People on the Move

Christina Anderson has joined Cutters Detroit as executive producer. The announcement was made by Cutters Studios president/managing director Craig Duncan and Cutters Detroit managing editor Louis Lyne.

Anderson joins Cutters from McCann Detroit where she served as integrated art producer. Honing her expertise in showcasing artistic prowess, mentoring others, and connecting with diverse and colorful people as part of McCann Worldgroup, Anderson turned out notable work including sourcing the perfect photographer and producing the inaugural photo shoot for Lockheed Martin’s global brand campaign. Working alongside exceptional creatives and clients, Anderson while at the agency leveraged all her passions, which include vast experience as a freelance photographer, writer, and illustrator.

The almost 13 years Anderson spent with M.A.C. Cosmetics has also proven incredibly impactful. Starting there at the ground level, she ultimately rose to the position of creative business manager.

“Christina is a complete breath of fresh air,” began Lyne on behalf of his Cutters Studios colleagues, many of whom have directly collaborated with Anderson over the years. “As we forge ahead in an entirely new landscape with new working models, Christina became our hands-down choice. Her out-of-the-box approach is a perfect fit--not to mention her brilliant sense of humor, and her ability to find fun in adversity.”

Anderson noted that she worked often with the Cutters Studios family of companies over the years, including Cutters, Another Country and Flavor where she witnessed a “blend of professionalism, personal touch and fun,” which drew her in to join the team “as those are pillars that are innate in my own career experience.”

Sibling Rivalry has appointed Bo Bishop as its executive director of creative strategy. Bishop will apply his extensive experience and industry knowledge to help activate strategic insights and creative writing across Sibling Rivalry. 

Describing himself as “a creator who thinks strategically,” Bishop will join Sibling Rivalry’s strategy director, Kari Andrusko, as the company continues to increase opportunities for its partners to work together from the earliest stages to successful implementation. 

Bishop has led foundational brand strategy, voice, and campaign efforts for Apple, Marvel, CBRE, The New York Rangers, Disney, and Warner Bros. Discovery, among many others. 

Bishop said, “My role is less about implementing a rigid proprietary process and more about harnessing the magic of human, creative ingenuity to help people emotionally and practically connect with brands. Sibling Rivalry, where strategy has long been integrated into every project from the outset, is uniquely positioned to facilitate this interplay and make the journey from strategy to creative to production as seamless as possible.”

Lauren Hartstone, partner and executive creative director, Sibling Rivalry, said, “Collaborating with Bo is inspiring and fun. Not only is he incredibly adept at uncovering those elusive hidden truths, like a needle in a haystack, but he articulates his strategy with unmatched simplicity and precision. Because even after all that rigor, he shares our belief that smart work doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, it should look and feel easy.

“He elevates Sibling’s work at a foundational level, and I can already see the positive impact he is having on our creative process and our client partnerships,” Hartstone added.

Bishop joins from Trollbäck+Company where he spent nearly five years as executive director, creative strategy. Bishop began his career specializing in narrative fiction, screenwriting, and filmmaking. While attending Columbia University for his MFA, a chance encounter with an art director at branding agency loyalkaspar led to his introduction to the world of branding. Under the mentorship of renowned entertainment strategist Lee Hunt, Bishop honed his craft to become director of strategy and creative director at loyalkaspar, bridging the gap between brand strategy and creative activation via his creative writing. After a decade at loyalkaspar, Bishop spent several years as a freelance brand strategist. 

Venables Bell + Partners (VB+P) has promoted Brittni Hutchins to associate partner, managing director. In this new role, she’ll continue to drive growth initiatives, oversee client partnerships, support the company’s commitment to creative excellence, and oversee agency marketing efforts. Hutchins will also play a key role in championing VB+P’s guiding principle of “do right by people” (clients, consumers, and employees) in all facets of its business and processes. Hutchins previously held the post of associate partner, chief growth officer. 

“We want more of what Brittni does best: she drives our work to have the greatest possible impact for our clients,” said Paul Venables, VB+P founder and chairman. “In her new role as managing director, Brittni will be deeply involved in everything we do as she leads our people, partners with our clients, and shapes and markets our offerings. Brittni having more influence on more aspects of our business means only good things for VB+P and our clients.”

Hutchins initially worked with VB+P earlier in her career as a brand team leader and returned in 2021 as the agency’s head of growth and marketing. In early 2023, she was promoted to associate partner, chief growth officer. She made a tremendous impact in both of these roles, first working with agency leadership to overhaul the company’s growth strategies and then subsequently securing 17 new partnerships with established and emerging brands, including Girl Scouts of the USA, AG1, Bob Evans Farms, Affirm, Opendoor, Peelz, Bay Alarm, Chrome Industries, and PepsiCo brand Off The Eaten Path.

Hutchins has also heavily influenced the agency’s work by spearheading creative initiatives and partnerships that aim to positively affect critical cultural issues and challenges today, including reproductive rights, book bans across the U.S., hate incidents against the AAPI community, and LGBTQIA+ mental health. In her free time, Brittni also founded “Women That Fight (WTF),” a collective of senior women in advertising compelled to take action on current pressing issues facing women. 

Creative and technology studio Preymaker has added colorist Mark Sanna to its creative team. Among his credits are campaigns for Verizon, Google, Ralph Lauren and McDonald’s, as well as most recently Xfinity’s highly acclaimed “Aviators,” from director Kathryn Bigelow and cinematographer Greig Fraser, both Academy Award winners. One of the world’s first 100% cloud-native studios, Preymaker with the hire of Sanna fortifies its pioneering “Color in the Cloud” offering--which they launched in 2021, billed as a world first for color grading. Sanna will be available to collaborate in person with directors, cinematographers and creatives at Preymaker’s brand new, Manhattan studio while also having the capability to host color sessions and collaborate with clients based anywhere in the world using Preymaker’s virtual “Cloud-Stage.” 
 
Sanna brings extensive creative experience in lighting, compositing, design and animation, making him uniquely nimble as a colorist and able to leverage the creative team and tools in Preymaker’s fully integrated creative cloud pipeline from beginning to completion of any project. 
 
Angus Kneale, chief creative at Preymaker, said, “Mark’s experience is invaluable, He has made a name for himself crafting high quality content and creating stunning work for clients. Mark is highly collaborative and works closely with directors, creatives and cinematographers to create truly memorable work. Mark is also very excited about innovating and defining new ways of doing things. The way we approach color gives our clients a huge advantage to work on color throughout the entire creative process, not just at the beginning or the end. Virtual, in real-time at the highest quality from anywhere in the world through the entire creative process.”
 
“Preymaker offered me an opportunity to carve out a unique role for myself,” Sanna explained. “VFX and color are best when integrated into the same pipeline, so I’m able to refine and make adjustments throughout the entire creative process without having to break the VFX or finishing flow of work. Color in Preymaker’s Cloud gives our clients a huge advantage in quality and speed. As a colorist I get the best of both worlds. I can collaborate in-person with directors, cinematographers and creatives working out of the Color Suite in our new SoHo Studio and I get to use the latest in cutting edge technology.  I always enjoy the agile experimentation every project entails.”
 
Sanna’s body of work shares in common a cinematic aesthetic, but isn’t limited to any one style. Sanna said he prefers to “stay adaptable in this fast moving space, work collaboratively and deploy a design-focused methodology to each project’s different needs.” 
 
Sanna has been colorist for a number of short films, including the award-winning Foreign People, directed by Michelle Roginsky. Set against beautiful landscapes and a rich color palette, the film depicts a Ukrainian/Russian couple whose relationship unravels as they drive toward Tijuana to cross the border at the onset of the war in Ukraine. He also was colorist on the tactile and hypnotic immersive short Winter, director and artist Jamie Scott’s latest seasonal time-lapse film which was shot over five years across New York State and Montreal, and on music videos for artists Pink Siifu and Fly Anakin