Periscope Hires Internationally Recognized Executive Creative Directors Jason Bottenus And Heath Pochucha
Influx of talent helps fulfill agency vision to revolutionize how agencies provide world-class integrated creative services
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Periscope, one of the nation's top five independent creative agencies, just announced that it has welcomed Heath Pochucha and Jason Bottenus as executive creative directors. These world-class creatives join the Minneapolis-based agency as a part of Chief Creative Officer Peter Nicholson's vision to continue delivering on Periscope's mission to Do Things People Love in an integrated fashion at the highest level of creativity to help brands succeed.
"Bringing in two people of this caliber who will add to Periscope's long-standing, fully integrated expertise to create even stronger, more provocative work, continues to prove that a fully integrated indie agency is a great way to provide the strongest brand ideas for clients," said Periscope's Chief Creative Officer Peter Nicholson. "Our ability to challenge agency status quo and bring an elevated level of thinking is something that creative talent is seeing and wanting to be a part of, and with that, we will continue to grow and compete with highly creative agencies."
Prior to joining Periscope, Heath Pochucha was running the Volkswagen America account as a Group Creative Director at Deutsch LA. Previously, he worked at Butler Shine Stern & Partners, Fallon and Carmichael Lynch, where his impressive body of work has been recognized by The One Show, Cannes, Effies and more. The quality and depth of Pochucha's experience and integrated leadership is broad and varied across categories, and includes such world-class brands as VW, Harley-Davidson, MINI and Jack Link's Jerky.
"Periscope is an agency on the rise, with well-rounded clients, work across multiple platforms, tons of tools in the toolbox and a desire to add new ones each day," said Pochucha. "I'm excited by agency leadership's commitment to take this place and make it not only the best in Minneapolis, but the best in the Midwest and the best in the country."
From earning Cannes Lions to One Show Pencils, Jason Bottenus is a highly awarded creative who comes to Periscope from Fallon where he was a creative director. Before that, he held creative roles at Mother London and BBH NY. With a unique perspective on how to create thought-provoking work for mass brands, Bottenus has impacted businesses such as Beck's Beer, Axe Body Spray, Woodford Reserve, Cheerios, Larabar, and Loctite, for whom Jason co-captained a Super Bowl campaign.
"I came to Periscope because of their shared desire to create culture-defining work," said Bottenus. "I'm looking forward to refining, growing and adding to the culturally relevant work that Periscope is able to produce."
"The talent we've been able to recruit from across the country is an incredible demonstration of the continued progress of our agency's strategy and mission to create things that people love," said Periscope CEO Liz Ross. "As we have done this successfully and expanded into more businesses, with the fullest new business pipeline in Periscope history, we've been evolving our creative team and agency to drive more innovation, with our ultimate goal to revolutionize how agencies can best serve clients."
This announcement comes on the heels of Periscope's 2018 brand refresh and the addition of PEMCO, Intuit QuickBooks and more to the agency's roster of acclaimed brands.
About Periscope
Periscope is one of the largest independent creative agencies in the nation and offers a full spectrum of marketing services to a wide range of acclaimed brands, including Arctic Cat, Autotrader, BASF, Bridgestone, Cox Communications, Great Clips, Intuit, Kelley Blue Book, Petco, Target, Toro, Trolli, UnitedHealth Group, Walgreens and more. Learn more at www.periscope.com.
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