Industry
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2019 is less than a month away and while that may seem like plenty of time to get your calendar in order, it’ll be here before you know it.
Planning your rosé sessions in the sun can...
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Leaders
Advertising icon Sir John Hegarty has expressed his feelings over Brexit by saying Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (EU) is “without question probably the most stupid thing the country has ever done.”
Hegarty, the...
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Features
In a new series of interviews with some of the people who made Creativepool's top 100 industry influencers shortlist for the Annual 2019, they offer insight on their business strategies, company culture and vision for the future.
First up, Amelia...
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Leaders
China is booming. The growing economy, advanced technology and investment from outside the country mean content consumption is on the up and the opportunities for brands is endless.
At Creativepool’s Connect: London festival, digital creative...
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The founder and director of independent creative agency Impero has urged the industry to fix its gender pay gap problem by saying there are no excuses for inequality.
Michael Scantlebury said it’s all well and good for agencies to publish...
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Leaders
Content which engages the right consumers rather than attracting an endless stream of clicks from irrelevant customers is what brands should be aiming for.
A panel at Creativepool’s Connect: London festival agreed that it is better for content...
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Leaders
There are unlimited opportunities for creatives and companies when it comes to working with blockchain technology, including a fairer and more reliable way of proving facts.
Simon Gill, chief experience officer at global digital agency Isobar, said...
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Leaders
Twitter has rolled-out various functions to reduce the amount of abuse, harassment and unwanted engagement on its platform in the past few years.
They have included allowing users to block certain words from replies to their tweets as well as...
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Industry
Smoothie brand Innocent’s Annual Brand Team of the Year win in 2018 energised its whole creative team, according to Katie Rosen, group head of creative.
The department has grown by 10 - from 8 to 18 - in her five-year tenure since she joined...
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Leaders
The head of social at one of the world’s largest cereal brands believes advertising agencies are under increasing pressure from a new generation of social influencers.
Joseph Harper, who looks after social campaigns in the UK & Ireland at the...
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Leaders
Of the 50% of brands that have attempted to work with artificial intelligence (AI), only 4% have succeeded according to a creative technology team at London-based agency AnalogFolk.
Simon Richings, ECD, and Miguel Alvarez, director of technology,...
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Industry
Last week, Matthew Barnes, ECD at Ogilvy South Africa explained how he and his agency created an engaging digital campaign for confectionary brand Cadbury to win an Annual in 2018. But they didn’t stop there.
For fast food company KFC, the...
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Leaders
The former founder of agency network WPP has hit out at creatives in the advertising industry by suggesting that too many are living in the past.
Sir Martin Sorrell spent 33 years building WPP into a global powerhouse with the network welcoming the...
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Industry
Cadbury’s classic Gorilla ad from 2007 has become a staple of the brand’s identity over the past decade or so. And while the work has notched millions of views on YouTube since launching on TV, the brand wanted to tap into the digital...
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Leaders
Agencies are going through an unprecedented time of change with technology having a significant impact on business and how they are defined. So how can they survive in this new age of creativity?
Laura Jordan Bambach, chief creative officer at Mr...
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Leaders
Advertising’s pricing model has become ever more complicated as the industry evolves with clients and agencies seeking the best value for their investment of time, money and people. But how do you put a cost on creativity?
Every agency and...
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Leaders
Brands should be more open minded about how they speak to younger audiences, according to a panel at Creativepool’s inaugural Connect: London event.
The two-day festival saw key members of the ad, design and branding worlds come together to...
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Industry
Click on Spanish sisters Eva and Marta Yarza’s Creativepool profile and you’ll be met with an avalanche of colour. The creative duo, better known as graphic design studio Yarza Twins, picked up a silver prize in the Annual in 2018 and...
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Industry
Asked what was unique about Iris’ Annual-winning work for UK home improvement retailer Wickes last year, creative director Simon Mannion says it was its humorous nature which set it apart.
“It offered a different way of talking to the...
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Leaders
Creativepool held its annual Connect: London festival at Boiler House, Old Truman Brewery last week with two days of inspiring talks, workshops and networking events for the creative industry.
The packed programme saw the action take place across...
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