{"id":16016,"date":"2023-02-20T09:12:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T09:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=16016"},"modified":"2023-02-20T09:12:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T09:12:57","slug":"gb-welcomes-new-head-of-post-production","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/news\/2023\/feb\/gb-welcomes-new-head-of-post-production","title":{"rendered":"G&amp;B welcomes new Head of Post Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazyblock-text-full-width-ZoDTiU wp-block-lazyblock-text-full-width\"><section class=\"fullwidth text-center\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    \n    \n    <p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>VCCP Group\u2019s <\/strong>global content production studio,<strong> Girl&amp;Bear, <\/strong>has today announced the appointment of Brett Kelsey as Head of Post Production. Kelsey joins to help the team continue building its offering and capacity across film, audio, print, photography and digital production. He starts with immediate effect and will report into Claire Young, MD at Girl&amp;Bear.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Kelsey begins his role at Girl&amp;Bear following an incredibly successful first year which has seen the agency win Oystercatchers&#8217; Best New Agency Award and three Marketing Society Awards for its work with Nationwide and Domino\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Its unique approach to delivering craft without compromise has ignited Girl&amp;Bear\u2019s exponential growth with 43 new hires last year, 1087 completed productions which has included 78 TVC productions and 125 longer form and content productions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Brett Kelsey comes to Girl&amp;Bear from cain&amp;abelDDB where he was Head of Production for more than eight years and was pivotal in establishing the production offering from the ground up. He helped build a solid team of 40 talented creatives including editors, animators, designers, producers, directors, photographers and resource team.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">With a wealth of experience, Kelsey has worked on small to large campaigns consisting of many different media from TVC to social to OOH for clients like Sony PlayStation, Lloyds Bank, McCain, Heineken and Argos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Some of his career highlights include John Lewis \u2018&amp; Partners\u2019 launch in 2019, which saw him oversee the delivery of hundreds of assets for TV, social and DOOH. As well as the launch of the film and social assets for the Calm \u2018Project 84\u2019 campaign which won the agency an array of awards and accolades. He was also involved in the development of the Prince&#8217;s Trust Cinema commercial (2012) that won a silver BTAA award. During the pandemic, Kelsey successfully ran a remote workforce while simultaneously significantly increasing revenue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Prior to this, Kelsey has also worked for both Lowe&amp;Partners and The&amp;Partnership where he was also a key player in establishing successful production offerings for the agencies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Brett Kelsey, Head of Post Production at Girl&amp;Bear said<\/strong>:<em>\u201cGirl&amp;Bear has achieved a lot in its first year and I am excited to join and be a part of this. My mission is to work with the talented team to continue elevating the production work globally and evolve the offering. I am excited for what is to come and can\u2019t wait to get stuck in.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Claire Young, Managing Director at Girl&amp;Bear added<\/strong>:<em> \u201cBrett has amazing experience and expertise that will help our team further succeed and we are excited to work with him. He\u2019s joining us at a key time in our Girl&amp;Bear\u00a0 journey and I am looking forward to seeing how he will use his brilliant experience and knowledge to further shape and grow our post offering. I\u2019m really delighted he\u2019s joined us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Girl&amp;Bear produces world-class crafted content and provides scale through technology. 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Alongside the makers within the studio, Girl\\u0026amp;Bear will continue to work with production partners to ensure access to the best talent in the industry.\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003eChallenging the modern production dilemma of choosing between beautifully crafted creative, or efficient delivery of assets at scale, Girl\\u0026amp;Bear will deliver craft without compromise. Their proprietary software, \\u2018The Pathway\\u2019 will enable technology and a human approach to work seamlessly together enabling cutting-edge content creation, adaptation and transcreation or, increasingly, more personalised content delivered through the clever use of data. The system is designed to guide clients through the increasingly complicated world of multi-format, multi-language and dynamic creative production and enable the delivery of crafted work at scale and pace, across all channels. 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Girl\\u0026amp;Bear will also offer cost-efficient production at scale in every region of the world through offshore solutions which will be run out of the Czech Republic, South Africa and Asia Pacific.\\u00a0\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003eBrought together by a team of passionate makers, Girl\\u0026amp;Bear will be led by Managing Director, Claire Young, Executive Head of Production, Anthony Austin and Global Head of Operations, Dan Montalbano. Young has over 20 years of production experience working at some of the industry\\u2019s most well respected creative agencies including Mother, exposure, JWT, and has led production for VCCP London for the last six years. Montalbano has led global operations for the VCCP Group for the last two years and brings both client-side and top-tier London agency experience from brands including National Geographic, Barclays and agencies Razorfish and AKQA.\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\",\"text-right\":\"\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003eThe team is joined by new hire Austin, who brings a wealth of experience in building production studios within creative agencies, firstly at Mother London, before going on to found Black Sheep Studios at BBH, where he subsequently took the BBH London ECD role.\\u00a0\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003eThe Girl\\u0026amp;Bear senior leadership team will report into VCCP London\\u2019s Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Peake and VCCP\\u2019s Group Chief Creative Officer, Darren Bailes.\\u00a0\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003eGirl\\u0026amp;Bear launches with a large portfolio of clients including Domino\\u2019s, O2 and White Claw. Recent celebrated campaigns include Domin-oh-hoo-hoo for Domino\\u2019s and The O2 in Fortnite Creative for O2\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003e.\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cb\\u003eFounding Partner and Group CEO at VCCP\\u003c\\\/b\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003e, \\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003cb\\u003eAdrian Coleman\\u003c\\\/b\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003e said: \\u201cContent creation and production is something we have always offered to our clients and as the making arm of VCCP, Girl\\u0026amp;Bear now elevates our production offering globally, bringing further cohesion to our Group, and a challenger proposition to other networks. All brought to the market by an extremely talented leadership team who all bring different skills to the table, working towards one common goal to bring fresh thinking and new ideas to how we make.\\u201d\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cb\\u003eMD at Girl\\u0026amp;Bear, Claire Young\\u003c\\\/b\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003e, added: \\u201cFor us \\u2018how\\u2019 we make things is just as important as \\u2018what\\u2019 we make for clients. I\\u2019ve always wanted to reimagine production and creating Girl\\u0026amp;Bear has enabled us to supercharge our making offering and evolve the industry model. We know that creativity is a business multiplier and we believe that great production doesn't need to be a choice between pace, scale and craft - we\\u2019re in the business of \\u2018and\\u2019. World class integration is something that VCCP is famous for, and with Girl\\u0026amp;Bear we are now in an even stronger position than ever to deliver on that promise.\\u201d\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cb\\u003eAnthony Austin, Executive Head of Production at Girl\\u0026amp;Bear \\u003c\\\/b\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003enoted, \\u201cVCCP has always produced beautifully crafted work. With Girl\\u0026amp;Bear we will build on this legacy, while bringing a fresh approach to production through new ways of making, new technologies, new formats and always seeking out the best and most exciting talent. Girl\\u0026amp;Bear empowers our makers to have a louder voice within the advertising ecosystem. They are an energetic, highly-skilled and passionate bunch, and I\\u2019m excited to be joining the team.\\u201d\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003eTalking about Girl\\u0026amp;Bear\\u2019s mission, Young continued: \\u201cAs the challenger content studio we also wanted to address other areas of production we felt weren\\u2019t working, and change them for the better. Our ambition is to put our people and the planet right at the heart of our business, and we\\u2019ve created what we call our \\u2018Be Nice\\u2019 policy which outlines our guiding principles. We\\u2019re committed to sustainable practices in all that we do and we\\u2019re excited to be working with Greenshoot and AdGreen to ensure all production is made in the most sustainable way possible.\\u201d\\u00a0\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003eGirl\\u0026amp;Bear are also working with VCCP Group towards achieving B-Corp status.\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003eCommitted to uncovering, supporting and attracting new and diverse talent both in front of and behind the lens, Girl\\u0026amp;Bear are working with partners Free The Bid, BRiM, Justrunners, Brixton Finishing School and SCA to help create a diverse and inclusive workforce. In November they will host the Shiny Awards, which champions underrepresented directors.\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003eFor more information about Girl\\u0026amp;Bear, visit \\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003ca href=\\u0022http:\\\/\\\/www.wearegirlandbear.com\\u0022 target=\\u0022_blank\\u0022 rel=\\u0022noopener\\u0022\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003e\\u003cstrong\\u003ewww.wearegirlandbear.com\\u003c\\\/strong\\u003e\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/a\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003e. \\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\",\"quote\":\"Girl\\u0026amp;Bear now elevates our production offering globally.\",\"quotee\":\"Adrian Coleman, Founding Partner and Group CEO at VCCP\",\"blockId\":\"Z10ISDP\",\"blockUniqueClass\":\"lazyblock-two-column-text-quote-image-Z10ISDP\"} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:lazyblock\/video {\"video-id\":\"641836819\",\"blockId\":\"Z2g1fHs\",\"blockUniqueClass\":\"lazyblock-video-Z2g1fHs\"} \/-->","post_title":"VCCP launches Girl&amp;Bear","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"vccp-launches-girlbear","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-11-03 17:37:59","post_modified_gmt":"2021-11-03 17:37:59","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=14270","menu_order":0,"post_type":"news","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"relateditem":{"ID":14467,"post_author":"57","post_date":"2022-01-13 17:44:49","post_date_gmt":"2022-01-13 17:44:49","post_content":"<!-- wp:lazyblock\/two-column-text-quote-image {\"text-left\":\"\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003e\\u003cstrong\\u003eVCCP Group\\u003c\\\/strong\\u003e has today announced a slew of key promotions as the challenger network supercharges their creative offering after a period of substantial global growth. Darren Bailes' remit will extend globally as he is elevated to Chief Creative Officer which will see creative duo Jonny Parker and Chris Birch assume ECD duties for the London office. Alongside Parker and Birch, the VCCP London creative senior line-up will be completed by Caroline Rawlings who has been promoted to Creative Director and Kimberley Gill who re-joins the agency as Creative Director.\\u00a0\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003eOver the past year VCCP London has experienced significant growth winning accounts such as Unicorn UK brand, cinch, the coveted TfL account as well as banner pieces of global business for White Claw and Pret a Manger. The creative department promotions signal the Group\\u2019s further investment in putting creative product right at the very core of their integrated offering. At the end of 2021, VCCP Group launched Girl\\u0026amp;Bear, their new Global Content Creation studio offering borderless production and a new model for making.\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cb\\u003eDarren Bailes, Group Chief Creative Officer\\u003c\\\/b\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003e, said \\u201c\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003ci\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003eOur creative department couldn\\u2019t be in more capable, talented, funny and charming hands. It\\u2019s a pleasure to hand over the reins to Jonny who\\u2019s been here from boy to man, and to Chris who joined in 2013 and helped to supercharge both of their trajectories.\\u00a0\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/i\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003ci\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003e\\u201cI made them Creative Directors after the Cadbury pitch win. And the work they have done for Cadbury and other Mondelez brands more than qualifies them for the ECD role. \\u2018Mum\\u2019s birthday\\u2019, Cadbury Twirl Presale, \\u2018Donate your words\\u2019. All brilliant. Not to mention \\u2018Make Them Giants\\u2019 O2 Rugby World Cup campaign, Anti London Arms Fair campaign for Amnesty International and \\u2018Why not?\\u2019 for easyJet. They will continue to run the Cadbury account globally as well as lead the 60-strong creative department in London.\\u201d\\u00a0\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/i\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\",\"text-right\":\"\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cb\\u003eJonathan Parker and Chris Birch, Executive Creative Directors at VCCP London\\u003c\\\/b\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003e added: \\u201c\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003ci\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003eWe\\u2019re thrilled to be taking on this role. We love VCCP - the goodness, the madness, the people and the work. We\\u2019re looking forward to continuing to build on its unique culture and fostering a wonderful, inclusive environment for all to do the best work their mums can be proud of.\\u00a0\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/i\\u003e\\u003ci\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003e\\u00a0\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/i\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003ci\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003e\\u201cCaroline and Kim are going to be a huge part of this and we're thrilled they're here.\\u201d\\u00a0\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/i\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003eCaroline Rawlings has been at VCCP London since 2018, having worked on McDonald's, Kellogg and DfT in her previous lives at Leo Burnett, Dentsu and McGarry Bowen. She took a few years out to have a couple of daughters, before joining VCCP as an ACD. As Creative Director she works across various accounts including TfL and Bassetts Vitamins, most recently leading the new brand positioning for Green \\u0026amp; Black's and Dairylea.\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003eKimberley Gill completes the new senior creative line-up and will start at VCCP on 13th Jan as Creative Director. She comes directly from BBH London where as Creative Director and Partner she worked on clients Volkswagen, Barclays and Refuge. Gill was previously a Creative at VCCP and left in 2007. Gill is also an active mentor for The One Club and was named in Campaign and Creative Equals' 30 Female Creative Trailblazers.\\u00a0\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003eBailes' new remit as Group Chief Creative Officer will see him overseeing the creative output across all of VCCP\\u2019s eight offices in their global network, working closely with their Executive Creative Directors in London, Madrid, Prague, New York, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapore and Sydney. His role will see him elevating craft and creativity, driving further growth for the independent network as well as the identification of future talent. He will work closely with International CEO Julian Douglas, Adrian Coleman Founder and Group CEO and \\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003eStephanie Brimacombe\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003e Group CMO.\\u00a0\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\\n\\u003cp\\u003e\\u003cb\\u003eAdrian Coleman\\u003c\\\/b\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003e, \\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003cb\\u003eGroup CEO\\u003c\\\/b\\u003e \\u003cb\\u003eof VCCP\\u003c\\\/b\\u003e\\u003cspan style=\\u0022font-weight: 400\\u0022\\u003e said: \\u201cThese promotions and hires signal a new and exciting era for VCCP Group as we supercharge and unite our creative offering both globally and locally. We're incredibly proud to have experienced another year of exponential growth due to our unique offering and relentless focus on our clients businesses.\\u201d\\u003c\\\/span\\u003e\\u003c\\\/p\\u003e\",\"blockId\":\"183TsG\",\"blockUniqueClass\":\"lazyblock-two-column-text-quote-image-183TsG\"} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:lazyblock\/quote-full-width {\"quote\":\"We're incredibly proud to have experienced another year of exponential growth due to our unique offering and relentless focus on our clients businesses.\",\"quotee\":\"Adrian Coleman, Group CEO of VCCP\",\"blockId\":\"Z2iIzml\",\"blockUniqueClass\":\"lazyblock-quote-full-width-Z2iIzml\"} \/-->","post_title":"VCCP supercharges their creative department","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"vccp-announces-new-senior-creative-promotions","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-01-13 17:50:05","post_modified_gmt":"2022-01-13 17:50:05","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=14467","menu_order":0,"post_type":"news","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}}],"hide_related_items":[],"visible_on_home_page":["1"],"websites_to_publish":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vccp.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}