Santa Monica, CA, March 22, 2007 -- Campos Creative Works (CCW,) one of the world’s top producers of business to business and experiential marketing events, has named Don Kobayashi as Senior Vice President and Executive Producer. The announcement was made today by Julio Campos, the company’s Founding Partner & Creative Director.
In his new role, Kobayashi will utilize his more than 25-years of entertainment and corporate production experience in developing potential new business for CCW, growing existing accounts, and overseeing production on a broad array of corporate, trade and consumer marketing events on a global basis.
Regarding his joining CCW, Mr. Campos said, “Don has a truly unique blend of talents which will mesh perfectly with the needs of our clients. He has many skill sets and can produce highly creative and engaging meetings, films, digital presentations, trade show events, special venue attractions, and large and small scale marketing events to suit any project. His joining us will help take CCW to the next level.”
Added Mr. Kobayashi, “CCW and Julio Campos have long been known for their outstanding creative and renowned leadership in the experiential marketing field. I’m very excited to bring my experience to a company that provides their clients with great execution, highly creative thinking and delivering proven results. CCW is not just a ‘one solution shop’—they are known as real innovators and for always exceeding client expectations.”
ABOUT DON KOBAYASHI:
Prior to joining CCW, Don Kobayashi was Vice President and Senior Executive Producer with Jack Morton Worldwide since l999. While based in that company’s LA office, Don produced many high profile events. These included producing The Home Depot’s 20th Anniversary Celebration in Atlanta and The Home Depot’s “Urban Theater” in Manhattan; producing the Millennium Village at Walt Disney World’s Epcot Center; PeopleSoft’s Annual User’s Conference, Mazda’s National Dealers Meeting, multiple New Product Launches, and special events for the world’s largest bio-tech company, Amgen.
Between 1995-99, Don was co-founder of Sequel Intertainment, a software company that developed and produced the innovative new consumer product “Actimates,” which had been contracted by Microsoft Corporation. Sequel Intertainment produced over 100 songs, four CD-ROMS, a home video and several marketing videos for the company’s first product “Actimates Barney the Dinosaur.”
During this time frame, Don was also a freelance producer of various events, including a four-city press and road show for Nissan North America, working on behalf of his client Maritz, and an event for Hyundai, revealing the new Santa Fe SUV, at the North American International Auto Show.
Earlier in his career, Don was a producer with Robert F. Jani Productions, a renowned entertainment industry event production company. During this time, Don helped produce two of Singapore’s 25th Anniversary Celebrations, including a live television presentation and two pavilions at an international trade exhibition called “Singapore 2000.”
In l990, Don first joined Jack Morton Worldwide as an executive producer, next becoming Director of Production for Corporate Projects, and later becoming General Manager of the Themed Entertainment Group specializing in theme park and urban entertainment attractions. Under Don’s leadership, the company’s clients at this time included Universal Studios Theme Parks, Coldwell Banker Real Estate and Motorola.
Don is the winner of numerous industry awards. These include Parent Magazine’s “Top Educational Toy of the Year” Award for Don’s “Actimates Barney the Dinosaur” product; a “Silver Medal” at the New York Festival for The Home Depot’s 20th Anniversary event; a “Thea Award of Achievement” by the Themed Entertainment Assocation for his work on the Millennium Village at Epcot Center, and an Event Design Magazine “Gold Award” for Home Depot’s Urban Theater.
Don holds a Business Degree from USC’s School of Business Administration. He and his family live in Newport Beach, CA.
ABOUT CAMPOS CREATIVE WORKS:
Founded in 1991 by partners Julio Campos, Sandra Sande, and Jennifer Gerich, Santa Monica, CA-based Campos Creative Works, Inc., (CCW,) is one of the world’s top producers of business to business and experiential marketing events. CCW, with a full time staff of over 30 employees, is an international, full-service, creative company specializing in the production of corporate and consumer events. The company’s client list is literally comprised of a “who’s who” among the world’s most high profile hi-tech (software and hardware,) automotive, and consumer powerhouses, including Microsoft, Intel, Honda, Volvo Trucks, Ford, Toyota, Mattel and Absolut, to name just a few.
CCW, with additional offices in Detroit and Chicago, conceives, plans, directs and produces large-scale (as well as smaller, more intimate) multi-media, interactive events and gatherings designed to help clients promote their products and services. Quite often, these consumer events, corporate meetings and sales training events are presented to encourage and inspire employees, infusing them with new tactics, and information about product selling points, delivered directly by their company CEOs and Heads of Marketing. These events are fully-integrated experiences that leverage every facet of CCW’s capabilities, from pre-event communications to onsite execution to post-event follow-through.
CCW has produced events both domestically and in literally every corner of the globe for hundreds of clients during the course of the past 15 years, including such cities as Cannes, Paris, Hanover, Chile, Moscow, Shanghai, Beijing, Istanbul, Seoul, Delhi and Cairo, as well as other cities in Ireland, India, Japan and Brazil.
Campos Creative Works, Inc., a Certified, Minority-Owned Business, is located at 1715- 14th Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90404. The phone is 310/453-1511.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Dan Harary & Mitch Zamarin
Asbury Communications PR
Beverly Hills, CA
310/859-1831
dan@asburypr.com
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