LOS ANGELES, USA // Jay Bender is a graduate of Ithaca College’s Roy H. Park School of Communications.
For the last decade his focus has been cutting theatrical trailers, and he is currently a Senior Editor at mOcean. Prior to that he worked at Intralink Film and The Cimarron Group.
He is forever grateful for having some of the most esteemed mentors in the industry.
Jay’s love of comics and passion for horror films provide… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // After getting her start at Kinetic Trailers (RIP) in NYC, Megan moved to Los Angeles to chase her dreams. She found a company with a paying job and a fully stocked bar, and immediately accepted the position at The Cimarron Group (also RIP). During her 5 years at Cimarron, Megan wrote copy for all departments and got her start producing on the Twilight series.
From there, Megan went to Aspect Ratio, where she is now a… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // As Vice President and Creative Director in the FILM division at Trailer Park, Kelly leads the creative efforts from start to finish on many campaigns. She’s been an integral part of the team responsible for the marketing success of a number of blockbuster titles for some of the top film studios. Her work has received several Golden Trailer and CLIO Key Art Awards.
Previously at Universal Pictures, Kelly arrived at… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Lauri Brown is an EVP/AV and Creative Director at Ignition Creative, where she has produced numerous trailers including Dunkirk, Arrival, Interstellar, Sully, Live By Night, Tarzan, and The Hobbit trilogy.
A UCLA graduate, Lauri originally became interested in theatrical advertising after interning with a feature editorial team. Instantly hooked on the world of film, Lauri eschewed a political career in her hometown… Read More
MENLO PARK, USA // Carolyn is a career marketer and story-teller, who has worked with global Fortune 100 brands, category disrupters, and organizations from around the world. As lead for the Global Creative Programs, she is responsible for serving, inspiring and provoking partners to create ideas that build valuable connections between people and business. In the near four years Carolyn has spent with Facebook, she has worked with dozens of… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Tomy first began his career at Seiniger Advertising as a teen in 1979, later receiving his B.S. degree in Marketing. He has been the President and Creative Director of Drissi Advertising, Hollywood’s premiere creator of Theatrical, Home Entertainment, Retail, and permanent advertising displays. Drissi Advertising has been honored with over 200 awards, advertising Hollywood’s biggest movie titles and brands that have… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO, USA // Laili Bosma is the Director of Marketing Operations at Capcom USA where she oversees the creative services and events teams. Her group designs, plans and executes more than 10 consumer and trade events per year. Working closely with the brand marketing and executive teams, she spearheads the strategic planning and design of Capcom’s North and South American event presences to maximize the impact for the company’s brands… Read More
PASADENA, USA // If it’s a picture … and it moves … I’m one of four partners at Ayzenberg who helm a team of more than forty craftspeople working together to create it. From assets made of game capture to CG to live action to everything in between – my expertise is marrying form and function to make advertising that sells by entertaining. Rising up as a writer to creative direction, I’m now equally at home as a visual tastemaker. And since… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // After graduating from Indiana University, Ron moved to Europe and earned a Masters Degree in Psychology from London Metropolitan University. He subsequently lived and traveled all over the world before eventually landing in NYC. While there, Ron worked as the Story Editor at Walden Media (Holes, Chronicles of Narnia) and later as a Producer at MTV.
In 2009, he settled in Los Angeles and focused on Marketing, working… Read More
HOLLYWOOD, USA // Michele Bell serves as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Creative Services for Paramount Home Media Distribution (PHE) and is responsible for all of the division’s advertising creative services including DVD package and menu design and print, broadcast, VOD and Internet advertising.
Bell, who has over 15 years home entertainment marketing experience, most recently served as vice president, Creative Services Home… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Jen has worked in entertainment marketing and consumer advertising for over 18 years, with a mix of creative, production and business savvy.
Having joined Eclipse Advertising with experience from The Cimarron Group, 20th Century Fox and Sony Pictures Entertainment, Jen has worked on highly regarded campaigns across theatrical, live entertainment and luxury branding.
Alongside her commercial work, Jen also… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Kenny was born and raised in East London. In 1987 he moved to New York City to pursue a career in graphic design. He quickly found his niche in the music industry and started out in the art department at Def Jam Records where he met his soon to be wife, DeAnna. He designed album packages for the likes of Public Enemy, LL Cool J, and Notorious B.I.G. After five successful years at Def Jam Records, hemade his move to MCA… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Arnaldo D’Alfonso is the EVP and Global Head of Theatrical Creative Advertising and Creative Director for 20th Century Fox, a role in which he oversees creative advertising and content efforts for the studio’s theatrical releases on a worldwide basis.
D’Alfonso began his career at Walt Disney Studios, where he worked on films such as FINDING NEMO, CARS and THE INCREDIBLES. He joined Fox in 2007 and has led creative… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Amanda is the EVP of Creative at Warner Bros. Pictures, overseeing advertising campaigns for both animation and live action movies at the studio.
Before joining Warner Bros., Amanda began her career at Intralink Film Graphic Design. With mentors like Anthony Goldschmidt, David Stern, Seth Gaven, and Tommy Gargotta, she quickly became passionate about the industry. In 2000, Amanda moved to The Ant Farm where she… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Michael Benson is best known for his innovation, creativity and entrepreneurial endeavors in the entertainment industry. He develops and implements strategic marketing campaigns that build brands, raise the creative bar, effectively engage audiences and drive business performance.
Mr. Benson is currently Head of Marketing for Amazon Prime Video/Amazon Studios, overseeing all marketing, promotional, branding and… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Christopher Donovan serves as SVP, Creative Marketing at E! where he oversees creative development and execution of the network’s advertising, emerging media, and content.
Since assuming this role, Donovan has been responsible for the overall creative strategic direction and campaign work for all of E!’s unscripted series, news and live events ranging from “Keeping Up With The Kardashians,” to E! News, New York… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Award-winning creative executive Anthony Armenise, Head of Television and Streaming at Buddha Jones, joined the company in 2014. In this position, Armenise oversees all of the company’s creative and strategic marketing partnerships with some of television’s most powerful brands, including HBO, USA, TBS, TNT, ABC, The CW, Amazon and Netflix.
Prior to his arrival at Buddha Jones, Armenise served as Senior Vice… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Chuck Carey serves as Managing Director of mOcean, one of the entertainment industry’s leading creative advertising and marketing firms.
Before joining mOcean, Chuck was co-founder and President of Troika Design Group and has been recognized by industry trades for his strategic innovation and creative excellence. His work has earned multiple industry awards including an Emmy.
Chuck is also involved in education… Read More