DAVID N BRAND

I cut my teeth on the mean streets of Chicago. As an industry veteran, I know the workings of the commercial film and branded content business inside and out because I've done it all. Working with the world’s largest advertisers to small, intensely creative shops, I have been fostering clients and client's clients through the production process for the better part of 25 years.

I started my career working with National Geographic making educational films. I soon took advantage of the rich advertising environment in Chicago and shifted my career from making films to broadcast television commercials. Starting out at the bottom I was soon producing commercials for clients like IBM, Nike, McDonald’s, Kellogg’s, Allstate Insurance and many others. 

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I have been Executive Producer for a number of production companies over my career. As the EP and founding partner of Digital Ranch Branded Content I worked to bridge the gap between the commercial world and the emerging marketplace of digital content.  I helmed one of the very first ever branded content campaigns for the US Army called Basic Training. It was considered to be on the cusp of entertaining content as an advertising tool and won a Bronze Lion at Cannes. After DRBC I helped to form Service Station Media and continued to do business with high profile brands like US Army, Philip Morris, and Caterpillar to name a few.

Bottom line, at one time or another I've actually held, or supervised, every position on a film crew there is. That’s what makes me an empathetic leader and a savvy Executive Producer.