Creative professional with more than 20 years’ experience to work with agency’s creative team and video production group to continue building agency capabilities
Little Rock, Ark. (Jan. 22, 2018) – Stone Ward recently announced the appointment of Jeffrey Nodelman as director of creative services and executive creative director, a newly created position that will report to CEO and Founder Larry Stone. Nodelman will work with Stone to lead the agency’s creative teams and video production group, 360 Filmworks, to continue to evolve the agency’s creative product.
Nodelman’s talent and track record as a creative leader and entrepreneur includes more than 20 years of crafting award-winning creative for television, feature films, Broadway productions, advertising and web, including signature work for Disney, Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon, Miramax and a number of national advertising agencies. He holds a bachelor’s degree in animation and film from the School of Visual Arts in New York.
“Jeffrey brings to Stone Ward his talents as a master storyteller and artist/creative director on a national stage, coupled with 20 years of successful business experience in working with clients at all levels to accomplish their creative and business goals,” Stone said. “I am looking forward to working with Jeffrey to leverage his experience with that of our own talented teams in Little Rock and Chicago to grow the agency’s creative ability to effectively tell our clients’ stories across every available channel.”
In his career as an animator/creative director, Nodelman has worked on hundreds of hours of shows, was awarded a star on the Disney Animator’s “Walk of Fame,” and has worked as a writer and illustrator on a number of books for Disney Press, Tokyopop and Rodale. As a creative entrepreneur, he started and built one of New York’s premier boutique animation studios, Noodlesoup Productions, which grew to 100 animators and was named by Hollywood Reporter as one of its “Hot Shops,” as well as being recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine and Fortune Small Business. Nodelman has continued his entrepreneurial endeavors as founder, writer and director of Capt. Noodles, LLC, where he has produced projects for the Cartoon Network and Disney, winning several awards.
“Stone Ward is truly a team of enthusiastic and passionate professionals, and I’m honored to be a part of the team,” said Nodelman. “I look forward to working with some of Little Rock and Chicago’s most talented creative leaders to help bring our clients’ brands to life.”
Since 2012, Nodelman served as vice president, marketing and media, for ATA International at its headquarters in Little Rock, where he led all marketing and media productions for ATA, one of the world’s largest martial arts organizations, and served on the executive leadership committee. Here he led brand development, content creation, programming, packaging and product design for the organization, and served as executive producer of ATA’s major national and world live events, managing messaging to 1,200 independently owned and operated ATA locations.
To learn more about Nodelman or Stone Ward, visit StoneWard.com.
