LOS ANGELES — 11 Dollar Bill (11dollarbill.com), the post production and design studio with facilities in Chicago and Boulder, CO, has launched a new satellite office in Los Angeles. Led by senior editor Jess Weber, the new location gives the company a formal West Coast presence as it seeks to tap into the local advertising market and expand further into episodic television and other forms of entertainment content.
“We have excellent relationships with West Coast agencies and having a physical presence there will open more doors,” explains managing partner Lisa Effress. “Jess is the ideal choice to lead that effort. She is young, exceptionally talented, tapped into pop culture and highly motivated.” Effress added that the company expects to eventually to open a full-service post facility in the Los Angeles area.
Weber has been part of 11 Dollar Bill’s Chicago staff for seven years and serves as senior editor/story producer on the Velocity Channel (USA) series Garage Squad. She will continue in that role for the series’ eighth season, which begins next month, working remotely with the Chicago facility, where the rest of the editing team is based and where color grading and finishing work is done.
“We are hoping to bring more series work to 11 Dollar Bill and build a network of directors, other clients and friends in the industry who enjoy working with us,” Weber notes.
Weber’s experience in commercials and digital content includes work for Finish Line, Red Bull, Wilson Sporting Goods, Comcast and Carvana. She has teamed with Denver agency Crispin Porter Bogusky on several projects, including Kraft’s Swear Like a Mother campaign. She also collaborated with writer/director Al Wyatt on a campaign for the PGA’s TeeOff.com app.