Pair of MediaMonks Vets to Head New York Office

Creative digital production company MediaMonks has announced the expansion of its New York management team with the addition of two of the company’s most experienced employees: Jouke Vuurmans and Nathalie Visser. Vuurmans, who was named executive creative director in 2011, will lead the office creatively, while Visser will handle day-to-day business aspects as the US business lead. The pair will join Executive Producer Brook Downton, who has been managing the office since 2012.

Vuurmans and Visser come to New York with a combined sixteen years of experience at MediaMonks Amsterdam. Along with Downton, “they have proven instrumental to the success of [the] company’s US operation.” The new management team have already worked together on campaigns for agencies such as 72andSunny, DDB & Tribal, Deutsch, Droga5, Ogilvy and W+K.

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Hiscox Reactor Spins Out Generic LinkedIn Animations

The Hiscox Reactor? Gee, that sounds fancy. Sounds like something a character from The Big Bang Theory would reference. It turns out that it’s not all that fancy, save for some elegant animation reminiscent of a Rube Goldberg machine courtesy of Tribal Worldwide NY. The gist: users log in to their Linkedin accounts and can follow a whirling red ball that moves through customized graphics revealing education and work history.

The experience is personalized in the way that asking a Magic 8 Ball a question is personalized. A finite number of combinations and animations have little use after the first watch. However, if you feel like watching the red ball spin – and it is a Friday, so why not? – the chain reaction may make you think about your winding career path that has taken many turns and dips. It didn’t for me, but it might for you. And it might make you want to purchase small business insurance from Hiscox, which is actually important. Or it just might make you wonder why a company would spend money on a custom animation gimmick that lacks value. Credits after the jump.

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