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Marketing agencies make unlikely heroes. Let’s face it, they’re hardly renowned for being forces of good. They’ve been the tarter-upper of, and conduit for, some of society’s most harmful products: cigarettes, alcohol....
Posted by: Woven Agency
”No donkey chases the carrot forever. He catches on. And quits.” If you remember this line, you either love the advertising industry and have read up on its history, or you are part of a very select demographic, lucky enough to have seen...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Matthew Bushby, Head of Customer Success at Scibids UK, on why agencies should champion the ‘AI heroes’ within their business. Matthew argues that those who can act like a ‘dog with a bone’ and scale these internal obstacles...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The argument for diversity has been dining out for a long time now, with a lot of fat being chewed but no one quite swallowing. That is until a couple of big spenders, HP and General Mills, upped the ante with the threat of not spending their money...
Posted by: Andy Bolter
In a continution of FindGood's effort to see what smaller marketing agencies are saying about the Publicis/Omnicom merger, we asked MD of marketing agency Incite, Kristian Gough what he thought about the upcoming move and how he saw it affecting the...
Posted by: FindGood
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
In recent years, the issue of climate change has been at the forefront of many minds, particularly in creative circles. Even in a landscape where applying for B Corp status seems to be among the primary concerns of many brands, there are countless...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
For many agencies, January is a time of maximising budget spend for the first quarter, but it’s also when planning for the year ahead’s growth takes place in earnest. Smaller agencies often struggle with planning for growth, and a key...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The media landscape is rapidly diversifying, predominantly as a result of new technologies emerging that are having a significant impact on the creative industry. This is not only having an impact internally as businesses seek to update their...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Academy Award winning studio Aardman and BAFTA winning production company Independent Films are coming together to offer a new solution to agencies and brands, bringing the best craft from live action and animation together. Focusing on delivering...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The year we’ve just been through will certainly make history. We’ve seen society move from globalised, frenetic and somewhat overcrowded streets to the unforgiving solitude of our own houses pretty much overnight. And the ways we coped...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
DDB Worldwide has made a major South American acquisition is the shape of Grupo ABC, one of the largest independent advertising and marketing communications group in Brazil and number 25 in the rankings of the world's largest agency companies. Grupo...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
London, UK - June 20th, 2013 - SapientNitro, part of Sapient (NASDAQ: SAPE), has been named number one UK agency in The Top 100 Digital Agencies Report, published today by Econsultancy and New Media Age. The Top 100 Digital Agencies Report ranks...
Posted by: Publicis Sapient
What better way to celebrate the “most depressing day of the year” than by pontificating over the collective demise of the creative industries? I jest, of course, but there is a surprising amount of doom mongers out there who would have...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Jordan Lonsdale has been in the game long enough to live the two, often discussed sides of the same industry: in-house teams and agencies. According to the Wonderhatch account director, there are several misconceptions thrown into the mix when...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This year, Creativepool is back at Spikes Asia; the region's oldest and most prestigious festival of creativity, which has now grown into a glorious three-day celebration of inspiration and creative achievement and an unrivalled platform from which...
Posted by: Creativepool
In May 2022, the number of B Corp-certified companies around the world officially reached 5,000 with the total number of B Corps in the UK set to reach 1000 this year. While that remains a relatively small figure in the grand scheme of things, it is...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The cost of living crisis isn’t just impacting those struggling to get by. It’s a situation being exacerbated by rising inflation and inflation affects everyone, particularly at a time of great global instability. With costs stacking up...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I’ve been married 21 years this year. That’s apparently celebrated via the gift of Brass things (which seems a bit mean). But it’s rare to see a design agency celebrate past paper (1 year) or cotton (2) or leather (kinky - but also...
Posted by: Simon Manchipp
The Creativepool Annual is all about championing excellence in the creative industries. Now that our stellar lineup of winners for Annual 2021 has been announced, it is time to take a closer look at those companies and professionals who defined...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
All those starting out in the industry have had to face the issue of pricing their services sooner or later. Freelancers or agencies, there is really barely any difference - businesses need to understand how to rate their offerings just as much as...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Future Foundation, in consultation with IPA thought leaders and clients, and supported by Advertising Week Europe, has undertaken another 10-year trend study to prepare the market for the future. The first phase of findings identifies four...
Posted by: Melanie Howard
by John Fountain I'll wager that if you visit any creative agency's website and go to the "About" page you'll find that, though the pictures and design might be poles apart, the words themselves will all be pretty much the same. Which is weird when...
Posted by: Creativepool
Mark Evans has been with Direct Line Group for nearly 10 years. In all his time working for the brand, he's had the chance to work on a number of campaigns and truly develop the voice of Direct Line - always working with bold, confident agencies from...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Being one of the world’s largest creative communities, Creativepool is in a unique position to understand to what extent the creative industry is recovering from the COVID-19 outbreak. We had the power to make a difference by asking about the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This Thursday January 21st, three of Cincinnati’s largest advertising agencies: POSSIBLE, Rockfish and Barefoot Proximity, will compete in the inaugural “Agency Fight Night,” a real-time contest to see who can generate the most...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I once worked with an Art Director who had just arrived in the UK from a stint at Leo Burnett in Venezuela. As well as alarming tales of armed guards outside his office, he told me this: when pitching, it was usual practice for the agencies involved...
Posted by: Creativepool
You’re not likely to find me on TikTok anytime soon. I’m the kind of person who still refuses to listen to an album any other way than from start to finish, so short-form video is never going to appeal to me. However, it would appear...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The lion's share of the Dubai Lynx Festival of Creativity shortlists were released yesterday, with Leo Burnett, J.Walter Thompson, Impact BBDO and Memac Ogilvy leading the nominations. Leo Burnett will no doubt be attempting to repeat its double...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Leo Burnett Worldwide recently celebrated its fifth year in six as the top creative network in the annual Gunn Report's 'All Gunns Blazing' category. The report outlines the best and most innovative creative agencies in the world, distilling the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It's been reported that Apple are planning to hire up to 4 new digital ad agencies. This follows evidence presented in the latest Samsung-Apple lawsuit earlier this week, which revealed Apple's senior vice president of marketing Phil Schiller's...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
This year’s “All In” Census Data revealed that 36% of people (out of almost 19000 people that took part) are hesitant to report sexual harassment due to perceived impact it may have on their careers. This alarming statistic reflects...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
“The marriage of imaginative flair for business creativity and the diligent application of process is a match made in heaven to drive growth.” It’s no secret that the UK economy is in deep trouble. A botched mini-budget, consequent...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
With ‘distance’ becoming the defining word of the COVID era, creative agencies had to find new ways of connecting - with clients and each other - and many turned to the gift that is social media to stay in touch. But how saturated has...
Posted by: Red Setter
Nicolas ‘Nico’ Perez is an ambitious, ‘ideas-first’ bilingual Creative Director and Copywriter from Chile with 10 years of experience working in different countries and creating integrated campaigns for major brands like...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Many years ago, I worked for an agency which specialised in recruitment and graduate communications. It was pretty successful too, with a host of blue-chip clients and a stack of creative awards. It was American owned, and one day the message came...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
