Crockett Jeffers will be joining BBDO San Francisco effective Nov. 19 as a creative director to oversee its Gallo Family Vineyards, Barefoot Wine & Bubbly, Vail Resorts and Cesar Dog Food accounts, as well as several new business pursuits. He will report to executive creative director Craig Mangan.
Jeffers comes from Venables Bell & Partners where he was a creative director and copywriter, working on Audi, Barclays, Conoco and ConAgra. His work has been recognized by The One Club, Cannes Lions, New York Art Directors Club, Communication Arts and the AICP Show, among others. He began his career as a copywriter at Butler Shine Stern & Partners, as well as working at TBWAChiatDay, Los Angeles.
At BBDO S.F., Jeffers will be partnered with Amber Justis, who joined the agency as a creative director in August from Draftfcb. Justis boasts a strong background in digital, having worked at places like Evolution Bureau on campaigns such as the popular “Elf Yourself.”
Jeffers is the latest creative hire at BBDO S.F. Creative director Michael Duckworth joined the agency in September, a month after the hiring of Justis. Duckworth works on Nutro, Natural Choice, Uncle Bens, Sutter Health and Hewlett-Packard. Before BBDO, Duckworth served at a number of agencies including The Richards Group, Saatchi & Saatchi and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. Over the course of his 16-year career, Duckworth has collected worldwide awards and recognition for clients such as Bridgestone Tires, Hyundai, GO RVing, Zales, Outward Bound, Toyota and Nintendo.
Justin Baldoni Sues Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds For $400M As “It Ends With Us” Fight Continues
"It Ends With Us" actor and director Justin Baldoni has sued his co-star Blake Lively and her husband, "Deadpool" actor Ryan Reynolds, for defamation on Thursday in the latest step in a bitter legal battle surrounding the dark romantic drama.
Baldoni's suit seeks at least $400 million for damages that include lost future income. The lawsuit from Baldoni and production company Wayfarer Studios, which also names publicist Leslie Sloane as a defendant, comes about two weeks after Lively sued Baldoni and several others tied to the film, alleging harassment and a coordinated campaign to attack her reputation for coming forward about her treatment on the set.
That lawsuit came the same day that Baldoni sued the New York Times for libel, alleging the paper worked with Lively to smear him.
The new lawsuit filed in federal court in New York says the plaintiffs did not want to file the suit, but that Lively "has unequivocally left them with no choice, not only to set the record straight in response to Lively's accusations, but also to put the spotlight on the parts of Hollywood that they have dedicated their careers to being the antithesis of."
An email seeking comment from Sloane, whose PR company represents both Lively and Reynolds, was not immediately answered.
The two actors are also both represented by agency WME, which dropped Baldoni as a client after Lively filed a legal complaint that was a precursor to her lawsuit and the Times published its story on the fight surrounding the film.
The surprise hit film based on the novel by Colleen Hoover has made major waves in Hollywood and led to discussions of the treatment of female actors both on sets and in media.
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