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Skittles: Mentor


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Los Angeles-based Boxer Films director Rodrigo Garcia Saiz blends offbeat humor and a dash of surrealism with adolescent awkwardness in three :30 spots for the Skittles 'Taste The Rainbow' campaign out of DDB, Chicago.

The stylized yet understated campaign consists of a series of spots, including "Bleachers", "Cranky" and "Mentor", each infusing a deadpan sensibility to a quirky array of characters in various situations. From a boy afflicted with a fictional Skittles-pox disease in "Bleachers" to a character whose friends are taking advantage of the tastiness of her Skittles-brow in "Mentor", each spot reveals the comically ludicrous world of Skittles.
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SVP, Executive Creative Director: Mark Gross

VP, Executive Producer: Will St. Clair

CD, Art Director, "Cranky": Mike Porritt

CD, Copywriter, "Cranky": Frank Oles

ACD, Copywriter "Bleachers": Pat Burke

ACD, Art Director "Bleachers": Chris Carraway

VP, Executive Producer: Will St. Clair

Global Business Director: Heather Malenshek

SVP, Group Business Director: Janelle James

VP, Account Director: Kate Christiansen

Account Executive: Jennifer Marks



Agency: LatinWorks, Austin, TX (“Mentor” ONLY)

President, Chief Creative Officer: Sergio Alcocer

Group Creative Director, "Mentor"" Norberto Zylberberg

Copywriter, "Mentor": Nick Garza

Group Account Director: Charles Neugebauer

Account Director: Raquel Garcia

Account Supervisor: Trevor Schwartz



Editor "Mentor": Brian Gannon

Editor "Cranky": Tim Warmanen

Editor "Bleachers": Carlos Lowenstein

Editorial EP: Dan Bryant

Editorial Producer: Dawn Gruzowski



Visual Effects Director/Flame: Rob Churchill

Colorist: Fred Keller

Post EP: Lisa Long



Audio Post: GuN, Chicago

Mixer: Nick Papaleo

Audio Post Coordinator: Brian Heath

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