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Aaron Kovan
Chief Production Officer
McCann Worldgroup

NEW YORK, USA // Aaron Kovan is currently the EVP Chief Production Officer of McCann New York, where he oversees integrated production efforts for the agency. As an award-winning producer, Aaron has over 15 years of agency production experience.

He began his career at GSD&M in Austin, TX where he honed his producing craft working on brands such as BMW, Southwest Airlines and The United States Air Force. Following GSD&M, he moved to Crispin Porter + Bogusky and produced some of the most award-winning and talked about work in the world for Burger King, Hotels.com, Best Buy and Microsoft. In 2014, he was appointed to EVP, Head of Production at m:united McCann NY, where he built and oversaw an integrated department of 20 producers and creators. In addition, he started McCann Worldgroup’s in-house live-action production company Craft Studios, which served as a nimble and fast-acting production solution for making content for broadcast and social platforms. Kovan returns to McCann from his role as Chief Production Officer at VaynerMedia, where he oversaw all integrated production efforts and served as the head of production and creative director for Vayner’s in house production studio, VaynerProductions. As Chief Production Officer, McCann New York, Kovan oversees holistic content creation, using cultural insights to drive meaningful executions.