Sweetshop has promoted Llew Griffiths to executive producer for Australia following the departure of Loren Bradley.
Llew
joined Sweetshop in August 2018 to the newly created position of head
of production based out of its Sydney office, overseeing all productions
across Sweetshop's Sydney and Melbourne operations. His impact was felt
immediately. He has recently been integral to complex productions,
including Mercedes Benz and The Royals with director Noah Marshall and
McDonald's and DDB with director Reynald Gresset.
Says Edward Pontifex, managing director, Sweetshop Australia: "Llew has a
razor-sharp focus on securing the best scripts for our roster of
Directors, as well as providing agencies with the most compatible and
top-level talent. Our Director roster is the strongest it's ever been
and there are few people with Llew's level of experience and eye for
creativity that could take the EP role and make it their own. We're
looking forward to working with him to take Sweetshop to the next
level."
Llew has had an illustrious career over the last 17
years, split between both production company and agency sides. He began
his career in Saatchi & Saatchi TV production department in Sydney,
during which time the agency was awarded Agency of the Year three years
consecutively by Campaign Brief. After seven years he moved to the UK
where he continued to work as a freelance producer. Upon returning from
the UK, he returned to Saatchi's where he soon became executive
producer. In 2014, he moved production side, producing numerous
commercials for some of the county's top Directors on local and
international campaigns.
He has worked with brands including
ALDI, Toyota, Cadbury, Steinlager and Foxtel, and has been credited as
agency or production producer on winning campaigns at every major
advertising awards show, including Cannes Lions, D&AD and LIA.
Says
Wilf Sweetland, CEO and partner, Sweetshop: "We're super lucky to have
Llew - an incredible asset to any production. He couples his
distinguished Agency background and production experience with an
impeccable record of working brilliantly with some of the top creative
talent of our day. There's no one better for the job. Loren leaves us as
a great friend, we wish her all the best."
Says Griffiths: "I'm
honoured and extremely excited to be able to work with such a talented
group of Directors and the whole team at Sweetshop. They're a company
that truly puts creativity first. Along with Edward, I look forward to
bringing our offering to the market and using my experience to broaden
our connections and capabilities in Australia."
To reach Edward Pontifex email:
epontifex@thesweetshop.tv.