Industry | Technology, Design, Interactive, Advertising |
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Founded | 2009 |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Global |
Key people | Mark Pytlik, CEO James Britton, Global Managing Director |
Number of employees | 140 |
Divisions | New York City, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Berlin, Shanghai, Sao Paulo |
Website | http://www.stinkstudios.com/ |
Stink Studios (formerly Stinkdigital) is a global creative studio with offices in London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Shanghai, Berlin and Sao Paulo. The company is part of the Stink Group, an independently-owned global creative network. Stink Studios creates digital and integrated advertising working across film, design, technology and strategy. Its clients include Google, Spotify, Twitter, Ray-Ban and Nike.
Stinkdigital was founded in January 2009 as an interactive production company by Mark Pytlik, [1] and Daniel Bergmann, Founder and Executive Producer of global film production company Stink. The company opened with a small office of five people. Its first project, done with Tribal DDB Amsterdam, was Carousel (advertisement), an interactive long form internet film for Philips to promote Philips Cinema 21:9 TV. [2] Carousel went on to win the Film Grand Prix at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity that year. [3]
In April 2010, the company opened their second office in New York City, USA. [4]
In December 2012, the company opened their third office in Paris, France.
In June 2014, the company opened their fourth office in Berlin, Germany. [5]
In January 2015, the company opened their fifth office in Los Angeles, USA. [6]
In January 2017, Stinkdigital rebranded to Stink Studios. [7]
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