Q Department, the Emmy-winning sound studio known for its work at the intersection of craft, culture, and emerging technology, has appointed Vlad Bar as executive creative producer & music supervisor.
Bar joins Q Department at a moment of major creative momentum. Recent projects helmed by Bar at the studio include campaigns for Google, Robinhood, Squarespace, Lululemon, Moncler, Droga5’s Essentia, and PwC for Ogilvy, as well as Translation’s Cadillac Super Bowl location-based experience in Times Square. As Q Department advances two immersive projects tied to marquee entertainment properties slated for Q3, and builds on boundary-pushing work such as ANCESTRA–the Eliza McNitt-directed AI-meets-live-action film from Darren Aronofsky’s Primordial Soup in collaboration with Google DeepMind–his appointment further strengthens the company’s leadership across music, sound, and emerging narrative forms.
“Vlad sets a new Bar for our production team,” said Jacqueline Bošnjak, CEO of Q Department. “You can teach process. You can teach execution. But you cannot teach judgment, instinct, or taste. The people who matter most arrive with that inner standard already formed. Vlad is one of those rare people.”
“I’ve spent my career at the intersection of music, culture, and brand storytelling, and what Q Department has built is exactly the kind of creative environment I’ve always wanted to be a part of,” said Bar. “Their pedigree of work speaks for itself, but what excites me most is the creative ambition here and the imagination behind it. Drazen [Bošnjak, founder & CCO of Q Department] and Jacqueline have assembled something truly special: a studio where craft isn’t an afterthought, it’s the foundation.”
“Vlad has a deep relationship with taste,” said Drazen Bošnjak. “Not as decoration, but as truth. He can hear what a piece wants to become, and he has the experience and restraint to help it arrive there without imposing on it. In our collaboration, it is something you feel unmistakably in the work.”
Before joining Q Department, Bar held senior creative and music leadership roles across Capitol Records, Sony Music Group, Partisan Records, Mother, dentsu, and Ogilvy. His work has spanned artist development, music supervision, and sound-driven brand storytelling for clients including Verizon, Samsung, Squarespace, and Google, with standout credits including Target’s Grammy campaign directed by Roman Coppola and CeraVe’s “Michael CeraVe” Super Bowl spot directed by Tim & Eric.
In addition to his leadership across campaigns and brand work, Bar will contribute to Q Department’s broader creative expansion, including a growing slate of filmmaker-driven projects and the studio’s evolving director-focused collaborations.
