New signing at Mister Boomboom; McClelland joins Lowe London; JWT in Cape Town hires Conn Bertish; and more...
Director and photographer Alistair Taylor-Young has signed to Mister Boomboom for US representation. Taylor-Young is repped by ASD in the UK, where he has shot ads for clients including Bentley and Lancome.
Patrick McClelland has joined Lowe in London to work alongside creative director Ed Morris. McClelland joins the agency from TBWALondon and will work with Morris on a project basis, with Morris continuing to run the creative department single-handedly. McClelland will start at Lowe in early September.
JWT in Cape Town has hired Conn Bertish as its new creative leader. Bertish is currently creative director of Saatchi & Saatchi Cape Town and the move sees him reunited with JWT's chief creative officer Craig Davis, who was formerly a regional creative director for Saatchis.
Euro RSCG has appointed Daniel Floyed as global brand director for the Jaguar account for the Havas Fuel Network. Floyed was formerly managing director of Scholz & Friends London.
Production service company Partnership Films has changed its name to Starlite Productions in Prague and LA. Starlite offers full production services in the production of feature films, TV, commercials and music videos. More info is at http://www.starlite.cz.
Guru animation studio in Toronto has two new hirings: senior producer Amy Robson and art director Mark Cutler. Robson joins from Machine in London and Cutler from Toronto-based effects company Topix.
Design and animation studio FlickerLab has moved to a new studio at 7 West 18th Street in New York. In other FlickerLab news, founder Harold Moss has formalised his long-term association with independent producer Tammy Walters, who is named a partner in the company. More info on FlickerLab is at http://www.flickerlab.com.
