. Cook is the winner of a DGA “IMAC” (Internet Movie Advertising Creative Showcase) Award for Creative Excellence.
AvatarLabs is currently behind the online marketing for a number of upcoming major studio releases. These include “Get Smart,” “Narnia 2: Prince
Caspian,” “Speed Racer,” “Wall-E,” and others. The company was also involved in the online marketing behind some major hit Hollywood films released during 2007. These included “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” “I Am Legend,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks,” “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” “The Simpsons Movie,” “Ratatouille,” “Ocean’s 13,” and “Fantastic Four 2.”
Other high profile AvatarLabs projects have included creating online campaigns promoting “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,” “300,” “Borat,” “Night at the Museum,” “Happy Feet,” and many others.
AvatarLabs is based at 5500 Balboa Blvd., Suite # 300, Encino, CA, 91316. The phone is 818/784-2200. For more information, please visit www.avatarlabs.com