Envy makes senior post hires

Envy has made two senior hires with Graeme Hayes appointed Senior Colourist and Yiorgos Loizou made Senior Online Editor.

Hayes has worked at Clear Cut Pictures for the last 6.5 years as a Senior Colourist and prior to that he was a Senior Colourist at Blue/Prime Focus. He has over 20 years of colour grading experience and he worked on a wide and varied range of projects from ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ the first two series of ‘The Great British Bake Off’ and 7 series of ‘The Great British Menu’. More recently he graded BAFTA and Grierson nominated ‘Superkids: Breaking Away from Care’, BAFTA nominated ‘Life and Death Row: The Mass Execution’ and one episode from the BAFTA winning series ‘Louis Theroux’s Altered States’.

Graeme Hayes said: “I’m excited to be joining such a talented team here at Envy. The decision to join was made easy as I’ve worked on productions by several of their existing clients and I have always heard amazing things; there are also lots of familiar faces here from companies I’ve previously worked at which has made it an easy transition.”

Loizou started his career as a runner at NATS Post Production before moving to Evolutions where he gained over 7 years’ experience as an Online Editor & Colourist. Over his career Loizou has worked with an array of clients on an extended collection of projects including: 24hrs in Police Custody, The Only Way Is Essex, Geordie Shore, Celebs Go Dating, Marigold on Tour, Treasure Island with Bear Grylls, Steph & Dom: Can Cannabis Save Our Son, Bad Girls Behind.

Yiorgos Loizou said: “ENVY has an excellent reputation within the industry not only do they cater for a wide variety of programme genres, but with their advertising arm and amazing client partnerships it opens up a wealth of new opportunities and the chance to learn new technologies. This appointment presents me with an abundance of new challenges and I look forward to working with so many other incredibly talented individuals and creatives”

Dave Cadle CEO said: “To have someone with Graeme’s and Yiorgos’s experience joining ENVY is great as their dedication to giving clients the best grading and online editing experience is well known and backed up with a wealth of technical knowledge means that they will be a welcome addition to our team here at ENVY.”