Anson brings concepts and scripts to life in television, radio, webcasts and dynamic media pieces. With the innate ability to make his job look easy, Anson can visualize the big picture without losing sight of the important details. He handles the pressures of deadlines, budget limits and schedule conflicts by remaining cool, calm and focused. His Capstrat clients include Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, the NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund's TRU campaign, Partnership for North Carolina’s Future, Deloitte and Quintiles all have benefited from his levelheaded, organized approach. While pushing for the highest quality, Anson finds ways to stretch production budgets to amazing lengths. For example, as broadcast producer at McKinney & Silver, he saved Longhorn Steakhouse more than $100,000 by packaging six television commercials in one shoot. At McKinney, Anson produced commercials, videos and multimedia pieces for global corporations such as Sony, Audi and Travelocity. His responsibilities included managing detailed schedules and budgets in excess of $1 million. As assistant producer at Lowe Lintas & Partners Worldwide in New York, he successfully created TV and radio spots for Burger King, GMC and UPS on incredibly tight deadlines. Anson’s work not only profits clients, it also receives industry recognition. His 2005 campaign How Much Reality Can You Handle? promoting the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival won a Gold Effie. His Lands’ End television commercial Bugs earned honorable mention at the 2004 Clio Awards. Equally gifted in other disciplines, Anson worked as a freelance writer and photographer, publishing articles in Our State and Music Monitor magazines and other local publications. In 2005 he created and directed the Office of Disaster Response for the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana, a relief organization that delivered supplies to Hurricane Katrina victims. Anson graduated with honors from the College of Social Studies at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. |