Independent creative studio Los York has hired Nicole Taylor as VP of business development, a new position. She reports directly to Los York founder and director Seth Epstein. Previously, Taylor was global lead, brand partnerships for Uber Technologies at Snapchat, where she negotiated and managed the global joint business plan between Snap Inc and Uber, one of its prominent advertisers. Taylor joined Snapchat in 2016 as the company’s first account executive at its shop in San Francisco and became one of the tech giant’s top sales people under their brand partnerships practice. She brings to Los York an accomplished resume in social media, client services and team leadership….
Fancy House of Visual Effects, a sister company of Goldcrest Post, has hired Amy Jones as executive producer/head of sales. Jones’ role is to lead sales and business development and facilitate collaboration between the studio’s creative team and clients. Her background includes sales and marketing roles at visual effects studios, advertising agencies and commercial production companies. Most recently, she served as director of business development at New York creative production studio Taylor James Ltd where her focus was on advertising and digital content for agencies and brands. Prior to that she was head of sales at Framestore Pictures….
SCHROM x Yacht Club and Be Electric Studios Launch Electric XR for Virtual Production
SCHROM x Yacht Club, a full-service live-action, tabletop, and postproduction company, has teamed with Be Electric Studios, a soundstage, equipment rental, and virtual production company, to launch Electric XR, a virtual production collective.
Industry veteran Thomas Rossano will lead the new venture, which provides advanced virtual production solutions across multiple facilities. He brings over 25 years of experience in live-action, tabletop, postproduction and talent curation to enhance Electric XR’s offerings as a resource for brands and agencies, as well as other production companies in need of virtual production solutions. Additionally Rossano continues to serve as EP at XR New York (XR-NY), a role he’s held since December 2022. SCHROM x Yacht Club originally established XR-NY to help provide XR services for third-party rentals. While XR-NY will continue to function independently for SCHROM X Yacht Club, it now operates under the Electric XR umbrella.
Rossano’s expertise spans producing live-action commercials, branded content, interactive and experiential content. In addition to leading Electric XR, he holds responsibilities at SCHROM x Yacht Club which include driving business development, collaborating with sales reps and expanding the company’s creative talent network. Rossano’s career includes serving as an exec producer at Hungry Man for about 11 years, right from that company’s inception. He then went on to become a partner at Station Film where he also had a lengthy tenure. Later he was a partner at PRISM. Then after the pandemic hit, he became a freelance EP for nearly two years, looking into opportunities in virtual production, which led him to XR NY and now Electric XR. Over the years, he has produced high-profile... Read More