About Us:

Micki Pagano

Co-Founder/Creative Director


Micki has been generating big ideas and building brands for over 20 years as an SVP advertising creative director, writer and art director. Winner of Clio, Cannes, New York Festivals, London's International Advertising Awards, Effie, Addy, Golden Trailer and listed in Who’s Who of American Women, Micki has worked at New York’s top ad agencies creating award-winning TV and print campaigns and brand identities for giants like Coca-Cola, P&G, Continental Airlines, IBM, AT&T and many more. Micki has written, produced and directed short films and commercials. She is also a published author. Micki leads creative development, oversees production and post production of projects.

Tony Parente

Co-Founder/Marketing Director


Tony has an MBA from the University of Chicago and has been creating successful marketing strategies for world-renown companies for over 20 years.  He’s worked with Fortune 500 brands, including American Express, Sony, McDonald's, Burger King and Dunkin’ Donuts, to help launch new products and businesses. Tony also studied and performed improvisational comedy at Chicago's Second City and has produced corporate videos, comedy shows and political events. He’s also a skilled voiceover artist who lends his talents to Branding Short videos. Tony leads new business development, marketing strategy and production of projects.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION:


  1. Bullet 2012 Telly Award

  2. Bullet 2011 Empixx Award

  3. Bullet 2011 Ava Award

  4. Bullet  2011 Telly Award

  5. Bullet  2011 Hermes Creative Award

  6. Bullet  2010 MarCom Award

  7. Bullet  2010 EMPixx Award

  8. Bullet  2010 Videographer Award

  9. Bullet  2010 Aegis Video & Film Award

  10. Bullet  2009 Aegis Video & Film Award

  11. Bullet  Page International Award

  12. Bullet  Acclaim TV & Film Award

  13. Bullet  Script Savvy Award

  14. Bullet  Cinema City Int’l Film Festival

  15. Bullet  Write Movies Award

  16. Bullet  Clio Award

  17. Bullet  Cannes Lion Award

  18. Bullet  The Golden Trailer Award

  19. Bullet  New York Festivals Award

  20. Bullet  London’s International 

      Advertising Award

  1. Bullet  Effie Award

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Rene Claudio

Director Of Operations/Branding Shorts Express


For over 20 years, Rene has been helping companies improve their capabilities and performance in operations, supply chain, marketing, sales, customer support and IT.  He has been a management consultant for clients like Microsoft, PACCAR, HP, Boeing, REXAM and many others.  His experience ranges from strategic planning, marketing strategy, operational improvement, re-engineering, organizational change management and design to broad range of IT implementations. He also has significant experience in running service delivery organizations.  Prior to consulting, he was in high tech marketing and sales.  He has an MBA from Northwestern University, BS in Computer Science, and BA in Economics.  He heads operations of Branding Shorts Express productions.

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