From the release:

Los Angeles, CA, December 1, 2017 – Award-winning entertainment branding and marketing veteran Curt Doty has launched Vertuoso as the industry’s first creative and production agency specifically focused on “Vertical Storytelling” (think Snapchat).

Vertuoso will work with studios, networks, brands, agencies, and media companies to collaborate on creating and optimizing their video campaigns – promotional campaigns for movies and TV shows, and advertising campaigns for brands and services – by taking advantage of the latest consumer behaviors in their consumption of social video. The new company is based in LA, New York and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Doty, who has long specialized in integrated marketing, multi-channel storytelling, branding, identity, and user experience, will serve as CEO of Vertuoso.

Prior to launching Vertuoso in 2017 and his consultancy CurtDoty.co in 2014, Doty held creative executive positions within Weber Shandwick (Senior VP), Universal Pictures (VP, Creative Services), Trailer Park (President, Advanced Content), and Pittard Sullivan (Executive VP/Executive Creative Director), working on projects for major entertainment, media, and brand clientele. Earlier, he had also been a Creative Director with 3 Ring Circus.

Doty also announced today that Greg Babiuk has been named Executive Producer for Vertuoso. Babiuk is an award-winning creative development and media production executive with over 20 years of experience across all media.

Regarding the launch of his new enterprise, Doty said, “My passion lies at the intersection of design, content, and technology. I have been fortunate enough to have worked on entertainment branding and marketing campaigns for many of the biggest companies in the world for the past few decades. With Social Video driving the adoption of square and vertical formats, we believe that Mobile Advertising should provide the same, and, at times, an even more interactive, viral experience. Vertuoso will provide our clients with multi-platform storytelling across multiple channels, with an ‘Always On’ approach to achieve ‘Flightless’ campaigns.”

Adds Babiuk, “Looking ahead, we believe that a major element of future marketing campaigns will involve Vertical Storytelling. We hold our phones vertically 94% of the time. Vertical viewing has increased 600% over the last 5 years, while vertical videos have nine times higher completion rates. Users want vertical content now, more than ever. We will focus our creativity and technological expertise on this new marketing tool, which we believe will quickly become invaluable for our clients.”

Concurrent with its launch Vertuoso has also assembled an impressive Advisory Board. The Board is comprised of: Spencer Gerrol, CEO of SPARK Neuro, a company which he founded on the principle of employing neuroscience in advertising and entertainment; David Shor, the CEO of Prove, and a veteran technologist, marketer, and analytics expert; and Hassan Wharton-Ali, CEO of AboveLine Media, who has over 18 years of experience in the media and entertainment industries working at major companies including Technicolor, Hulu, and Miramax.

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