Publicis New York announced today that Leelee Groome has been promoted to Deputy Director of Broadcast Production.
Groome, who reports to Nadia Blake, Head of Broadcast Production at Publicis New York, joined the agency as Senior VP, Executive Producer in 2005. Over the past five years, she has produced award-winning campaigns for Maytag, Citi Bank and BMW. Groome was instrumental in the successful and publicized case study “The Search for the Maytag Repairman.” In her new role, Groome will help to maximize the potential for integrated production over Publicis New York’s client base as well as traditional broadcast.
“I am thrilled to have Leelee step up to this new position. In her five years with the department, she has proven to be a talented producer and so much more. Leelee is a great mentor and has such a wonderful energetic spirit which is felt throughout the agency,” said Nadia Blake, Head of Broadcast Production at Publicis New York.
Prior to joining the agency, Groome worked in the film industry in Los Angeles. She began as a junior production executive at Universal Studios working on feature films such as “Patch Adams,” “Psycho” and “For Love of the Game.” Groome went on to line-produce the independent feature film, “Too Smooth,” released by Lions Gate Films, starring Neve Campbell and Rebecca Gayheart. She was then appointed to story editor for Tommy Lee Jones’s production company, Javelina Films.
In 2000, Groome sold a feature film to Paramount Studios and after selling her screenplay, she moved to New York City and worked at Grey Worldwide as a VP, Senior Producer. While at Grey, she produced commercials for Canon, Hasbro, Panasonic and Procter & Gamble.
Groome graduated from Harvard University where she was the captain of the Harvard Women’s Lacrosse team and she continued her education receiving a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Peter Stark Program at The University of Southern California in Motion Picture Producing. She is also the mother of a 6-year-old girl named Georgia.
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