Mill Group Inc. Names Ruxin as COO and Thompson as MD

Mill Group Inc. Names Ruxin as COO and Thompson as MD

NEW YORK, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Marc Ruxin has joined as the Chief Operating Officer of The Mill Group North America and Alistair Thompson has been promoted to Managing Director of The Mill Group New York.

Thompson has been the Executive Producer with Mill NY since opening. Prior to arriving in New York, he worked as a producer for The Mill in London for five years on such noteworthy commercials as Sony Playstation 'Mental Wealth,' winner of Gold BTA craft awards. Thompson began his career in the post production industry in 1993, working for The Moving Picture Company in London. Since opening the NY office in 2002, Thompson has overseen the radical expansion, developing the Mill NY into one of the leading post facilities in North America.

As COO, Ruxin is responsible for the growth, management and development of new products and services for The Mill and BEAM.TV. Ruxin brings thirteen years of experience leading strategy, development and marketing efforts on both the client and agency side of the technology and entertainment business. Prior to joining The Mill Group, Ruxin was the EVP of Strategy and Accounts for Gyro Group USA, a global B2B technology-focused integrated marketing agency, and held executive positions at two software infrastructure companies. Before that he was a WPP Group Marketing Fellow and spent time at OgilvyOne and Enterprise IG. Soon after, he moved to San Francisco to oversee West Coast technology and marketing business for WPP. Ruxin began his career at EMI Records where he worked in A&R managing artist development and marketing.

The Mill www.the-mill.com a world-leading visual effects company headquartered in London and NYC, was voted the UK's top facility by Creative Review and won Europe's only VFX Oscar to date. A pioneer in UK/US connectivity between the two offices, The Mill uses a 45mb connection for cross-continental communication between artists and clients. Recent credits include spots for Sony, Levi's, and Michel Gondry's latest video for The White Stripes.

BEAM.TV www.beam.tv is the global leader in video-based Digital Asset Management for the media industry. With over 25,000 users per month leveraging the distribution platform to send/receive/archive video assets, BEAM.TV has become the advertising industry standard for archiving and delivering global TV campaigns digitally. BEAM.TV works with every large agency network and most fortune 100 global brands.

US Contact +1-212-337-3210

UK Contact +44-207-208-8190

Source: Mill Group Inc.

CONTACT: US, +1-212-337-3210, or UK, +44-207-208-8190

Web site: http://www.the-mill.com/
http://www.beam.tv/

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