Accounts

Leo Burnett Chicago was named lead creative agency for Kellogg-owned cereal brand Kashi.

San Diego-based Mindgruve has been named agency of record for First Horizon Bank.

Agency Creative/ Producers

Wieden+Kennedy Portland has appointed Azsa West as chief creative officer. West is a former W+K creative who held several leadership roles throughout its network. West was most recently executive creative director of Anomaly Berlin.

Hermeti and Ana Balarin are leaving Wieden+Kennedy Portland and will relocate to London to head up creative at Wieden+Kennedy’s London office.

BBDO San Francisco named Gustavo Sarkis as its chief creative officer.

After six years as Verizon’s chief creative officer, Andrew McKechnie is leaving the telecom brand.

Sterling Sanders and Roger Baran have joined Accenture Song as executive creative directors.

Directors/Production

Caviar has added comedian Ramy Youssef to its roster and welcomed back director Reynald Gresset.

Love Song has added Diego Contreras to its roster for U.S. representation.

Director Josh Hayward has joined the roster at Believe Media.

Wild Gift has signed director Dylan Maranda.

Director Rodney Passé has joined the roster at Tomorrow.

Little Minx has signed director Kevin Wilson Jr.

Somesuch has signed directorial duo King She.

Lauren Greenfield’s Girl Culture Films has rebranded to Institute, and added directors Sandra Winther, Boo Truong, Courtney Brookes, Mikalyla Gamble, and Tash Tung to its roster.

Director/photographer Chris Burkard has joined the roster at Loveboat.

Station Film has added director Helen Downing to its roster

More Media has signed director Mike Morelli.

HB Films has added The Cronenweths (brothers Jeff and Tim Cronenweth) to its roster.

Superprime Films has signed Jamie Rafn for U.S. representation.

Rodeo Show has signed director Paul Moore.

Industry vets Rob Baunoch III, Jim Seibel and Danny Tanchauco, with executive producer Jenn Mickelson, have launched production company RYB.

Design/Editorial/VFX

Global VFX studio The Mill has opened a new studio in Seoul. The Mill Seoul will be led by VP Tony Choi and creatively by executive creative director June Park. Jennifer Kim joins from Mill New York as an executive producer.

Editors Danny Weeks, Jacks Genega, Jon Daniel, and Louie Cohen have joined the roster at EDITBAR.

Editor JK Carrington has joined the roster at PS260.

Ross Wilkinson has joined Framestore as VFX supervisor.

Fancy VFX has hired Janine Conway as senior producer and Chris Green as compositing supervisor.