MOCEAN, an independent entertainment advertising agency and the 2018 Clio Entertainment Awards Agency of the Year, has made two senior hires: Mike Toofer joins the company as SVP, growth, and Erica Coates comes aboard as executive producer.

As the head of growth, Toofer will spearhead MOCEAN’S overall topline expansion, setting the vision and strategy for all new business initiatives as the agency continues to export the power of entertainment marketing to brands outside the entertainment sector. This is the first position of its kind at MOCEAN and Toofer will report to Michael McIntyre, MOCEAN president. Prior to joining MOCEAN, Toofer served as the director of new business at The Many (Formerly known as Mistress), where he was instrumental in growing the agency. His new business efforts resulted in several account wins, including Stitch Fix, Jägermeister, American Apparel, QDOBA Mexican Eats, Sambazon Acai, ibotta, iFLY, Spindrift, FX, Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video. 

EP Coates brings to the MOCEAN team more than 15 years of experience in the entertainment and brand space. She will be responsible for integrating MOCEAN’s already well-established capabilities and will continue to evolve the company’s social and digital offering for new and existing clients in the entertainment and brand spaces. Coates will contribute to client partnerships such as Netflix, Amazon, HBO, Turner, and A&E, among others, and will also report to McIntyre. Until recently, Coates held the title of executive producer at Digital Kitchen, where she led the team that executed the two-time Emmy-award-winning Westworld digital marketing campaign. Throughout the course of her career, Coates has also held positions at Sony Pictures, Comcast Networks, AOL Video Networks, and the NBC affiliate in San Francisco.