Moves aplenty this week at BBH, Strawberry Frog, 180, Biscuit, Wild brain, Furlined and New Moon among others.
Kevin Brown has rejoined BBH, where he worked for ten years, latterly in their media agency Motive, to head up a new engagement planning division. He left BBH five years ago to start Soul, only leaving earlier this year after Soul was taken over by Nitro. The move comes as managing director Derek Robson leaves BBH to join Goody Silverstein & Partners in the US.
Group Creative director Al Kelly is leaving Goodby, Silverstein and Partners at the end of the month after 11 years, to join Amsterdam based Strawberry Frog as executive creative director. Kelly worked on award winning campaigns for Nike and Budweiser during his tenure.
180 Amsterdam have taken on two senior creatives - John Knecht, a copywriter from Goodby Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco and art director Paul Stechschulte from Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Miami, fresh from winning two golds and a titanium lion at Cannes this year for his work for Mini.
Eric Stern has joined Biscuit Filmworks in Los Angeles as executive producer. Biscuit has also signed director Rick Lemoine.
Animation company Wild Brain announced that it has signed former producer and creative executive of Lucasfilm Animation, Dan Rounds as producer/head of development.
US based production company Furlined is repping Australian director Mark Molloy for the US market. Molloy is signed to Exit films in Australia, and features on the current issue of shots for his dark Mutant Foot spot for Nike.
London based production company New Moon have signed special effects director Justin Klarenbeck. Klarenbeck is currently working on a spot through TBWALondon
Bicoastal MOO Studios has signed director Baillie Walsh for US commercials representation. Walsh has shot videos for Kylie and New Order, and commercials for Levi’s, Budweiser, and Citroen.
New York based the Now Corporation has signed editors Travis Kopach and Jeannette Prostowich.
John Elder, former associate partner at Goodby Silverstein and Partners has joined as president of San Francisco agency Heat.
Director George Jecel has signed with TWC for exclusive representation in the US. Jecel was previously repped by Believe Media.
