The Company

Spot Savvy is the brainchild of partners Scott Whitney and Ed Stephenson. They recognized that broadcast rates were rising while the ad marketplace continued to fragment into more and more television networks. Now businesses must find cost savings in every area of the advertising process to maintain an efficient ROI.

The partners set about in creating content with top quality production value, cutting edge creative and intelligent design to make their ads useful in any industry. The Spot Savvy formula has resulted in very effective ads at lower costs than ever before possible.

Spot Savvy is based in New York’s Gramercy Park neighborhood, amid some of the top advertising agencies and production companies in the world. Manhattan is the beating heart of advertising and our location provides the company with access to the best talent in the industry, people who are driving advertising’s nonstop evolution.

Bios

Scott Whitney, CEO, a native New Yorker, received his BA from UCLA and his MFA in film from NYU’s prestigious Tisch School of the Arts, where he wrote and directed several award winning films. Mr. Whitney’s early professional experience was spent as a copywriter and creative director. Scott’s directing career began soon thereafter.

Stylistically his work features a fluid blend of beautiful imagery and rich emotion. Thanks to his narrative background, Scott approaches each project both analytically and emotionally, looking for the hook that will help an ad resonate for each viewer.

He has directed spots for clients including PRICELINE.COM, HAAGEN DAZS, SHOWTIME NETWORK, and VANGUARD INVESTMENT SERVICES. Mr. Whitney has created ads for investment companies, insurers, hospitals and most of the major pharmaceutical companies in the world. Scott continues to earn the support of many loyal clients who have benefited from his experience and thorough creative process.

Having launched successful businesses in his professional career, Spot Savvy is Scott’s latest endeavor and is the main focus of his time and energy. “Spot Savvy is a culmination of everything I know from my twenty years in advertising. It is an opportunity to redefine the industry by creating effective, top quality ads, while delivering incredible cost efficiencies to my clients.”

Scott resides in New York City with his wife and two daughters.

Ed Stephenson, COO. also a native New Yorker and an award-winning director and cameraman, Ed has been among the most productive individuals in the television commercial industry for over twenty years.

Mr. Stephenson has worked with clients as varied as NIKE, REVLON, AT&T, SPRINT, TOYOTA, CIRCUIT CITY, CHASE BANK, MACDONALDS ARIZONA JEANS, MASTERCARD, AMERITECH, SHARP, MOUNTAIN DEW, AETNA LIFE, AMTRAK, ADVIL, FORT LAUDERDALE TOURISM, NASDAQ, VERIZON, TIME WARNER, ESPN, BOUNTY, AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE, MARCH OF DIMES, MATTEL, and COLDWELL BANKER.

After many years of providing the vision for hundreds of ads, Mr. Stephenson will focus his sharp eye on quality control at Spot Savvy. His experience shooting for Fortune 500 companies and some of the world’s most demanding clients will allow him to apply the skills he’s honed to projects for each and every Spot Savvy client.

Ed resides in New York with his wife and three children.