Acclaimed Post House Also Adds VP of Development Stephanie Shayne and Promotes Courtney Ryan Law to Executive Producer

NEW YORK, NY – Responding to recent client demand, Moondog Edit, the state-of-the-art creative post house led by veteran Editor Pete Kasko, has added noted fashion/beauty Editor Claudia Reda-Walker, and VP of Development, Stephanie Shayne. Additionally, the company has promoted long-time producer Courtney Ryan Law to Executive Producer.
”This past year was a turning point for the company,” Kasko says. ”We’ve been proactively growing our business and the addition of Claudia, Stephanie and the promotion of Courtney is a big part of our growth plan. With them on-board, we feel well positioned to tackle all of the challenges that today’s advertising industry can throw at us.”

Claudia Reda-Walker

Born in Rome, Italy, Reda-Walker first got into the filmmaking industry in the late 1980s when following graduation from La Sapienza University, Rome, she went to work as an assistant editor at the Rome-based production/post house Filmmaster, which at the time hosted numerous top directors – including Woody Allen, Spike Lee, Ridley Scott, Federico Fellini. In fact one of Reda-Walker’s first jobs as an assistant editor was a commercial for Barilla Pasta directed by Fellini, which also required her to be on the set with the master filmmaker.

Known for her skills in the global fashion/beauty world, Reda-Walker comes back to Moondog following two years at BOND, which closed late last year. Prior to that she spent 5 years at Rhino Edit. She had a five-year stint at Moondog Edit in 1997. Her recent work includes spots for Pantene, Neutrogena and Dolce & Gabbana.

”I love being back at Moondog Edit,” Reda-Walker says, ”the atmosphere is rock n’ roll, creative and razor sharp…just like Pete Kasko himself. Our clients love our style and keep us extremely busy, and as a natural born fashion and beauty editor, Moodog feels like home to me.”

Stephanie Shayne

Shayne joins Moondog following six years as Executive Producer at post house BOND, where she worked within the general and multicultural markets producing spots for Wendy’s, Sprint, Colgate, Pantene, Advil, DirectTV, Cablevision, Eclipse and Tecate Beer.

Before working in post-production, Stephanie was a line producer working on an award winning children’s video series, various short films, features, commercials, and music videos. For the Latin music market, she, along with director J.C. Barros, produced music videos for artists such as Frankie Negron and Gisele.

Shayne actually began her creative career as a musician and songwriter – several of her songs have been placed in feature films. She was also rhythm guitarist/vocalist with the band Hex (Rykodisc). After moving from LA to New York, Stephanie joined Code Mesa (on Philip Glass’ Point Music lable) as a singer, where she worked along side the musical director of Blue Man Group.

”I‘m happy to be working with a company that is anything but conventional,” Shayne says. ”Moondog is made up of creatively-driven, forward-thinkers and I’m excited to be a part of it.”

Courtney Ryan Law

Law joined Moondog as a producer in 2009 and has steadily proved her value, expertly handling the enormous workload of Moondog’s biggest clients, including Victoria Secret, Neutrogena and Bath and Bodyworks. She began her career at the LA office of post house Cosmo Street as a producer in 2004. In 2008 she joined Lost Planet as a producer.

”Moondog is growing so rapidly, with more and more brands trusting us to guide the look of their advertising – both on-air and online – as well as the technology behind it,” Law says. ”I’m proud of the work I’ve done here as a producer, and look forward to taking an even bigger role in the future of the company.”

Over the past 10 years, Moondog (www.moondogedit.com) has evolved into a state-of-the-art post-production facility whose driving philosophy is to fully support and take care of our clients, to provide a comfortable, creative environment and to produce highly creative, visually stunning work. For more information contact Managing Director Bernadette Quinn at bernadette@moondogedit.com or 212.983.3348.