Deluxe Entertainment Services Group promoted Lauren Roth to head of production at its Michigan Avenue facility in Chicago, where she oversees Deluxe's creative teams at Beast, Company 3, and Method Studios.

At the same time, Deluxe brought VFX producer Matthew Engel to Chicago from Method Studios in New York and hired designers Matt Fultz and Tobias Mattner. Joel Signer was promoted to producer, Claire Smalley and Tara Reeves were promoted to production coordinators, and color assistant Zachary Korpi was recently hired. 

"Lauren is the backbone of our facility and a wonderful client resource, and we're excited about the contribution she can make in this expanded role," said Peter Hullinger, GM of Deluxe's Chicago studio in a prepared statement. "Bringing in Matt, Tobias and Matthew elevates what we're able to deliver creatively on the VFX front." Pictured at the top of this page are, from left, Hullinger, Roth and Engel.

Roth was previously senior producer for Beast, Company 3 and Method in Chicago.