Interview with Hamish Macdonald, Managing Director, Squeak E. Clean Studios - Part 1

In this interview, I talk with the managing director of Squeak E. Clean Studios - Hamish Macdonald. Hamish has done a wide variety of projects in advertising, production and post-production, and manages post and production companies throughout America, Australia, England and Asia. I’m super impressed with the work his company does and having international offices allows him to create audio branding for just about anyone.  I was excited to get the chance to talk with him about his take on audio branding and what’s in store for the future of Squeak E Clean Studios. Here are the main talking points of the interview: His 10 months spent in the US and what it’s been like to be in the US during COVID He’s been spending time with his team, helping with the integration of Squeak E Clean and Nylon Studios Hamish is originally from Australia and will be headed back home soon for just a few months He’s always been interested in production After some early work, he realized he was more into finding great talent Hamish fell into working and running Nylon Studios Audio branding comes into play when looking at what a business needs overall The merging of Nylon Studios and Squeak E Clean has been bringing the best of both worlds together Hamish has loved seeing the amazing work that all his teams have done and how they work together He has created a cohesive culture across all his teams and really values everyone’s individual talents Depending on where the teams are located, teams’ work ebbs and flows Hamish is focused on building great relationships with his clients so they can have continual work Some of his most notable clients and companies he’s worked with are: Square, HP, and Campbell’s Because of the pandemic, they’ve been able to continually build those relationships and create some really unique things With each client, they start with who their client base is and who they are trying to reach with their products The global nature of his combined companies allows for them to reach a variety of compa