Sean Mills, who joined Snap in 2015 as its first-ever head of original content, is leaving the company. “I’m deeply grateful for the opportunity Evan gave “I’m deeply grateful for the opportunity Evan [Spiegel] gave me to make an impact and I’m so proud of our team’s incredible accomplishments over the past six years,” Mills said in a statement reported by Variety. “The future is very bright for Snap Originals and our larger content ambitions and I’ll be rooting for the team every step of the way.”
Sean Mills exits Snap, Vanessa Guthrie to lead Originals Sean Mills is stepping down from his post as head of original content at Snap and will leave the company after six years with Snapchat’s parent.
Taking over the post will . June 3, 2021
Sean Mills is stepping down from his post as head of original content at Snap and will leave the company after six years with Snapchat’s parent.
Taking over the post will be Vanessa Guthrie, Snap’s content director, who will now be in charge of Snap Originals and report to Ben Schwerin, who was named Snap’s senior vice president of content and partnerships earlier this year.
by Sean Burch | May 5, 2021 @ 9:44 AM
“People really trust talent as much, if not more than, they trust news brands now,” Snap’s Sean Mills tells TheWrap
Making compelling content isn’t easy in the best of times, and it’s even harder during a pandemic. But for Sean Mills, Snapchat’s head of originals, the last year didn’t just offer challenges it also brought clarity.
“The pandemic opened up people’s eyes to how great and how quickly you can produce content with new technologies,” Mills said during a recent interview with TheWrap. “The time it takes to conceive of an original idea, produce it, and distribute it everything just contracted as a result of [the pandemic]. And I think that’s had a real positive effect. It’s allowed us to start thinking about conversations with creators through that lens. The things you can do with an editor, motion graphics, a ring light and an iPhone are remark
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While the world of Snapchat remains a dark mystery to most Australian filmmakers, Hannah Lehmann is about to launch the second season of her series
Two Sides for the platform, with a third already shot and being edited ahead of an April launch.
For this social-media storytelling pioneer, it comes after earlier forays on Instagram, Facebook and Facebook Watch.
Hannah Lehmann, writer-director of the Snapchat Original series Two Sides.
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âI want to make shows that are fun and cool and good, and that transcends any platform,â says the 30-year-old Sydneysider. âI donât want to restrict myself by format.â
Amid ‘Spotlight’ Rollout, Snap Elevates Ben Schwerin To SVP Of Content And Partnerships
Snap has reorganized its content team, promoting longtime exec
Ben Schwerin to the role of SVP of content and partnerships, where he will oversee all related efforts globally.
As part of the reorg, Snap chief strategy officer
Jared Grusd who joined the company from
HuffPost roughly two years ago will now serve Snap in an advisory capacity focused on long-term strategies,
Variety, will be: head of original content
Sean Mills; senior director of content, business, and operations
David Brinker; director of content strategy
Mike DiBenedetto; and managing director of international markets