Benztown Brigade Family Four-Pack
• Benztown, that international house of awesome, has added four experienced pros to its operations team with the hire of Susan Aksu as Marketing Coordinator; Matt Anderson as Imaging Producer; Laura Keeney as Office Manager/Executive Assistant and Teddy Shrader as Commercial Production Creative Director. They will be based at Benztown’s beautifully appointed North American Headquarters in Glendale, CA.
• Ms. Aksu (left) was previously Sr. Marketing Coordinator for Goldman Marketing Group in Burbank and a public affairs writer for KPFK-FM/Los Angeles. She is also the creator of the adventure travel website adriftanywhere.com.
• Anderson (right) was most recently Creative Services Director for iHeartMedia’s WXKS (Kiss 108)/Boston. Prior to that, he was Programming/Production Assistant for sister stations WHJYand WSNE (Coast 93.3)/Providence.
• Ms. Keeney (second from right) was formerly an associate with Starbucks in Los Angeles. She has also held positions as Development and Acquisitions Coordinator for VMI Worldwide and as Social Media Coordinator for Quiver Events in Los Angeles.
• Shrader (second from left) comes from Fender Musical Instruments, where he was Curriculum Consultant, Writer and On-Screen Instructor. Prior to that, he was Sr. Production Manager for DMI Music & Media Solutions in Pasadena for over 10 years and a voiceover artist for DMI Music & Media Solutions. An accomplished guitarist, Shrader has taught guitar lessons in the Los Angeles area for over 17 years.
Dave “Chachi” Denes, Benztown President, said, “We are very pleased to grow our operations team with the addition of these four outstanding professionals. Each brings years of experience in their respective areas to Benztown, bolstering our bench strength and giving us even more resources to serve our customers with the quality, creativity and dependability for which we have become known.” He added, “I was concerned about how we were going to pay all of these new employees until our Development Team came up with a brand new blockchain technology called ‘Benz-Coin™’! It’s also a great way to pay for RAMP ads!”
