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GRIT Communications Grows With A New Director

Andrew Boal
Published on: 29th October 2015 at 5:15 PM
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GRIT Communications, based in Melbourne with studios above the famous Prahran Market, is now greater with Andrew Boal recently joining as a director.

After leaving DDB Melbourne to join Digitas New York as digital creative director, then creative director of The Farm in Sydney, Boal has returned home to lead the GRIT digital team.

The growth of the digital offering at GRIT includes the rapidly expanding video and branded content area, with Boal’s New York trained directing and cinematography skills bringing a strong complement to the strength of the design and print area led by Taso Katsionis.

GRIT’s DNA is in the digital space offering high-level strategy, UX, UI, social, and video content. He previously worked with Taso Katsionis and Mark Gandolfo, the founders of GRIT, at Visual Purple/neoPurple, which were leading, award winning digital agencies in the noughties.

‘It’s great that we’re all working together again, and Andrew is able to add even more ‘grit and determination’ to the growing team.’ said Gandolfo.

Katsionis added: ‘GRIT has recently won some exciting new projects for clients in the video and branded content areas, so Andrew’s arrival is an added bonus’.

Boal said it was great to be back in Melbourne and able to help drive new business and growth for a very talented but slightly under the radar comms company which has grown the number of new clients in this financial year already.

Whilst enjoying all the benefits of being based above the Prahran Market in Melbourne, the company works with clients across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Hong Kong.

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By Andrew Boal
I’m a Creative Director that has worked in the digital advertising space for almost 15 years. I have been involved in almost every facet of the industry imaginable. I have overseen the building of entire platforms that connect American Express merchants seamlessly to Foursquare and Facebook, I have created fully integrated campaigns that included TV commercials featuring a sock puppet for Telstra. I have directed short films, I have shot fashion videos. I have coded websites, phone apps. I have copy-written TV ads, short films and feature films. I even ghost wrote Taylor Swift’s tweets once. As a Creative Director, I have led creative teams to win accounts such as Olay, The entire Energizer-Schick portfolio, U by Kotex and many more. I have managed creative teams of up to 10 team members, I have nurtured my team members from junior designers through to ACDs. I have built relationships with clients that include global marketing directors for some of the biggest international brands that have grown to become close working partnerships. And I have mentored new talent just coming into the industry through organisations such as Portfolio Night, AWARD school and the Art Directors Club. But, through all of this my core passion has been to create amazing experiences for people that connect them with brands. Sometimes this has meant creating things that make people's lives easier like a series of videos from Gillette teaching teenage boys to shave. Sometimes this has been creating uplifting experiences, such as a campaign for Tide to raise money for the victims of hurricane Katrina. And sometimes, it’s just making something beautiful and fun, like a video for a fashion magazine, or a car horoscope for AAMI. And this is predominately what I can bring to any brand. A deep passion for advertising that hasn't wavered or waned in over 15 years.

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