People on the Move

Sarofsky Corp--which had a role collaborating with Marvel for the main titles for both the Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy blockbusters--has brought Steven Anderson on board as executive producer.

Most recently Anderson was sr. producer at agency Tris3ct. He has shot all around the world for clients including Blue Cross Blue Shield, Hampton Inn, Jim Beam, Kimberly-Clark, Kraft, Pfizer, Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Newell Rubbermaid, State Farm and SC Johnson. His agency experience includes both freelance and full-time positions with FCB, mcgarrybowen, Stern and HY Connect.

Sarofsky Corp. is headed by president/owner Erin Sarofsky.

Deutsch LA has hired Zach Gallagher to serve as executive VP, director of digital strategy, a new role at the agency. Gallagher will begin at Deutsch next week and report directly to Jeffrey Blish, chief strategic officer.

Over the course of his 18 year career in digital marketing, Gallagher has developed digital, social, commerce and CRM strategies for brands, including Virgin Atlantic, Toyota, Coca-Cola, American Express, Old Spice, Nike, Facebook and Sony, giving him experience in identifying brand and business problems---and opportunities to solve them---across many categories. 

Most recently Gallagher led the Interactive, social and data strategy disciplines at Wieden+Kennedy in Portland, Ore. Before joining W+K in 2011, he was general manager of the IPG Emerging Media Lab in LA.

“Being able to work under Jeffrey Blish and [chief digital officer] Winston Binch to bring the best integrated strategic thinking to the table is sort of the dream scenario,” said Gallagher. “And the pressure to feed inspiration and opportunities to creative and design talent like Matt O’Rourke, Jerome Austria and Nathan Iverson is what strategists live for. I can’t wait to get started.”

Gallagher is best known for his work at TBWA\Chiat\Day developing the strategy behind the Pepsi Refresh Project and more recently for building the social practice at W+K, winning social AOR duties for Coca-Cola, Powerade, Velveeta, Herbal Essences and others.

Simone Nobili has come aboard independent San Francisco creative agency Cutwater as creative director. Nobili, who will work across a number of accounts at Cutwater, has a long track record of award-winning creative, most recently working with brands like Asics and Taylor Guitars at VITRO in San Diego. Prior to VITRO, Simone worked as creative director at Jung Von Matt Hamburg, Leo Burnett Milan, and TBWA London, New York and Los Angeles.

Nobili’s arrival comes on the heels of the announcement earlier this summer that Cutwater has been named AOR for Brawny Paper Towels. In his role, Simone will work closely with CCO Chuck McBride. 

Nobili said of his new roost, “They’ve got great clients, a really solid vision for the agency and the chance to work with someone like Chuck McBride is something most creatives wouldn’t easily pass up. I can’t wait to get started.”

Creative strategic design agency eyeball has hired Tony Kadillak as executive producer.

“Having the opportunity go at this again with Tony is amazing and fits perfectly into the growth of eyeball,” said David Edelstein, eyeball managing director. “Having spent more than five years together building [broadcast design studio] Nth Degree, this is just picking up where we left off. We both have an incredible opportunity not only in broadcast, but in all other areas.”

Kadillak comes to eyeball from Leroy + Clarkson, where he spent the past four years heading up sales with a focus in the broadcast sector. “Eyeball has an entertainment-centric way of doing things, and we’re excited to apply that to non-entertainment brands,” said Kadillak. “It’s part of my mandate -- to not only shore up the broadcast business, but also focus on growth in areas beyond that.”

Kadillak broke into the business after eight years selling software in Silicon Valley. Moving from San Francisco to New York, he stumbled upon the broadcast design industry. Quickly immersing himself in the promo world, he eventually served as executive producer at Nth Degree, followed by Click 3X, where he was head of business development, entertainment.

Over the years, Kadillak has worked with nearly every broadcast and cable network, most recently, with USA Network, AMC, TLC, National Geographic, PBS, and Investigation Discovery, as well as brands NASDAQ and 120 Sports.

Kadillak embraces his position at eyeball as an opportunity to not only reunite and collaborate with Edelstein--formerly managing director at both Nth Degree and Click 3X--but also to capitalize on the agency’s full scope of services spanning brand strategy, design, digital, motion graphics, production and audio.