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Hallmark Luxury Care Homes, the family-owned group of 22 care homes in England and Wales, relaunches with an all-new brand positioning and identity created by The Corner London. The work sees a complete overhaul of Hallmark’s brand strategy,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
They say the best way to figure out where you’re going is to look back at where you’ve been, and the last 12 months have been anything but boring so there’s certainly a lot of ground to cover. Of course, I spent most of December...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Like half the nation, it would appear, I chose to spend the first waking hours of 2024 washed out on the sofa in a booze and cheese-induced haze binge watching what I assumed was going to be a quaint, easy-going ITV drama. How wrong I turned out to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? Honestly, each day is different and that’s what I love about the role and ustwo as a company. Two thirds of my role is about “tomorrow” - balancing creating a...
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A key influence on the discussions at DMEXCO 2023 was how the emergence of free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels is shaping the future of TV and premium video advertising. More than half of European CTV viewers in AudienceXpress’ CTV...
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For those who think Wimbledon wouldn’t be the same without strawberries and cream and a glass of Pimm’s, you’re not alone. Every year, an estimated 191,000 portions are eaten, accompanied by more than 276,000 glasses of the tipple....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Fiora, formerly known as Creation Media, is a creative digital marketing agency with offices in Bristol and London. The aim of the company, according to CEO and founder David Wenn, is to “deliver beautiful growth to all its clients by...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Matt Powell was recently hired as Creative Director at Great State, where he joins a multi-disciplinary team redesigning the Royal Navy’s website, plus significant projects for Honda, Orange and Bristol Airport. Starting his career at Profero,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
When Queen Elizabeth II took the throne, even my parents had yet to be born. She was the longest serving monarch in history and it appears unlikely that will ever again be contested so when the news stuck yesterday evening, a definite shockwave was...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
RedLeg Rum, one of the UK’s fastest growing rum brands, has released its first ever TV campaign to introduce the brand’s mascot - the RedLeg Hermit Crab. The campaign creative by scaleup advertising specialists °Small World and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
After two years of lockdowns and entering an unprecedented cost of living crisis, it’s time to make suicide prevention a national priority again, to make the conversation inescapable, ensure action, and prevent suicide. “The Last...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Everyone wants to feel like the belong somewhere. It’s one of the fundamental things that makes us human. The world of advertising, however, as been seen by many as a pretty elitist environment, a sentiment that the industry has been trying...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Until recently alcohol-free beer was seen as something of a joke and there was a definite and unnecessary stigma attached to it. But over the last few years there’s been a genuine concerted effort towards creating decent alcohol-free beers that...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I was just explaining to my 10 year old son about how, when I was his age, if you missed an episode of Doctor Who, you missed it. I mean, it was gone, you’d literally missed it. You couldn’t catch up, you couldn’t buy the DVD, you...
Posted by: Tony Pipes
Swhype is a UK-based company that declares itself an “end-to-end” video agency - a video production company, animation studio and creative agency rolled into one. That’s a lot of hats to manage and we want know how they balance...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A new digital era is on the horizon as the metaverse evolves from sci-fi concept into reality. While online channels have been the driving force of connectivity between businesses and consumers over the past couple of years, many are now...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
After the terrific display of creative prowess from the industry in 2020, 2021 could only be a further step up for advertising campaigns all over the creative & mar-comms field. With campaigns to push vaccinations and groundbreaking ideas from brands...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
The lighting designer coordinates heavily with the director and artistic director to determine what sort of lighting-related visuals will craft the desired result on stage. This can include anything from deciding what sort of lighting will create a...
Posted by: Creativepool
If you are looking to partner with or impress ITV Studios, be prepared to demonstrate your unquestionable love for creativity in every way possible. Creativity and passion for the audience is at the heart of everything ITV Studios do - which is clear...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Annual 2021 winners have been revealed over summer, with some of the most exciting companies in the history of Creativepool. With stunning Gold and Silver awards won in 2020, it was not the first time that ITV Creative entered the competition,...
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Of the many qualities that independent Brand & Design Director Jason Ford possesses, his no-nonsense attitude is certainly our favourite. As part of his job, Jason often receives long brief documents filled with "noise" that fail to reduce the...
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Is effective TV advertising a thing of the past? Audiences are fragmenting, viewers are spending time across a range of linear and digital devices, and brands are struggling to follow their consumers across the ever-growing multitude of...
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Time is ticking! With the standard submissions deadline now out of the way, we are little more than two weeks away from the Annual 2021 final submissions deadline, on Thursday 10th June. The Annual is the Most Distributed creative industry award....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Shiny covers have started to flood our social channels, as the trophies for last year’s Annual 2020 reach our winners this week. Looking back on the year that’s just been, it’s hard to say this wasn’t somewhat of an...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Creativepool has officially selected the full line-up of judges for Annual 2021, the Creative Industry’s ‘Most’ Award currently open for submissions until 27th May. With a diverse blend of incredibly inspiring industry and...
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How would you live knowing that one phone call from you could have saved someone else's life? Doing phone calls to report a knife crime can be hard, but as AMV BBDO's latest campaign for Crimestoppers recites, Hard Calls Save Lives. Following a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Jason Ford is a freelance Brand & Design Director and former creative director at ITV with a proven track record of delivering award-winning, thought provoking creative. Everything Jason touches is underpinned by strong core ideas that amplify to...
Posted by: Creativepool
The latest ONS figures show GDP shrank by 9.9% in 2020, the biggest decline since 1709. While the statistics are shocking, they’re not wholly surprising given the scale and severity of the pandemic’s effect on the global economy. The...
Posted by: Creativepool
It is always Pitch Season for a busy and established agency. It is an excellent occasion to gain some prospective clients, or even some leads to develop the future of the business. Whoever’s been in the game for long enough knows that brands...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Surely Executive Creative Director of ITV Creative Tony Pipes knew that someday his Space Monkeys would lead him to love everything and anything creative. What he probably didn't know was that he would become such a successful leadership figure in...
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10 of the most promising and talented photographers this year. This year has been quite interesting for photographers, forced for the most part to remain stuck at home and without the usual inputs they could get from the outside world. In all...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
The best and most inspiring brands that made this 2020 more enjoyable. Thinking about the 12 months that just passed, I bet few actually realise how lucky we are to live in the era of brand purpose. With most brands now focused on making a...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Of course we are in the list. Any creative professional will need some daily inspiration to overcome the occasional roadblock at work. It’s just the way things are - we need to look at art to remain inspired. Whether you are a designer, an...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
With the COVID-19 outbreak showing no signs of giving up, more and more professionals in the creative industry have been struggling with mental health, with 67% of people feeling now more anxious than ever, according to Anxiety UK. The mental health...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
We are exactly one week away from the Annual 2020 final submissions deadline. As you are starting to put the finishing touches on your entries, you might be wondering who will actually see the work you submit. Aside from being scored by our esteemed...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Turns out advertising agencies are not the best folks when it comes to following their own advice. Constantly helping brands cut through with some witty voice or compelling storytelling, they tend to forget to do the same about...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial