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Currently marking its 20th anniversary, BIRD, a full-service, strategic branding agency based in Hollywood, has named Brian Yetwin, Account Executive. The announcement was made today by BIRD co-founders Tabitha De La Torre, President, and Peter King Robbins, Chief Creative Officer.

Said Mr. Robbins, "Brian's experience and expertise compliment our company's goals for the future. He is an accomplished copywriter, screenwriter, producer, and account executive whose clients have included a 'who's who' in the entertainment and broadcasting industries, ranging from ABC, EA, Disney and Dreamworks, to FOX, Paramount, SONY, Universal and Warner Bros. He is a true asset to BIRD."

Adds Mr. Yetwin, "You can't run a successful business for twenty years by accident. BIRD's reputation of excellence is widespread. They deliver strategic thinking and potent creative necessary to build powerful brands and market leadership. I'm thrilled to join their fantastic team."

About BRIAN YETWIN:
Prior to joining BIRD, Brian Yetwin was a Senior Account Executive/ Senior Copywriter (2009-2010) with Iconisus, an entertainment advertising agency based in Los Angeles. From 2004-08, Yetwin held a series of positions with the noted motion picture advertising agency, The Ant Farm (Los Angeles) that included; Creative Executive, Copywriter, Associate Art Director, and Production Manager. He was also given a Key Art Award for the marketing of Al Gore's documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth."

Yetwin is a graduate of the University of Michigan. He has also attended New York University and Loyola Marymount University.

About BIRD
Conceived in 1990 as a collaboration between Peter King Robbins and Tabitha De La Torre, BIRD is a full service strategic branding agency based in
Hollywood, CA. Serving the entertainment and consumer products industries, BIRD delivers strategic thinking and potent creative necessary to build powerful brands and market leadership.

BIRD has a track record of delivering rebrands and strategic creative thinking for such high profile clients as Flip Video™, Cisco Systems, Inc., E! Entertainment Television, OLN (Outdoor Life Network), Versus, FEARnet, Oxygen, Wise Brother Media, G4, Focus Features, and many others. The winner of multiple awards in design and marketing, BIRD's rebranding work for FEARnet contributed to that network's win of a 2010 CableFAXIE Award for Best Advertising Campaign for a Network.

BIRD (formerly BIRD Design), Inc., is located at 7039 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90028. The phone is 323/962-4908 and the website is www.birdtheagency.com.