Marc Calamia

Toys R Us Holiday TVC 2017

Toys R Us · The Studio Years · 2015 -- 2019

Holiday spots for 2017. Light, humorous spots, each bringing out the best in kids, and play so well as :15s. CD MIke Hanley and Producer extraordinaire Matt Mattingly rocked out 24 of these in Q4 last year, practically living at Beast (which ain't bad).

Four studio builds -- 360i, then Viacom, R/GA, and BBDO Atlanta -- inside the biggest agency structures in the business, during the era of traditional big-idea production: network TV, Super Bowl spots, the polished end of the craft. Same core problem every time: how do you build a creative production engine inside an organization that wasn't designed for one?