Jeff Almeida Promoted to VP Account Services

interactive — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:00:28 +0000

Jeff would be the first one to tell you that he’s been lucky enough to work with some of the most talented people in the industry, on both the agency and client sides. Many of whom he’s worked with for years and is happy to also call friends.

He joined Bemis Balkind in 2008 to help run the newly re-established Home Entertainment department and oversee Account Services for clients including Universal, Fox, Paramount, Anchor Bay and DreamWorks. Some recent package design and print campaigns include the 50th Anniversary release of all 22 James Bond films, Madagascar 3, Black Swan, Kung Fu Panda 2, Barbarella and 2011 Silver Key Art Award winner A Man Called Horse.

Before joining Bemis Balkind, Jeff was a Senior Producer in the Motion Graphics department of Drissi Multimedia, overseeing the design of hundreds of DVD and HD DVD (remember those?) menu’s including Ray, The Bourne Ultimatum, Scarface, Munich, American Gangster, The Notebook, Meet the Fockers, Seed of Chucky, Friday After Next, Hairspray and Brokeback Mountain to name just a few. He was the winner of a Silver BDA North America Award for the DVD Menu Design of Dawn of the Dead for Universal.

Jeff began his career as a copywriter, working on DVD titles for New Line Cinema such as The Cell and Sugar and Spice. To this day his first published tagline remains one of his favorites. Written for the DVD release of Adam Sandler’s Little Nicky, “Being Evil Ain’t Easy” – it remains on the package to this day, some 12 years later. He continues to contribute copy for all of his projects…whenever time permits.

Bemis Balkind Expands Its Executive Team

interactive — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:53:59 +0000

Teall Barnes, VP Marketing & Partnerships – Bio

Teall has over 10 years experience across TV, theatrical and home media industries in Australia and the United States. She recently joined the Bemis Balkind team to assist in the agency’s continued expansion in services across multi-platform marketing channels.

Prior to joining Bemis Balkind, Teall was Head of Business Development at Beverly Hills based entertainment agency KO Creative; Marketing Director at commercial film and TV production company Luscious International; Account Director at numerous digital agencies and Marketing Manager for cable networks Syfy Channel and TV1.

At Luscious International it was Teall’s role to nurture and promote up and coming director/producer teams under the guidance of seasoned world class directors. In that capacity, it was Teall’s responsibility to leverage and gel the creative knowledge and experience of senior creative talents with those of young bloods with new media creative story-telling techniques. Teall’s experience spans from representing and promoting award winning directors and producer teams across global commercial TV campaigns to launching branded entertainment and digital content divisions. Teall brings with her a deep understanding of all marketing platforms from moving image and print to digital and mobile.

During Teall’s career, she secured creative marketing projects with leading global organizations such as Microsoft, McDonalds, Commonwealth Bank, Amnesty International, Paramount Pictures, Tribeca Film, Magnolia Pictures, Turner Broadcasting, Village Roadshow, MasterCard and Vodafone.

In 2012 the Apex Society recognized Teall amongst their Power 30 under 30 list for the most powerful people in Arts, Entertainment and Media.Teall has a Masters in Media Practice from the University of Sydney and a combined BA in Media Arts and Production Communications and International Studies from The University of Technology, Sydney.

On weekends you can find Teall hiking the Californian canyon’s or heading out to Malibu for some sunshine and surf.