Gillian Samuels has joined Digital Pictures as marketing director and executive producer. In the new role, Samuels will oversee the development of the firm's brand, capitalize on new and existing markets and help expand their design and high-end visual effects capabilities in both television and film. Previously, as director of marketing and client services at Garner MacLennan Design, Samuels was responsible for the marketing and developing of the Broadcast Design division. Samuels' award-winning work includes the branding of the inaugural Promax+BDA (Broadcast Design Association) Australia conference (World Class Gold BDA Award), the Nickelodeon on-air package and Web IDs (Silver BDA, Singapore), Animal Plant News Opener (Gold BDA, Singapore) and the 2000 NRL on-air package (silver BDA for best computer animation).