CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA - Sheet Metal Arts has announced it is expanding its creative and business strategy capabilities with the appointment of Thayer Joyce as Head of Strategy.
In the new role, Joyce will be taking on leadership of SMA’s corporate and client strategic efforts, further cementing the offering for the studio and helping drive its overall growth. She will work alongside executive leadership and creative teams to develop insightful strategies for SMA’s roster of leading mobility brands. She will report to Rob Buchner, President.
Joyce brings nearly 20 years of extensive cross-category experience in strategic planning and business development, marketing and advertising, and award-winning content. She joins SMA from Hero Digital, where she most recently served as Vice President, Client Services, delivering world-class CX for keystone clients like Lucid Motors and Apple. Prior to that, she led client relationship strategy for Beats by Dre, Apple, and Estée Lauder at Elephant, an
IPG company.
Joyce also spent eight years with VMLY&R as Group Business Director, where she led several integrated teams to success and produced stunning advertising campaigns for top brands such as Dell, Motorola, SKYY, Kellogg’s and Ford.
Throughout her career, Joyce has been a mentor and coach to industry newbies and veterans alike, and has earned a solid reputation as a creative problem solver, sought-after advisor, and go-to marketing pro.
“Thayer adds new dimension to our executive leadership team and will help us realize continued success on our mission to engineer stories for disruptive mobility brands. SMA’s three year roadmap has us looking to serve the ever-expanding needs of our clients across an even broader range of industries. Thayer is critical to that journey.” said Buchner.
"Not only does she have impressive creative and strategy expertise, but she brings with her an unwavering energy and commitment to creativity, two core tenets of our studio.” added SMA co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Mark Wenneker.
“I’m thrilled to be joining Rob and Mark on their mission to elevate and invigorate the mobility industry,” said Joyce. “I look forward to our partnership and continuing to infuse art in everything we do.”
Joyce is based in Los Angeles and will service clients internationally.
ABOUT SHEET METAL ARTS
Sheet Metal Arts is a purpose-built brand studio that believes Art Shapes Opinion. Founded in Culver City, California in 2020, the company signals an upstream creative proposition for mobility marketers. SMA was built upon autonomous creative expertise to help clients maneuver in the modern climate. We are a next-gen agency for the evolved marketer that utilizes a scalable, cloud-based production model and employs an agile, iterative process that welcomes brand team collaboration. SMA most recently completed work for the Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Banshee EV launch in addition to Ram Commercial Trucks and the Ram (RED) Special Edition. Counting some of the world’s leading mobility players among our esteemed clients, Sheet Metal Arts is poised to be the partner of the present for the
brands of the future.