– CANADA, Vancouver – VidWrx Inc. (TSX-V:VID) the pioneer of scalable cloud-based video production solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Hancock to its Board of Directors, effective December 1, 2015.
Steve Hancock is a veteran advertising and marketing executive, entrepreneur and advisor with unique experience in the online video production space and a strong track record building successful online and digital media based businesses. Mr. Hancock was a pioneer of SaaS based video production management as the founder and CEO of Adbeast after spending over 17 years as an advertising and marketing executive in Canada, the US and the UK with TBWA/Chiat Day.
Adbeast was an early pioneer of online video production management and collaboration and provided a range of critical ad industry workflows including creative development, project management, video production, and digital media archiving. The company successfully grew into a widely respected SaaS digital asset management company used globally by over 250 major advertisers, agencies and production companies including Anheuser Busch, Sears, Ogilvy and DDB. In 2010 Adbeast was acquired by DGFastChannel, the North American leader in broadcast advertising distribution services.
Mr. Hancock began his career in advertising working in London after first competing for Great Britain as a member of the British Olympic kayak team. Moving to North America he then spent over 17 years with TBWA/Chiat Day, one of the most creative and progressive global advertising agencies, in increasingly senior strategy and management roles in San Francisco, New York and Toronto including 6 years as CEO of TBWA/Chiat Day Canada where he worked with major advertisers including Nissan, American Express, Microsoft and TDBank.
After leaving Adbeast in 2012 Mr. Hancock began advising and coaching high growth potential technology based companies focused on marketing, advertising, market research and ecommerce.
“I am very pleased to welcome Mr. Hancock to the Board of VidWrx,” stated George Fleming, the Company’s CEO. “Steve brings a reputation as an innovator and leader within the video, digital agency and marketing sectors. His experience and success within the agency business and with Adbeast in particular is extremely exciting. He will help provide us with strategic guidance as we expand our focus on agencies, marketers and brands growing video needs. I look forward to working with him as we continue to grow.”
About VidWrx
Founded in 2006 as SoMedia Networks, VidWrx is an industry pioneer, providing scalable video production services to marketers and digital agencies in any volume, anywhere in North America. Combined with its online platform and proven processes, the Company’s expert production teams ensure exceptional customer service and affordable, high quality videos.
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