m ss ng p eces Announces Two Senior Hires

m ss ng p eces today announced two new senior hires: Edward Grann as executive producer and Natalie Loos as head of marketing.  Loos is based in New York, and Grann is based in Los Angeles.

“Edward turns the most difficult production challenges into creative opportunities, whose insight has helped shaped some of the most inspired commercial projects.  He’s an astute manager of talent with an acute understanding of our industry.  We are truly fortunate to have him join our team,” said Brian Latt, partner and executive producer, m ss ng p eces.  

“Natalie’s bringing strategic thinking and experience to help create a conversation around our work, our team, and to champion our talent,” said Kate Oppenheim, partner and executive producer, m ss ng p eces. “She’s worked with some of the best directors, producers and commercial sales reps in the industry and we are excited to see how she’ll elevate the company’s profile.”

Grann has over twenty years of experience as an executive producer of commercial projects, across digital, experiential, VR and branded content.  He has played an instrumental role at some of the world’s leading production companies, working alongside the industry’s top directors and agencies, while cultivating emerging talent. In 2000, Edward moved to Paris where he launched production company Chased By Cowboys, and its sister company Warm and Fuzzy in the European marketing place. Building a curated roster of directors, and learning French, his company went on to become one of the most award winning production companies in the French market. In 2010, Warm and Fuzzy, along with the roster of directors, joined Stink, one of the top ranked production and digital companies in the world. Grann worked on numerous award winning digital and broadcast campaigns before moving back to the States in 2014 to help open Persuade Content.  Persuade was awarded 11 Cannes Lions in 2015, and produced the “Love Has No Labels” campaign for Ad Council, which has been viewed over 120 million times on YouTube and Facebook.  

Prior to m ss ng p eces, Loos served as marketing director of creative services at Deluxe, overseeing marketing and communication strategies for the company’s Creative Services division. Prior to Deluxe, she worked with talent manager Barrie Isaacson, representing the creative rosters of clients including A White Label Product/Sibling Rivalry, Skunk, The Whitehouse Edit, Human, Motion Theory and The Mill.  She also served as head of sales and marketing for Fake Love, which received six Canne Lions awards, including the Grand Prix for Mobile, in 2012 for Project Re:Brief Coke with Google.