House 337, a London agency launched in September 2022, has hired Lucy Freedman as its first head of new business & marketing. In her new role, Freedman–who comes over from Digitas–will work with leaders across House 337’s capabilities–advertising & communications, social & content, fashion & lifestyle, customer experience, AI & innovation, and sport–to engage the agency’s full set of resources in the service of driving new business and sustained growth. Freedman joins a House 337 team, including Lauren Estwick, recently hired to drive sales and marketing across sport, as well as Steph Dixon, Abraham Onimole, and Hilary Watson, another new addition as new business manager focused on government. During Freedman’s two years at Digitas, the agency won clients, including BTEE, Crocs, Subway, and Norwegian Cruise Lines, bringing in briefs that span CRM, media, and digital advertising. Freedman previously worked at The Beyond Collective for five years, rising from marketing manager at Above+Beyond to business development director across the full micro-network….House 337 clients include Sky, E.ON, Santander, JD Williams, Women’s Aid and the Cannes Lions Titanium-Grand Prix-winning Kiyan Prince Foundation….
Minneapolis-based indie agency Preston Spire has named Victor Kimble as its first chief marketing officer. Kimble will lead business development for the shop, which has had a notable year with a 30-percent increase in revenue and its most national award wins in the past 10 years, including an Effie Award. Kimble brings significant agency experience, with 13 years in New York at Fallon, Deutsch and Ogilvy. On the East Coast, Kimble’s leadership resulted in standout work for brands such as Brawny, Georgia-Pacific, Johnson & Johnson, Timberland and Tylenol. In 2011, Kimble returned to Minnesota, where he joined Periscope. There, he led business and brand strategy for clients including Essentia, Intuit Quickbooks, Minnesota Lottery, Phillips Distilling, Toro, and UnitedHealthcare…..
Full Lineup Set For AFI Fest; Official Selections Span 44 Countries, Include 9 Best International Feature Oscar Submissions
The American Film Institute (AFI) has unveiled the full lineup for this year’s AFI Fest, taking place in Los Angeles from October 23-27. Rounding out the slate of already announced titles are such highlights as September 5 directed by Tim Fehlbaum, All We Imagine As Light directed by Payal Kapadia, The Luckiest Man in America directed by Samir Oliveros (AFI Class of 2019), Zurawski v. Texas from executive producers Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence and directors Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault, and Oh, Canada directed by Paul Schrader (AFI Class of 1969). A total of 158 films are set to screen at the 38th edition of AFI Fest.
Of the official selections, 48% are directed by women and non-binary filmmakers and 26% are directed by BIPOC filmmakers.
Additional festival highlights include documentaries Architecton directed by Victor Kossakovsky; Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie directed by David Bushell; Devo directed by Chris Smith about the legendary new wave provocateurs; Gaucho Gaucho directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw; Group Therapy directed by Neil Berkeley with Emmy® winner Neil Patrick Harris and Tig Notaro; No Other Land directed by a Palestinian-Israeli team comprised of Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor and Hamdan Ballal; Pavements directed by Alex Ross Perry; and Separated directed by Errol Morris. Notable narrative titles include Black Dog (Gou Zen) directed by Guan Hu; Bonjour Tristesse directed by Durga Chew-Bose with Academy Award® nominee Chloë Sevigny; Caught By The Tides directed by Jia Zhangke; Hard Truths directed by Mike Leigh with... Read More