General Info:
A professional mascot performer is key to bringing "life" to your character. All too often companies rely on internal personnel or unskilled temps to portray their characters. This enables the character to stand up but still doesn't bring life or personality to the character. It simply looks like a miserable person in a hot sweaty mascot suit. Our professional mascot performers will not only make your character stand up, we will make them stand out! If your character looks like he or she is having fun and positively interacting with guests, they are more likely to believe the character and look past the person in a costume. This change in mindset is crucial to creating the "top-of-mind" awareness you want associated to the products and brands your mascot represents. The Mascot Origination was formalized in 2002 as a Limited Liability Partnership between Adam Bonner and Matt Brady to provide an expert resource for mascot staffing and consulting nationwide. Matt Brady has worked as a professional mascot performer and special effects consultant for the past 18 years. He has worked many high-profile venues for clients such as World Cup Soccer, Nickelodeon, Warner Brothers, Nabisco, Kellogg's, Frito-Lay and Cartoon Network to name a few. Matt has played many high-profile mascots including "Bugs Bunny", "Tony the Tiger", "Izzy" for the 1996 Olympics, "Bib" / "The Michelin Man" and "Chester Cheetah". He has also worked as a mascot program consultant for companies such as Franklin Mills, a subsidiary of Western Development Corporation; Holiday Hair, a division of Regis Corporation; Academy of Natural Sciences and the Philadelphia Zoo. He has fabricated mascot costumes for the Philadelphia Department of Recreation and the NJ Devils ( NHL team ). Matt has staffed mascots for the east coast for the past 15 years and nationally for the past 5. He manages an international network of performers, coordinators and vendors that all contribute to the success of over 1000 mascot appearances per year. Matt has created many special effects creatures and characters for commercials, movies and television. A veteran bear performer, Matt has worked throughout United States, Europe and Canada in feature films and commercials. The combination of these two talents form a heavy hitting nationwide solution for corporate mascot consulting and staffing. With the combined resources of the founders, plus the added resources of our other regional mascot consultant's, coordinators and performers, we form a network dedicated to mascots unmatched in size and capability. We were founded by performers, for performers and work to achieve beneficial, customer service centered relationships.