Shannon McGlothin is coming aboard BBH New York as an executive creative director. He joins fellow ECD Gerard Caputo and will be responsible for running the Global Vaseline business along with helping to round out the creative leadership of the New York office.
Over the years McGlothin has worked with clients such as Samsung, Coca-Cola, Nike, The GAP, LVMH, PlayStation and Electronic Arts. He was most recently at Omelet and prior to that was with Leo Burnett, Deutsch, CP+B, and Wieden+Kennedy. His work has gained recognition at such shows as Cannes, CLIO, D&AD, and The One Show. McGlothin is a graduate of Indiana University and the Herron School of Art.
Ari Weiss, New York CCO of BBH, said: “Shannon and I crossed paths at Wieden+Kennedy in Portland and ever since I’ve been a huge fan of his work and Shannon as a person. His incredible eye is only surpassed by his big thinking. He’s proven it time and time again with iconic campaigns including Coca-Cola ‘Video Game’ [Wieden] and PlayStation ‘To Michael’ [Deutsch]. Great creatives do great work wherever they go and Shannon has done just that.”
In recent months the BBH New York office has bolstered its creative department, promoting Lucas Bongioanni, Philip Sicklinger and Alex Booker to creative directors along with the hire of Colin Kim as creative director.
McGlothin said: “I’m excited to join the team at BBH New York. They’re independently minded, risk takers, collaborators and instigators. Above all, they’re real people that have the desire to make great work, break conventions and drive popular culture.”
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More