New year, new hires at Cutwater

The San Francisco-based shop Cutwater has made four significant new hires, bringing in Michael Huntley (above, far left) as executive producer. Prior to joining the agency, Huntley worked at Argonaut, leading its interactive production department and was previously head of integrated production at Grey San Francisco.

Rebecca Schefkind (above, left) has joined as art director. She was previously art director at Mekanism working on brands including Pepsi, Ben & Jerry's, MSNBC, Aquafina, Ralph Lauren, and Starbucks. Schefkind started her ad career at Mcgarrybowen NY.

Stephanie Foster (above, right) joins the company as business development director, a brand new role for the agency. Foster formerly managed multidisciplinary teams for traditional, digital and experiential campaigns for clients, including Facebook, Instagram and Audi.

Finally, William Yen (above, far right) joins as new media executive and will be responsible for managing search and display media activity for Cutwater’s clients. Previously, Yen worked at Resolution Media helping to bring onboard a major banking institution. During his tenure there, his duties and responsibilities focused around SEM.