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Global branding agency Bulletproof has joined forces with Amsterdam’s top universities to launch ‘Amsterdame’, a campaign that highlights the increasing gender gap in the Netherlands and demands legislative action towards closing...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
If a report by the World Economic Forum is to be believed, it will take over 100 years to close the gender pay gap. Quite simply, that will not do. Of course, this is a global study cast across all industries and takes into account countries where...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I like cake. This will not come as a surprise to anyone who has ever met, or even just caught sight of my perpetually expanding stomach in recent years, but I certainly do not like social inequality, so my head doesn't know quite what to make of this...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
If the latest stats from the IPA Agency Census are to be taken at face value, then it would appear to suggest that progress on the ethnicity pay gap has stalled but the gender pay gap is closing. This isn’t mere conjecture either as the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
We live in a dangerously divided world where politics, branding, and capitalism continue to collide. Fueled by social media’s immediacy, vast reach, and influence, and a society stoked by activism, we’ve never been more socially...
Posted by: Lysle Wickersham
Genie - the intelligent matchmaking service for creative industries - launched a campaign last year to encourage employers to be more transparent with their budgets. Led by Genie’s female founders Nicky Badneoch and Bonnie Harold and endorsed...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Matt Hay, CEO at Bulbshare, on why gender-based marketing is fast becoming obsolete amid a new non-binary consumer landscape In the heyday of advertising, brands were clear about who they should market to. Things like cars, whiskey, cardigans,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Traditionally, the Army has been mostly regarded as an environment where only men could find their place. Yet, there's an argument that the very nature of the Army makes everything equal; based on that, there's no reason why women shouldn't feel like...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It’s no secret that female creatives have been overlooked, under employed and under utilised in the film, music, and media industries for decades. Even with the onslaught of rising female creators and content being driven towards the female...
Posted by: Bopper
Heineken has launched a new global campaign, “Cheers to All”, with a light-hearted view on the stereotypes that are associated with ordering certain drinks. Through the light-hearted film, which shows men and women being served the wrong...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
With the 2019 general election fast approaching in the UK, the BBC has launched a promo for its coverage leading up to 12 December. Created by BBC Creative, the film puts the power in voters’ hands by showing a diverse range of families across...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This month in advertising has been dominated by a cream cheese bagel-scoffing dad abandoning his baby to a conveyor belt, a pram-pushing mum and moon-walking men. The first bans the ASA has handed down since its gender stereotyping legislation came...
Posted by: Southpaw
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...
Posted by: Ryan Watson
Since its beginnings in 1961, Amnesty International has been the champion for human rights and justice through campaigning the streets, impactful content, encouraging letter writing and, most of all, through creativity. Their Annual Report 2016...
Posted by: Creativepool
J Walter Thompson London has teamed up with Creative Equals to place a spotlight on the low levels of women at the top table of creativity at this year's Cannes Lion. Together, they are launching #TheFemaleFilter; a campaign which will analyse the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Saatchi & Saatchi’s New Directors’ Showcase (NDS) celebrates its 27th year at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity by shining a light on the current gender imbalance within directing. Partnering with MPC, the show will celebrate...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Thousands of employers will publish their gender pay gap figures for the first time from today (April 6), helping break the glass ceiling and create a more modern workforce. The UK is one of the first countries in the world to require gender pay gap...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A weekly roundup of the most important news from the advertising awards world ADC*E The Art Directors Club of Europe honored “We Are The Superhumans” for Channel 4 by 4Creative with a Creative Distinction Award. The prize was created...
Posted by: TheNextGag
Global children’s charity Theirworld has launched an ambitious campaign, created by The Partners in collaboration with other WPP agencies Kantar Added Value, Kantar Futures, MEC and VML, to expose the hidden values and behavioural codes of gender...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Channel 4’s award-winning in-house creative agency 4Creative has produced a new four-part short-form series starting Grayson Perry, in partnership with production company Swan Films. “Born Risky: Grayson Perry” launched yesterday (November 2)...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Gender bias has, until now, been one of those issues a lot of us like to sweep under the rug, even though we all understand it's a major problem. For many, it's a lingering reminder of a bygone age of rampant misogyny and prejudice that we'd rather...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As much as we'd all like to believe that we've all moved on from the dark ages of the 1960s and 1970s into an age of genuine enlightenment, the sad fact remains that, for the most part, adland is still a bit of a boys club. This is thanks in no small...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Google’s recent proposal, put forward to Silicon Valley's Unicode Consortium (the body that controls and approves universal software standards for letters and other characters), wants to increase the representation of women in emoji and calls...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
Creativepool’s Annual Creative Industry Report, in partnership with creative digital recruitment specialists, IC Creative & Talentedge Creative & Media, surveyed over 2,500 industry professionals. The most suprising and encouraging finding...
Posted by: Creativepool
Design Army - Harper Macaw Ahead of this year's heavily publicised and unprecedentedly divisive US presidential election, the creative gurus at Design Army are encouraging American citizens to chose their chocolate bars based on their political...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Karen See, the former Chief Communications Officer for DDB Group Asia Pacific, and Sharn Bedi, the former Managing Director for DDB Remedy Asia Pacific, have teamed up to launch an executive leadership consultancy set champion gender diversity and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
With traditional (and some might argue antiquated) gender roles in a state of rapid flux, it's more important than ever to understand clearly what society as a whole feels about the notion of gender equality. JWT London and media intelligence...
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There are few things more cringe-worthy than politicians trying to be any of the following: hip, funny, down with da yoof, normal, John Travolta. I had to add number five because I'm still haunted by images of John "Two Jags" Prescott bopping away at...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Karen Yeomans is an award-winning freelance photographer on a mission to help women be seen and support the rise of women’s sport. Based in North London, her clients include major names in the sporting sphere like Red Bull, Invictus and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We are approaching a whole new world for brands and consumers alike, one in which humanity will matter more than anything else. Yet, it would be foolish to overlook what has happened in the past 16 months - and how the financial struggles of many...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Cannes Lions 2018 was a more reserved affair than perhaps we were used to, but it was no less inspiring. Indeed, many found the atmosphere this year to be a little more relaxed and a little more open. Whether this was by happenstance or design, it...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Looking at the contemporary art scene is not an easy task. Especially because the cutouts, themes, platforms and diversity are the size of planet Earth. One way that I always prefer is to find something in the artwork that takes me out of the...
Posted by: Daniel
Creative Duo Cabeza Patata (that's Potato Head in Spanish) have recently joined the Jelly Futures family just in time for Craft Month - that was handy wasn't it?! Formed by illustrator and craftswoman Katie Menzies and 3d artist and animator Abel...
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Whilst it's the awards and the general glamour of Cannes that might dominate headlines, the real heart of Cannes Lions lies in the festival's celebrated speaking sessions. Championing the sharing of ideas and the betterment of the creative...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Against a global background of increasing isolationism, uncertainty, and mistrust, Britons today demonstrate unexpected confidence in their nation and belief in the potential of foundational institutions and major brands for stability, truth, and...
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Work-Order - HuffPost The Huffington Post has been rebranded as HuffPost in a bid to help the news organisation “become better listeners” and build up trust with its audience. The name change and new logo marks the news site’s...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial