Standard Time Triples Size of Creative Team with New Hires

Standard Time, a full-service strategic creative agency based here, has promoted copywriter Spencer Somers to Associate Creative Director on the heels of several new campaigns that he has led for the agency’s clients including E.S. Kluft & Company’s flagship mattress brands Aireloom and Kluft. Somers joined Standard Time in 2012 and has worked with all of the agency’s key clients including Starbucks, CVS/pharmacy, TooFaced Cosmetics, olloclip and Aireloom. Somers is a graduate of the NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where he created one of the first mash-up movie trailers. His work was exhibited in 2013 at The Museum of The Moving Image in NYC.

Standard Time also continues to expand its ranks following a burst of new business wins. The agency has hired Josh Kopeika as Associate Creative Director, previously he was Creative Director at Eyeball in New York City; and Jake Levin Digital Creative Lead, previously Creative Lead at tech brand ByteLight in Boston and Art Director at Ogilvy & Mather, New York. Also joining the agency as Senior Graphic Designer is Alex Stevens, who comes to Standard Time from the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, where he was Creative and Production Manager.

“We’re building a solid creative team as we continue to grow and launch campaigns for existing clients,” said Michael Sharp, President of Standard Time. “Spencer has been a key contributor—helping win new business, creating holistic campaign strategy, managing freelancers and partnering directly with a diverse set of clients. Josh and Jake bring added firepower from the East Coast; Jake with his experience working at tech startups and top brands such as IKEA at Ogilvy and Josh coming from a leadership position at a New York creative strategic design shop with clients like Target, Amazon and VH1. Finally, Alex has rubbed shoulders with some of the greatest artwork in the world during his tenure at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, and his artistry is already rubbing off on us. With this experienced crew in place Standard Time has the capacity to handle bigger brands and multi-faceted campaigns. Time is indeed on our side.”