Zulu Hires Leslie Uy to Lead Its Content and Digital Innovation Studio

Today, Zulu Alpha Kilo announced the hiring former Jam3/Media.Monks VP and executive producer, Leslie Uy, as managing director of Zulubot, its content and digital innovation studio.

The role will see Uy oversee a team with a range of complementary production skillsets, from studio artists, web developers and editors to motion graphics artists, online editors and producers.

Uy spent the previous five years with Jam3/Media.Monks, where she led clients such as Facebook/Meta, Google, Netflix, and eBay, amongst others. With more than a decade of global production experience in tech and entertainment, brand, design, and advertising, Uy's range of experience covers large website builds, AR/VR, experiential activations, events, content production, animation projects, innovation sprints and broadcast. 

"We operate at the intersection of advertising, tech, design and entertainment, and Leslie is a perfect fit”, says President & CEO, Mike Sutton. “She shares our vision for the industry’s future and she’s someone who will make our stellar Zulubot team even better. "

Zulubot was launched in 2014 as Zulu Alpha Kilo’s content production arm. Since then, it has grown to a team of more than 30 “Zulubots” that support clients and produces a wide range of work from nimble content production for social platforms, documentary films, full broadcast productions, as well as augmented reality experiences. In 2021, due to the increased demand for AR content, Zulubot became Snap’s first official Canadian partner to produce AR lenses.

“I’ve been following Zulu and Zulubot for years”, says Uy. “The craft, creativity, innovation, and range of the work is world-class. I’m incredibly excited to join such a talented team and be part of charting the future.”

Uy takes over from Tom Evans, who moved to head up The Kitchen, the in-house agency for Kraft Heinz. Uy will work alongside Ece Inan - Director of Interactive Production, Adam Palmer - Executive Producer, Sarah Dayus - Post Production Director, and James Graham - Studio Director.