executives serve as lead producers on films and television series, working on each project from their inception through their release, as part of the Production and Development group. Some of these executives include: Sana Amanat Grant Curtis Brian Gay, Director of Production & Development (formerly Feige's Executive Coordinator) Other key executives include: Dana Vasquez-Eberhardt, Vice President of Animation Ryan Meinerding, Head of Visual Development and Character Design (formerly Visual Development Supervisor) Andy Park, Director of Visual Development and Production Illustrator Russell Bobbitt, property master Former key executives include: David Maisel, former Chairman, and before that vice-chairman, president and chief operating officer. Avi Arad, founder and former Chairman and CEO. Jeremy Latcham, former SVP Production and Development Karim Zreik, former SVP of Original Programming and Production for Marvel Television Studios. Additionally, Sarah Halley Finn has served as a frequent casting director for several MCU films and television series. Logo Films and television series Starting with the release of Spider-Man in 2002, Marvel Studios introduced its "flipbook" production logo, created by Imaginary Forces. This logo was accompanied with music from the film's score, sound effects or a song, to lead into the beginning of the film. This was the logo seen in front of all films until 2013, when the logo was updated with the release of Thor: The Dark World, again created by Imaginary Forces. Kevin Feige stated that since Marvel was now their own entity within the Walt Disney Company, it "felt like the time to update it and have something that is more substantial as a standalone logo in front of our features" instead of having it be accompanied by Marvel's studio or distribution partners' logos. Feige added that "We didn't want to re-invent the wheel [with the new logo], but we wanted it to feel bigger, to feel more substantial, which is why it starts with the flip, but suddenly it's more dimensional as we go through the lettering and it reveals itself with the metallic sheen before settling into the white-on-red, well known Marvel logo, with the added flourish of the arrival and the announcement of the Studios at the bottom of the word Marvel." Imaginary Forces used the same animation technique on the updated logo, as they did when they created the first version in 2002. They were given a few hundred comic books to select images from, ultimately choosing 120 that were "universal and not