Ogilvy/NY looked to Charged Studios and director Adam Pierce to usher in a new age of package delivery for UPS.

VFX Artist Glenn Cone has joined Rushes.

Süperfad helps Nike deliver the many soles of Kobe Bryant with Nike “Kobe VII.”

Fin Design + Effects and Fusion CI Studios joined forces to create CG elements for the Share-A-Coke ad campaign.

Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific has appointed 19-year industry veteran Glen Bartlett as its creative director.

Click 3X is sponsoring the Social Media Society Influencer Awards and live-streaming two panel discussions at Social Media Week in New York City February 13-17, 2012.

UCA graduate Grant Orchard won the Best Short Animation BAFTA for A Morning Stroll, which he made in his spare time at Studio AKA.

Image Engine announced that it has created over 370 photoreal visual effects shots for Universal Pictures’ Safe House.

Award-winning director Nigel Simpkiss, from UK production company Independent, has created five beautiful spots with sister company BRW USA for the new campaign for Jeep USA.

Dentsu Entertainment USA, Inc. and Namco Bandai announced a multi-territory partnership for the master toy license covering distribution of toys throughout the Americas.

3D Artist Josh Mossoitti , of LOOK Effects, will be participating in the Los Angeles SIGGRAPH CG Lighting Panel and Technology Session on Thursday, February 16th at Gnomon School of Visual Effects.

Integrated design, content and marketing company Radley created a branding system for Veria Living, a global cable network devoted to showcasing wellness and related content , consisting of an on-air package, network ID, promo package and brand photography.

At the BAFTA Awards held Sunday at the Royal Opera House in London, Rango won best animated film, beating The Adventures Of Tintin and Arthur Christmas. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 got the top prize for visual effects, and Hugo won two awards for sound and design.

Fuel VFX has bolstered its Commercials team with the addition of senior producers Kate Stenhouse and Samantha Daley who join Erica Ford, Lauren Rosen and Head of Production Dave Kelly.

The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) is pleased to announce its worldwide call for entries for its 2012 festival, taking place September 19 to 23 in Canada’s National Capital Region.

Spin VFX provided 66 stereo cityscape shots and 54 stereo character enhancement shots for the next installment of the “Underworld” franchise, “Underworld: Awakening.”

With the arrival of director Ian Hubert and concept artist David Revoy next week, the Blender Institute in Amsterdam will be hosting another Open Movie.

Absolute provided visual effects, including CG, for CTIA “Your Mind is a Wireless Place.”

Announcement of the winners at the 2012 Kidscreen Awards at the Kidscreen Summit in New York.

Kodak announced that it plans to phase out its dedicated capture devices business – comprising digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames – in the first half of 2012.