SANTA MONICA — Creative editorial company Beast (www.beast.tv) has hired executive producer Astrid Downs. She brings a well-rounded background having working across production and post production for over a decade.
Downs began her career serving as a line producer for a production company specializing in the Hispanic market. She then transitioned to working with Where’s the Board and WTB Interactive for nearly eight years, a role in which she represented a wide range of post production companies, including Beast, Gardner, Chelsea, Arsenal FX, Backyard, Machine Head and Digital Kitchen. Next she served as executive producer and head of sales at Bully Pictures, where she helped expand the production company’s client list. Most recently, Downs headed up the commercial division of MRB Production, handling everything from sales and bidding to composing treatments and director reels.