Mr. Mednick has completed more than 20 mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and has helped to raise over $800 million in investment capital for both public and private companies primarily focused on entertainment, marketing and technology.
In 2004 he was a founder of Legendary Pictures. Legendary's unique partnership brought together $600 million dollars from private equity and created a 25 picture deal with Warner Bros. to establish an active production and finance entity. Mednick has served as Executive Producer of such motion pictures as 300, Superman Returns and We Are Marshall . For 2008 he is Executive Producer on the highly anticipated Where the Wild Things are being directed by Spike Jonze and 10,000 BC being directed by Roland Emmerich.
Prior to Legendary, Mednick partnered with iconic Hollywood producer Peter Guber to form Mandalay Branded Entertainment where he served as President and CEO. MBE was the first major motion picture company to bring together Hollywood and large corporations to participate in the creation of entertainment products as marketing vehicles. MBE created 39 half-hour series episodes, a record label and a traveling live event road show.
Among his many accomplishments Mednick was Founder, Chairman and CEO of THINK New Ideas from it's inception through its IPO. Mednick created THINK, one of the first interactive marketing companies, to service the needs of major corporations including Oracle, Coca Cola, Reebok, Sega, Time Warner, Sony, Pioneer Electronics, Disney, Chrysler, CBS and many others. Mednick was responsible for completing more than 10 acquisitions while reporting profit in every quarter until his departure in 1998. Under Scott's leadership THINK was named as one of the top ten interactive agencies of the year by both Adweek and the Advertising Club of New York.
Mr. Mednick has provided marketing, media, technology and advertising strategy for a broad range of Fortune 100 clients including AOL, Time Warner, AVON, IBM, Oracle, CBS, Ford, Continental Airlines, and Gillette. As a pioneer in e-business and integrated marketing, he has worked to develop internet portals, cross-media marketing, and integrated broadband and broadcast content, as well as strategic business plans for online businesses such as Preview Travel, The Gap, Network Associates, MSN, Oracle, Netscape, AOL and a host of others.
Prior to founding Think, Scott built The Mednick Group for 12 years into the largest independent Design and Marketing company on the west coast. He is responsible for many landmark advertising and marketing projects. He has worked on the marketing campaigns for hundreds of television programs from Lonesome Dove to Survivor and he has worked on the campaigns for over 250 diverse motion pictures including Walt Disney's Fantasia, Coal Miners Daughter, A Few Good Men, Spinal Tap, Dune, An American Werewolf in London, Groundhog Day, X-Men and The Matrix. Mednick's individual clients have included Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington, Larry Bird, Wayne Gretzky, Sting, Nicole Kidman, Phil Collins and Madonna. His on screen work spans from the opening credits for NBC's Mad About You to the onscreen logo for Dirty Dancing. Mednick has created corporate identity systems and logos for major corporations including Reebok, Kaiser Permanente, Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures TriStar Pictures and Legendary Pictures. His clients in the sports world have included the NFL, NBA and NHL where he has created logo and uniform designs for teams including the Minnesota Timberwolves, Boston Bruins, Columbus Blue Jackets and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Mednick has been honored with the selection of four pieces of his work for inclusion in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress and has been published in every major design and marketing publication around the world. He is past President of the Art Directors Club of Los Angeles and past Chairman of its' advisory board. He is a frequent lecturer at forums, conferences and educational institutions around the world. His design and art direction in the areas of Corporate Identity, Poster Design, Interactive Design, Collateral, Exhibits, Photography and Illustration have garnered Gold and Silver Medals with inclusion in shows sponsored by the Broadcast Designers Association, Hollywood Reporter Key Art Awards, Art Directors Club of New York, The Society of Typographic Arts, The New York Society of Illustrators, American Institute of Graphic Design and many more.
Mednick created the board game 'Twenty Questions'. Through his distribution deals with Milton Bradley, Pressman, University Games and Disney, Mednick's line of Twenty Questions games has sold more than 4 million units around the world.
In addition to his corporate responsibilities, Scott was a member of the National Board of Directors of the After-School All-Stars for 12 years. Under the leadership of its' Chairman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the ASAS has grown to 13 cities with participation of hundreds of thousands of children annually. Mr. Mednick now serves on the national advisory board and on the board of directors of the Los Angeles chapter. Governor Schwarzenegger and the After-School All-Stars awarded Scott the Inspiration Award at their Gala in 2007.
Under President Clinton, Scott has served on the President's Committee for the Arts and Humanities 'Coming Up Taller' initiative chaired by Hillary Rodham Clinton. He serves as a Trustee of the University of Santa Monica, on the Board of Communications Advisors to Children Now, and is on the Advisory Board of Education First. Scott served on the International Board of Directors of Earth Day 1990 for which he also created the Logo and communications platform. He also is co-founder and a member of the Board of ECO (Earth Communication Office), which mobilizes the entertainment industry on behalf of the environment. He has been selected for inclusion in Who's Who in the West and Who's Who in California. He also was named Print Art Director of the Year/West by Adweek Magazine.
Scott has an MA in Applied Psychology and a BFA in Graphic Design.