Agency production veteran Lisa Johnson has joined bicoastal Union Editorial as executive producer. Johnson’s career spans two decades on the agency and client side, including senior and executive positions at ChiatDay, Los Angeles, Deutsch LA and Target Corporation, Minneapolis. She will be based in the Santa Monica shop, working alongside company Union president Michael Raimondi. Additionally, longtime Union staff members Joe Ross and Rob McCool have been promoted to executive producer roles at the company.
Johnson began her career in Dallas as a line producer, working with production companies as well as agencies DDB Needham and Focus Agency. Freelance assignments led to a position on the client side as sr. producer at Target Corp. Roles as sr. producer, ChiatDay, and EP/VP, Deutsch, LA, followed. Johnson’s client list spans such brands as Miller Beer, Target, Visa, Gatorade, Energizer, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, NFL, NHL, MLB, Pizza Hut, NBA, and Verizon.
“Rob and Joey are like brothers to me, we’ve grown up together,” said Raimondi of Ross and McCool, adding that “Lisa’s diverse experience can only help us get better at the things we need to. Lisa was here so much as a client it’s not the introduction of a new personality, but in this role, I want to empower her to come in with her own ideas and perspective.”
Union Editorial has offices in Santa Monica, New York City, Austin TX, and London, where it maintains an alliance with Marshall Street Editors. Union is presided over by Raimondi and partner/executive Producer Caryn Maclean. The Union roster is comprised of partners/editors Jim Haygood, Einar, Jay Friedkin, Sloane Klevin, and Marco Perez, and editors Nico Alba, Jinx Godfrey, Nicholas Wayman-Harris, Rachael Waxler, Daniel Luna, Jason Lucas, Paul Plew, Ben Longland, Laura Milstein, Eric Argiro, Mike Colao, as well as select projects with Tim Thornton Allen, Patric Ryan, Ryan Boucher, Jono Griffith/Circus, and Alex Hagon.
