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Havas Worldwide NY has brought Pete Gosselin and Jay Hunt on board as creative directors. The duo comes over from Droga5 where Gosselin was sr. copywriter and Hunt served as sr. art director. The award-winning creative pair will be working with the TD Ameritrade team at Havas.
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Droga5 has appointed Lucia Grillo to serve as production development director. The newly created role comes as the headcount of the combined production departments has grown to approximately 180 people, and within this, the diversity of Droga5’s offerings has grown tremendously.
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Ryan Barkan and Mike Ladman have joined Droga5 New York as music supervisors, two new roles at the agency. Barkan and Ladman will further develop Droga5’s music and audio capabilities while seeking new opportunities for the agency and clients within traditional and nontraditional spaces. Barkan...
Ben Davies, who had most recently served as head of broadcast production at Droga5 NY, has joined Furlined as executive producer/director of development.
At Droga5, Davies had a hand in lauded work for Under Armour, Hennessy, Toyota, Newcastle Brown Ale, Honey Maid, Chobani and Spotify,...
Chris Watling has been appointed by Droga5 London as its first head of production. Watling’s first day at his new roost will be July 4. He’s spent the past 10 years with BBH London working across award-winning campaigns for Axe, The Guardian, Weetabix, British Airways, Audi and Barnados, among...
Rick Dodds and Steve Howell, creative directors at Droga5 New York, have been promoted to executive creative directors at the agency’s London office. In their new leadership roles, Dodds and Howell will report to chief creative officer David Kolbusz.
Dodds and Howell have been creative...
Topping SHOOT’s quarterly VFX/Animation Chart is a visually ambitious Under Armour commercial, “Rule Yourself—Anthem,” directed and shot by Oscar-winning (for Christopher Nolan’s Inception) cinematographer Wally Pfister of production house RESET for Droga5, New York.
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Alison Maclean directed this two minute-plus PSA which makes women disappear to raise awareness of gender inequality. Titled “We’re Not There Yet,” the spot was conceived by a creative ensemble at Droga5 for No Ceilings: The Full Participation Project, an initiative of the Clinton Foundation....
Niklas Lindstrom has joined the New York headquarters of Droga5 as head of interactive production. Reporting to chief creation officer Sally-Ann Dale, Lindstrom will lead the department in managing all interactive projects.
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From Day One To Chapter Two--that’s the progression of Droga5’s branding of financial services company Prudential. The “Day One” campaign, launched in 2011, featured retirees sharing their feelings on the first day of retirement. Fast forward to today and the focus of the “Chapter Two” campaign...