Moves this week at Saatchi & Saatchi, Tool, Park Village, VCCP Digital, Engine Room
Saatchi & Saatchi has appointed Tom Eslinger as worldwide interactive creative director. Eslinger, who has been a creative director at Saatchi & Saatchi's California office since 1998, will report to worldwide creative director Bob Isherwood.
Crispin Porter + Bogusky creative director Geordie Stephens has left the agency after three years to join Tool as a director.
Geoff Stickler has taken over as managing director of Park Village, following the departure of Freya Noble earlier in the year. Stickler was head of TV at Euro RSCG, founding partner of digital agency Dare and most recently head of production at Great Guns. Park Village has also taken on producer Polly Du Plessis, who has worked at, among others, @radical.media and HLA.
Full-service digital agency VCCP Digital has hired Mik Shaw as head of design. Shaw joins from WCRS / Meme Digital where he was head of studio and worked across a host of accounts including BMW, 3, 118 118, and BUPA.
Engine Room Visual Effects has hired visual effects supervisor Andrew Honacker. An Emmy, BDA and VES award-winner, Honacker has worked as CG supervisor with the company in a freelance capacity on projects including the Da Vinci Code teaser trailer, a recent GMC Denali commercial campaign and the upcoming feature film Alpha Dog.
