People on the Move

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.

Director Georgi Banks-Davies has signed with Joinery for U.S. representation. Her clients include Coca Cola, South African Airways, InterContinental Hotels, Shell, Ericcson, BMW and Credit Suisse.

Banks-Davies began directing commercials at the BBC after graduating from film school, quickly poached by CNN International soon after to direct content for the network’s global coverage of news, current affairs, politics and sports. That tenure allowed Banks-Davies to develop her unique, evocative style of storytelling that focuses on shared human emotions framed in a boldly cinematic style:

“Jamaica” for Coca Cola exemplifies this approach. It’s absorbing work shot on the Caribbean island that plays out as a fun, infectious ride full of atmosphere and character. “Soul” for AT&T through BBDO NY also features beautifully considered moments of family life.

Banks-Davies is currently in post wrapping projects for Kohler through O&M, India, plus work for T-Mobile through DDB, Hamburg that follows on from her previous successful World Cup campaign. Two online films for Nivea through AKQA, London will also be released in upcoming weeks. Prior to Joinery, Banks-Davies was with Mad Heart in the U.S.

The Screen Actors Guild Foundation has appointed media marketing expert Cyd Wilson as its new executive director. Wilson, founder and president of Cyd Wilson Entertainment Marketing and long-time creative director of Time Inc’s. Style and Entertainment group of magazines, has forged philanthropic partnerships between the entertainment industry and leading corporations for more than 25 years, producing invaluable awareness and revenue for her clients and several Hollywood supported charities.

SAG Foundation president JoBeth Williams spoke for the Foundation’s Board stating, “Cyd is one of the powerhouses in the industry.  She has vision, passion and a drive to create a successful merging of corporate goals with humanitarian needs.  We look forward to working together to further the goals of the SAG Foundation.”

During her 20 year tenure at Time Inc., Wilson created and managed such high profile and press worthy annual events as the PEOPLE – Entertainment Industry Foundation SAG Awards Gala as well as InStyle’s Golden Globes, Grammy Fashion and L.A. Film Fest parties. A former hospital administrator, Wilson began her career in philanthropy in 1989, spending five years helping to establish the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation where she created the “A Time for Heroes” fundraiser, helping to put that organization on the map.

Of her new role, Wilson says, “My career in nonprofits began in Hollywood and coming to the SAG Foundation gives me an opportunity to return full circle and focus solely on the act of giving back to performing artists.  It is at once a challenge and a privilege to take the helm of an expanding philanthropic organization that is committed to providing an unrivaled level of career-enhancing programming and emergency assistance for working performers as well as advancing the cause of children’s literacy.

Wilson succeeds nonprofit veteran Jill Seltzer who served as executive director since 2011 and leaves the Foundation ready for its next chapter.

“I’ve very much enjoyed [my time at the SAG Foundation] and taken great pride in opening a new office and building the Actors Center in New York, taking the Performers Programs on the road to actors throughout the country, increasing the amount of online programming, stewarding the first-ever million dollar grant and putting an organizational structure in place. All of these accomplishments are the basis for the SAG Foundation to flourish as the national organization that it now is,” said Seltzer. “Having achieved these goals, the timing seems right to return to the broader philanthropic agenda that has been the focus of my work in the past.”

Comedy writer-director Vinny Lopez has joined the directorial roster of NuContext Creative for national representation in TV promos, commercials/advertising and branded content.

Having collaborated with such high-profile celebrities as Jenny McCarthy, Terence Howard and Jane Lynch, Lopez has fine-tuned the craft of working with celebrity talent. A long-standing collaboration with VH1 has resulted in Lopez writing and directing a series of television promos for “The Jenny McCarthy Show,” “The Soul Train Awards,” “Do Something Awards,” as well as “Larry the Cable Guy’s Christmas Spectacular.” Lopez also writes, directs and stars in the popular web series “Two Jasperjohns.”

NuContext is headed by company founder/executive creative director Angela Guice. Earlier this year, NuContext took on the Rockhard directorial roster, including directors Robert Hales and Marc Klasfeld, for representation in TV promotion and branded content.