Daniel Fries
PRINCIPAL / CREATIVE DIRECTOR
As one of the preeminent storytellers, Daniel founded Leroy + Clarkson in 2001 to help frame a brand's story. Building upon his experience as a partner and creative director of Eyeballnyc, where he helped to pioneer the boutique motion design industry, Daniel continues to dimensionalize the brand experience with L+C. By first developing the narrative, the core storyline that only that brand can tell, he then directs a comprehensive branding effort that excites, engages and entertains.
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Elena Olivares
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Elena’s jump to Leroy and Clarkson was preceded by four years as GM at Dorr Design Associates, and five years as Managing Director at nailgun*. She began her career at Ultimo before joining Lee Hunt Associates, first as Senior Project Manager, later as Managing Director of their Off-Air Division. Elena has received several awards over the last 15 years, including PROMAX/BDA Gold Awards, the NY Festivals and the CLIO Awards.
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Benson Hausman
STRATEGIC MARKETING DIRECTOR
With over 20 years of experience in building brands that are truly integrated into pop culture, Benson is the most recent addition to Leroy + Clarkson's family. He will help to lead the strategic development of our clients, helping to script their stories, as he has for Grey Entertainment, Kirshenbaum Bond, D'Arcy, Carat and Lipman on brands like Calvin Klein, ABC, TBS, Coca-Cola, Swiffer, David Yurman, LA Prairie, Heineken and Benetton.
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Sergio Flores
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Serge comes to us with a ton of experience. He’s worked at top advertising agencies in three continents. From BBDO and Publicis to Shooting Gallery and Saatchi & Saatchi, where he acquired several shiny objects with his name on them. Serge brings passion, experience and a storyteller’s perspective to solving creative problems for brands.
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Tony Kadillak
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Tony comes to Leroy and Clarkson with over 14 years of business development experience. Formerly with Click 3X and Nth Degree, he has built strong relationships with a majority of cable and broadcast networks. Prior to his career in media, Tony worked in the software industry at Ariba, Inc. and Grand Central Networks.
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Julian Bevan
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Julian kicked off his career as a founding partner of eyeballnyc back in 1996 when the term “motion graphics” didn't even exist. As both freelancer and staffer, he has worked as a senior creative at companies like Shooting Gallery, Stardust, and VH1. As an art director, graphic designer, illustrator, writer, and director, he has launched over a thousand logos, commercials, TV shows, promos, award shows, endtags, rebrands, upfronts, and anything and everything in between. Julian has also built a side career as a DJ in New York, playing all over the city and the world for decades.
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Rosanne Raposo
PRODUCER
Rosanne has been L+C’s steadfast staff producer since 2008, taking on all scale and manner of projects, connecting with clients, and task-mastering everybody in the shop. A Brooklynite by way of New Jersey, Ro is formerly of JWT where she worked as a producer on jobs for Macy’s, JetBlue, and Nokia among others. When not staying late to see a project finish up, you can find Ro at pretty much every live music show in the tri-state area.
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Corey Weisz
EDITOR
Corey helps set the pace and feel for everything that goes out the door. As our editor he’s timing animatics, cutting spots, color-correcting commercials, and generally making good work better. Corey cut his teeth at Imaginary Forces, working on title sequences, promos and commercials, and has been involved in production in some manner ever since he discovered his natural aptitude for things with buttons and gears.
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Kate Hillis
CFO
Kate is a multi-award winning media professional who brings her diverse talents and problem-solving skills to L+C’s business operations. She is involved in every aspect of strategic business planning, administrative and executive operations, finances/accounting, outside sales and human resources. As an independent producer she has created many programs for Sundance Channel, NatGeo, Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, ABC, Spike TV, HBO Family and many international networks.
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