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When we first met the Western Union Digital team last year, they needed a video spot to kickoff their American Dream Sweepstakes campaign. (Oh, and the campaign was launching in one week.)   Deterred? Not even close. We told Western Union we’d take their budgets and spend it all travelling the US for 6 days,…

Two members of the Quirk team, Gaelan and Meryl, have recently submitted to be speakers at the 2016 SxSW Film and Interactive Festival- with sessions you do not want to miss! Part of the decision process is based on online voting via the public.   Gaelan’s session dives into the world of independent film making…

In March we posted a few behind the scenes shots from a secret project that we were working on. We’re excited to officially announce that our client Mumsy, the only app that connects mothers and daughters, has launched in beta to great fanfare! The challenge for Quirk was to craft a video narrative that captured…

“In a social media world that at times appears dominated by celebrity selfies and cuddly animal antics, Western Union is taking a gamble with a social media campaign that delves deeper than tabloid hash tags,” wrote Andre Bourque in a recent Huffington Post article covering our Western Union American Dream campaign. We’re proud to have taken this…

Congratulations to our clients over at Western Union Digital for another major win for the American Dream Campaign, beating out brands like Experian, Lowe’s, and SAM’s CLUB in select categories.   Winner: CMA Best Motivational Video or Video Series Winner: CMA Best Short Form Video or Video Series as Part of a Content Marketing Program…

We are proud to have our work recognized alongside such outstanding brands and agencies.   Read AAF’s original press release here, republished below:   WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar. 21, 2016—Companies and individuals who have created cutting edge content that offers a voice to multicultural communities and corporate initiatives that promote inclusion in the workplace will be…

Congratulations to Quirk Creative Director of Film Gaelan Connell for his feature in Gear Patrol. Gaelan is praised as “the next Quentin Tarantino” for his role in disrupting Hollywood. Full article below.   CAN A QUARTER-MILLION-DOLLAR ACTION MOVIE DISRUPT HOLLYWOOD?   FEATURES By J. TRAVIS SMITH   The Mexican rooftop was a series of white…

Congrats on being chosen as one of the top 32 advertising and marketing professionals under 32. We selected people who really go above and beyond in their work. How do you think you approach your job differently than other people? I’ve worked on both the agency—some of the biggest in the world—and client side, so…

Do you believe in the American Dream? We went on a journey to find out. In 6 days we travelled to NYC, DC, Hamilton (TX), Hawaii, Anchorage, Phoenix, Virginia, San Francisco, and New Orleans to ask real Americans if they still believed in the American Dream. The answers we received were as diverse as the…

We’re proud to have been a part of the Mumsy beta launch campaign and are pleased to see that our collaboration with Mumsy has made headlines. A big thank you to the San Francisco Egotist for covering our spot.   http://www.thesfegotist.com/news/local/2015/may/10/thanks-mom-everything