LOS ANGELES — Squeak E. Clean Studios (https://www.squeakeclean.com), the global creative audio network, recently named executive creative producers/music supervisors Michael Gross (MG) and Chris Clark as co-managing directors, overseeing US operations. Hamish Macdonald, who has served as Squeak E. Clean’s global managing director since the company merged with Nylon Studios in 2019, will be stepping aside to continue to oversee Squeak E. Clean Studios’ Australian operations. The leadership shift will allow the cross-Pacific company to expand its US and Australian footprints while continuing to offer its clients best-in-class music and sound solutions for projects of all scopes and sizes.
Clark joined the Squeak team in Chicago in 2020 from his former post as director of music at Leo Burnett. MG joined on at the West Coast in 2021 from Google. The pair will continue to expand the company’s brand direct and nontraditional work, including experiential and long-form, while overseeing growth with the company’s core commercial work rooted in cultural relevance.
Notes Macdonald, “Am so proud of this announcement. It is such an incredibly exciting next stage in Squeak E’s growth and a much-deserved promotion to two great leaders. Both Chris and MG have all the talent, skills and drive to handle the role of MD independently, but as they both bring insights steeped by equally impressive backgrounds from different sides of the industry, they are the dynamic duo to lead this incredibly talented team into the stratosphere."