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McCann recently won back the Chinese Coca-Cola account they lost to Leo Burnett back in 2007. The switch will not be affecting Leo Burnett's Publicis Groupe siblings or WPP's Ogilvy, which handle the Coca-Cola owned brands Sprite, Minute Maid and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Ashton Kutcher - you know the fellow. He's famous, isn't he? Famous for some quite poor movies; famous for marrying Demi Moore; famous for that Hollywood hidden camera thing - Punk'd; and famous for launching websites. Hang on - famous for launching...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Soap Creative has been named the winner of the Australian Interactive Advertising Bureau's Creative Showcase 9.1 for their innovative “Cars That Feel” Toyota campaign. Second place went to M&C Saatchi for their “Every Six...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The London-based Soho House brand, which specialises in offering refined, luxury social facilities and accommodation, recently unveiled its latest venue in the famous windy city of Chicago. The 40-room boutique hotel and social club has been under...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Hello, my name is Denis Voronin, I'm 27 years old , I have a beautiful wife and two cool children, a son and a daughter. I was born and live in Russia and I think in the future and I will stay in Russia.I started working with Fotolia at the beginning...
Posted by: Fotolia
To coincide with it's 40th anniversary, McDonald's UK is striving to move away from the traditional light hearted ads the fast-food brand is known for, instead focusing on the company's charitable contributions with their new campaign. The campaign...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The late Douglas Adams wrote one of the smartest, most intriguing and funniest books of the 20th century. It was called 'The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy'. For the uninitiated, it features an electronic book (before they were real things), also...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Subaru of America recently debuted its new advertising campaign for the 2015 Subaru Legacy, the Japanese car manufacturer's new mid-size sedan. The campaign aims to position the car as a smarter alternative to 'mainstream' choices with three national...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
With Adobe’s recent update to their Creative Cloud (CC) suite of applications Photoshop got a major update. In this post certified Photoshop expert Eric Renno, TipSquirrel takes us through some of the major changes and highlights some of those...
Posted by: Fotolia
Ogilvy Public Relations announced yesterday that Jennifer Banovetz has been appointed as senior vice president and brand marketing group director of the integrated global communications firm, which is based in Los Angeles. Effective from the 4th of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Leo Burnett Change, the specialist social change agency, have been appointed as the creative account for the NSPCC, as the child protection charity gears up for a major campaign that will launch this autumn. The agency won the account after an...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Something has gone terribly wrong with the strapline. Not just a particular strapline, but straplines in general. And I don't mean they're just not much cop these days (although as American 'Realise The Potential' Express will tell you, they're not)....
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
'Grumpy Cat' (real name 'Tardar Sauce') is the owner of the face that has launched a thousand memes (and that would be something of a modest estimate), so it was only a matter of time before the advertising world got it's paws into her. The cat who...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
We would like to formally announce the release of our Annual! A huge year for the Creativepool team and the members. Inside is a diverse compendium of our favorite companies and individuals that make up this pool of talent. Broken down into the...
Posted by: Creativepool
Recently it was announced that Radio 1 and Radio 1 Xtra would be shedding a cross section of their DJs. Controller Ben Cooper has handed Mike Davies, Jen Long, Ally McCrae, CJ Beatz, Crissy Criss and Robbo Ranx their cards, and his actions are blamed...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
In the first of a stream of new hires and appointments announced over the past week, London-based agency, AMV BBDO has named the creative team of Mike Crowe and Rob Messeter from adam&eveDDB as creative partners. Together, they will be running some...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In much the same way as cinemas now use the lure of movies to sell popcorn at vast profit, so the World Cup can be seen as deploying football games as a lure to sell enormous quantities of advertising. Which is absolutely fine by me as I find...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
The multichannel marketing agency RAPP, itself a part of The DAS Group of Companies, a division of the Omnicom Group, announced yesterday its acquisition of UK-based brand and retail agency, Haygarth for a sum that has yet to be disclosed. The deal...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The 'Crash Test Drive' campaign for NRMA Insurance by Whybin\TBWA is officially the only Australian campaign to be nominated for an award in the 'Innovation' category at the 2014 Cannes Lions. The campaign, which is one of 30 pieces shortlisted for...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Events like the World Cup prove that packaging is much more than protection. It’s a vessel and a vehicle for celebration. Limited edition event-orientated packaging doesn’t just ride the hype, it generates it. The brands that associate...
Posted by: bluemarlin
It was announced yesterday that the advertising network TBWA Worldwide has acquired leading independent advertising agency Heimat, having taken a majority share. The German agency was founded in 1999 by partners Matthias von Bechtolsheim, Guido...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
On page one of 'The Bumper Book Of Branding' (which doesn't exist), we're told that a successful brand starts with a successful name. Y'know, something memorable, something that resonates with the audience. Crack the name and half the battle is won....
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Royal London has unveiled the follow-up spot to their “We're so yesterday” campaign, which was released earlier this month to (according to the mutual life and pensions company) celebrate the fact that “Royal London has stood by its...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As the footer of this column will tell you, I’m a copywriter. And a blogger. I also dabble in journalism and podcasting. These are all quite enjoyable and satisfying things - at least from time-to-time - and I’m pretty lucky to do them...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
The BBC notwithstanding, and a peppering of community outfits aside, there aren’t really any independent radio stations left in the UK. It’s all ‘networks’ - which is a rather overexcited way of saying a large corporation...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Wieden + Kennedy's global co-executive creative director, Colleen DeCourcy, has recently been made partner at the agency after just 15 months. As a partner, she will join a select group of 11, which also includes president Dave Luhr, executive...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Yesterday, AKQA received perhaps the highest accolade that it's possible for a UK business to receive; The Queen's Award for Enterprise. AKQA, a digital company with over 1500 employees and offices across the world (in Europe, the Americas and Asia)...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Brooklyn-based photographer Rachel Sussman has spent the last ten years studying, researching and photographing the oldest living things in the natural world, believing that culturally, it’s important to capture these things while we still...
Posted by: Jessica Hazel
When it comes to the minutiae of modern life, I'm prone to getting things wrong. Go to the shop, come back with the wrong size batteries; turn up for an event on the wrong day; forget to put the clocks back - all that sort of thing, hopeless. But on...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Chicago-based emerging cultures marketing agency Lapiz, have promoted the 2014 Chicago Latino Film Festival with a new marketing campaign entitled “All About Great Stories,” which explores the importance of a great story at the movies....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Getting an advertisement completely and utterly wrong is quite an art. For starters, it takes two parties who at least profess to know what they're doing: the client and the agency. Then the brief must wildly misunderstand the nature of the audience...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Yet another reality show came to an end last week, with Jermain Jackman being crowned king on The Voice. But these public competitions - from singing to cooking to interior designing to baking to skating - are nothing new. Did you know, for instance,...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
It was announced yesterday that Justin Tauber is to assume the position of Director of Platforms and Operations at Lowe Profero in Australia. The role was created especially for Tauber, who previously held the title of Head of Platforms at Lowe...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
“If you look at the UK, we are suffering because we are not putting the time into the idea and there’s empirical evidence to say that the quality of our output has gone down. It’s not my opinion. Empirical evidence from the audience...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Whilst he's more renowned for his movie roles than his roles in advertising (indeed, according to IMDB he is officially the 'highest grossing actor of all time'), esteemed British actor (and oscar nominee) Gary Oldman is currently appearing in a...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In the UK, we have the odd instance of a fringe school pressing for the right to teach archaic or arcane ideas to children. This is usually the desire to include creationism, or other religious notions, in their science classes. In the USA it's a...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
