There’s a New York all-news radio station that tells its listeners, “You give us 22 minutes, we’ll give you the world.” Well, here at Simian we like to say, “You…

This week, Simian is going global with our series of Heads of Production roundtables. On Wednesday we’ll be conducting a co-sponsored HoP roundtable panel with agency production heads from major…

We’ve never been big fans of putting our name on cocktail napkins or trade show lanyards. When approached to sponsor industry events or organizations and offered things like this in…

As production houses start to plan how they can resume shooting, and post companies look for ways they can pick up where they left off before the pandemic shutdowns, there’s…

It’s quite possible that by the time you read this post (which is being written right around Easter weekend), that you’ve been in enough Zoom meetings to last for a…

Our most recent Simian Advertising Heads of Production roundtable experienced a number of firsts. This was the first to be conducted virtually, via Zoom Meetings; all our previous sessions, held…

What’s it like to be at the tip of the pyramid, looking down at all the puzzle pieces that fit together to support the structure?  That’s a question that an…

In today’s undulating production landscape, it seems everyone’s lines have blurred. That’s a pretty widespread notion these days, and from hosting six agency heads of production roundtables over the past…

The Simian Heads of Production Roundtable series returned to New York in late September for a meeting that was held at McCann, graciously hosted by Nathy Aviram. Taking part were…