From the discharge:
Heckler Singapore has promoted Charu Menon to managing director and Cody Amos to companion, because the design and VFX studio embarks on the subsequent section of development.
After three years working Heckler Sydney’s manufacturing division, Menon set her sights on increasing Heckler’s footprint in Asia and moved to Singapore in 2019. She turned a companion within the enterprise in 2021. A globally awarded VFX producer and documentary creator with over 15 years of manufacturing expertise, her work has been acknowledged at Cannes Lions, D&AD, AWARD, Spikes Asia, DocEdge, St.Kilda, and Adstars, amongst others.
Within the final two years, Menon has served on Movie Craft and Visible Results Juries for D&AD, Ciclope Asia, Ciclope International, AdStars, and Immortal Awards. She was additionally named considered one of Marketing campaign Asia’s Girls to Watch in 2021. She is at the moment on the Movie Craft jury for Cannes Lions 2023.
As managing director, she is going to lead Heckler Singapore’s rising group of twenty-five. Whereas the main focus continues to be high-end TVCs, Menon plans to drive enlargement into new areas of inventive tech together with digital manufacturing, digital, immersive, and interactive experiences, throughout each quick and lengthy codecs.
She mentioned: “It’s an awfully thrilling time from a know-how standpoint to be main a design and VFX home. The probabilities are limitless. From 3D anamorphic billboards to AR interactive experiences to taking pictures our first digital manufacturing on a quantity, Singapore has been a blast thus far. Witnessing our model’s profile and the group develop within the final 4 years has been immensely gratifying. I’m a proud mum! We are going to proceed to be purveyors of excessive craft within the area as we embark on this subsequent chapter. Heckler 2.0.”
Cody Amos joined Heckler Singapore as a inventive director in 2020 and has now been promoted to companion. He beforehand labored world wide as a VFX artist, from Weta to Industrial Gentle and Magic (ILM) in Singapore, on a string of Hollywood blockbusters together with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker; Spider-Man: Removed from Dwelling; Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle; Black Panther and Kong. As CD of Heckler, Amos has directed and supervised campaigns for international manufacturers together with Nike, Riot Video games, Samsung, One Plus, Lazada, and Jewel. He’s a speaker on the Spikes Asia Academy and is at the moment a jury member for D&AD 2023 for the Visible Results class.
Amos added: I’ve been attempting to assist run Heckler for some time now. At first, most likely uninvited. However now the administrators appear to suppose it’s a good suggestion to really give me some actual accountability. So I’ll attempt to not mess it up. I can nonetheless blame Charu after all, as she’s the true boss. However in all seriousness, I genuinely am actually satisfied and enthusiastic about this subsequent step. We now have such a gifted group, and I intend to assist all of them develop into the most effective artists on the town. And I want to make Heckler the most effective VFX and publish home within the area. Can’t be too onerous proper?”
Heckler Singapore works with main companies and manufacturing firms to ship high-end visible results and postproduction for international manufacturers.
Richard Mayo-Smith, who’s departing as managing director on the finish of Could, mentioned: “It has been a tremendous 4 years at Heckler, from beginning the Singapore operation from nothing to seeing it develop and thrive in what’s a really aggressive atmosphere. I’m happy with what we’ve achieved, however the time has come for me to spend extra time with the canine and the spouse and discover new challenges. I go away it in Charu’s very secure palms and want each her and the group the utmost future success.”
