Since 2004, Jonathan Whitehead had been General Manager of Margarita Mix/The L.A. Studios Inc., located in Santa Monica, CA. There, he was responsible for all of the managerial aspects of that professional audio post production company which provided services to the entertainment advertising and multi-media industries. Margarita Mix/The LA Studios specialized in 5.1 surround sound, mixing, ADR, and VO recording for such major clients as The Walt Disney Co., DreamWorks SKG, HBO, Discovery Channel, ESPN, EA Sports, Honda, Ford, McDonalds and Sony, to name some.
Prior to his post with Margarita Mix/The L.A. Studios, Whitehead was VP/Director of Broadcast Production for D’Arcy Worldwide, Los Angeles, from 2000. There, he supervised all facets of broadcast advertising for that agency’s multiple global and national corporate client base. These clients included Activision, GM, Blue Cross, Western Union, Herbalife, M&M/Mars, and others.
Before his post with D’Arcy, Whitehead was Executive Producer with Radium Visual Effects, Santa Monica. In that post, he helped open that company’s LA office as a permanent division of its San Francisco-based headquarters. Whitehead managed all aspects of that top VFX studio which created FX for such top advertising, film, TV and music video clients as Lexus, Budweiser, McDonalds, Paramount Pictures, Sony, Warner Bros. TV and 20th Century Fox TV.
Earlier in his career, Whitehead was an executive producer with Random Order/Open Films, Rye Films, and with Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising. He holds a BA Degree in Film from the University of Miami.
Launched in Santa Monica, CA, in 2007, Unit 5 Productions is a full service commercial production company. The company can produce large scale live action shoots on location, and smaller shoots on its own insert sound stage. In addition, the company can offer its clients a full range of post production services, including editorial, motion graphics, visual effects, audio post and original music composition.
Unit 5 Productions is located at 1625 17th Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90404. The phone is 310/396-4344 and the website is
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