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Global independent creative agency GUT has appointed Christian Buer as executive creative director and Natalie Street as head of accounts in its Toronto office. Buer will lead the creative team alongside ECD Brynna Aylward. Both Street and Buer...
Production company ALLDAYEVERYDAY has secured Heart, Brains & Nerve, an indie firm founded by Nathan Skillicorn, to handle representation in the Midwest. The history between ALLDAYEVERYDAY founder/EP Michael Karlbelnikoff and Roy Skillicorn...
Food-specialist production company Chuck Studios, based in Amsterdam, has entered into a strategic partnership with MENA regional production house Good People to amplify and unlock possibilities for international and local brands across the region, starting with...
Stept Studios has expanded its partnership with rep firm Simpatico. Since 2020, Simpatico has represented Stept on the East Coast. Now that territorial reach is extended to the West Coast as well. In tandem, Stept is pushing east with the opening of a New York...
Havas has acquired a majority stake (51%) in Uncommon Creative Studio, a five-year-old independent creative agency based in the U.K. The deal--which values the future potential of Uncommon at £80-120 million ($103 million-$155 million) considering their...
Park Pictures London has signed directors Lucy Luscombe, Hector Aponysus and Holly Blakey, signaling the company’s expansion in the U.K. and European markets. Luscombe’s career began directing music videos for John Grant, Blood...
Brands everywhere are tapping influencers as a key part of marketing strategies, but the Ad Council and global creator commerce company Whalar are partnering to take that to the next level--driving change on America’s most pressing issues -with the launch of the...
London-based Rattling Stick has signed director Jim Gilchrist for representation in the U.K. spanning commercials and branded content. Gilchrist has been part of several leading film companies over the past 20 years. He started on the agency side, working with...
Alkemy X has expanded its business development team, hiring seasoned sales executive Mary Ida Bonadio as VP of business development, based in Chicago, to continue leading the company’s growth in the Midwest, and signing with Jack Strachan of...
Havas has launched Prose on Pixels (POP). With an AI powered, engagement-centric “Audience First” model, the new venture will work with agencies, their clients, and, increasingly, direct-to-clients, to break through and connect with audiences by...