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We’ve all had fantasies about various ways of quitting our jobs. In fact, some of you out there may even have turned freelance because you just couldn’t take the permanent life any more - either because of your boss or the work itself....
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Over the summer, I was working for a client in southeast London. I’ll be honest: the travel was a pain in the butt. We were in that ridiculously hot stretch of the summer where it was hotter in London than in most of Europe. The tube was...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Our friends at the ASA have announced they are investigating the Government-backed campaign which saw vans driving through London, calling on 'illegal immigrants' to leave the country or face arrest. This follows 60 complaints and, despite some...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Blinkx has announced that its revenue has increased by 73% to $198m. Share price has been on a roller coaster following the company's failure to match analysts' early hope, however it has since more than doubled in the last year. The Blinkx report...
Posted by: Creativepool
You may have noticed Marissa Mayer, the CEO of Yahoo!, kicking up some dust last month, when she announced a complete ban on working from home. This, she claimed, was to encourage collaborative working and collective thinking. However, there was a...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Ashley Morrison. You may have heard of something called the three-second rule. In advertising terms, if the person you're trying to sell to doesn't understand your message within three seconds, then your message is too long. But the latest EE...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Ashley Morrison. One of the perks of being a freelancer is the ability to work from home. I love it. No arduous daily commute (and related expenses, obviously), no noisy work colleagues, and seriously good coffee on tap when I want it. But in...
Posted by: Creativepool
The Saatchi Gallery has just opened a new film and screening room, just around the corner from the Saatchi Gallery on the King's Road. The first artist to take up residence in this room is Christopher Baker, a scientist-turned-multimedia artist who...
Posted by: Creativepool
Say what you like about Facebook, but Mark Zuckerber's social media monopoliser has (for better or worse) become an integral part of our shared cultural heritage in recent years. Who amongst you, the media-savvy Creativepool reader, could honestly...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
You know 'Mozilla', don't you? The people who make the Firefox web browser? Well, it turns out they also make a thing called 'AdBlock Plus'. And, if you're using it, you're getting right up the noses of some advertising big-wigs. For the...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Not every brand can be an icon and even those that achieve iconic status are not guaranteed immortality. Of course, changing consumer and economic trends are always going to play an important part in whether a brand sticks around for months, years or...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
B2B marketing has been evolving, and you’ve probably noticed it. In the last few years, there’s been a shift towards the use of entertainment in B2B marketing. This is something that takes many forms: branded entertainment, branded content,...
Posted by: Novagram
Over Christmas last year, Irish independent creative agency The Public House launched their ampaign for EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum featuring a choir of NYPD veterans, correcting a musical myth at the heart of The Pogues’ classic Fairytale...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A new year often brings with it a chance to sweep the slate clean and make healthier choices when it comes to the work we accept and the work we don’t. Indeed, it could be argued that the perpetual curse of the freelancer isn’t so much...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
We’ve already looked back at the year that was 2023 and what a year it was. But what kind of magazine would we be if we didn’t also cast our sights on the next 12 months? Of course, there are a few trends you can expect to see pop up...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Haleon and The Wild by Jungle have launched the new VoltarolNaturals gel with ‘Release the Tension’, a campaign encouraging people to own those awkward situations where the discomfort of post-workout discomfort clashes with social tension...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
For this week's Company Spoitlight, we're speaking to Phil Crisp, Managing Director and Creative Lead at post production studio Digital Light. How was your company born and where are you based? We started in 2005 by partnering with strong emerging...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Crafting ideas is what we do at Grand Central. Lately, I've been contemplating what defines a "big creative idea." After all, every agency aims to craft "big ideas." So, what defines a big idea? It must be multi-channel, possess mass appeal, be...
Posted by: Andy Gregory
At the time of writing, the feature film adaptation of the viral children’s horror game Five Nights at Freddy’s (known commonly by the acronym FNaF) has made over $250 million against a measly (by Hollywood standards) $20 million budget....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Minecraft, one of the world’s most popular video games, believes that stories from every perspective are worth telling. The company has built a community of 141 million active players by encouraging them to tell their unique stories every day...
Posted by: Hype
This year, Creativepool celebrated 10 years of creative excellence with the eighth edition of the Creativepool Annual and handed out over 250 prizes at a lavish Annual Launch Party in the centre of London. Without the individuals, however, the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
This week we spoke to Luke Brown, Composer & Sound Designer at The Soundery, a music and sound design studio that specialises in cooking up "tasty noises for visual media." How was your company born and where are you based? The Soundery is a duo,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Audience personas can provide the blueprint for your marketing campaigns. By taking the time to research and immerse yourself in understanding who you are trying to reach, can provide an invaluable framework for attaining great results. Everyone has...
Posted by: Think Design Manchester Ltd
The Official Charts Company - the producers of the UK’s Official Singles Chart as heard on BBC Radio 1 - is unveiling a new brand identity and consumer digital platform, where brands will be able to connect safely with an engaged and loyal...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A poor creative never blames his tool but in the same breath, without our tools we probably wouldn’t be of much help to anybody. Having the right tools and equipment is vital when it comes to delivering exceptional work and staying ahead of the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
How did you get into the industry? I studied and qualified as a Graphic Designer where I worked for many years. During this time, I found a passion for 3D animation which I then self-taught myself and began introducing this into my job and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
If there is one thing this pandemic has accelerated, it is the rate at which businesses have realised they are in deep pits of dung. Outdated systems, experiences and pipelines have come to the open following the outbreak and it looks like the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Jumping on the recent Wes Anderson trend that’s sprung up on social media since the auteur’s latest film “Asteroid City” was released, Bella Vecchi, a Creator at VaynerMedia, started an Instagram campaign for Zoom on the same...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Brands continue to defy expectations and grow their ad budgets, despite the unstable macroeconomic situation. In no area is this more true than CTV. Its meteoric growth does not look to be slowing anytime soon with spend set to reach £2.31...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Stormy Studio is an award-winning business-focused animation studio in the UK that produces high-quality 2D and 3D business explainers and marketing animation for global brands and businesses. To learn more, we spoke to company founder and creative...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Over the past three years, we have adapted together - and now, our ships are coming in. Comparatively, we may go less often, stay closer to home, and spend more time phoning things in … but new days are growing heavy with promise. In our...
Posted by: The Darnell Works Agency
How did you get into the industry? An old high school buddy of mine (who I later produced 20+ years of work with) brought home a Sony ½” reel to reel video camera/deck during a Christmas break from college. We played around with it over a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This year to support the humble local corner shop and the work they do for their communities, Cadbury with the help of global agency of record, VCCP, is launching a new integrated campaign, ‘The Big Win-Win’. In the form of a nationwide...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A year since launching their first ever Pasta Sauce that was ‘Ridiculously Late’ to the market (but ‘Ridiculously Good’), Kraft Heinz New Ventures announces one of the most unexpected partnerships of the year. Household...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
There are multiple factors behind any paradigm shift, but consumer behaviour is arguably one of the biggest for marketing. When audience habits and mindsets change, so too must the way marketers consider and approach their communications. As demand...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
January marked the end of Future Publishing and M&S’s four-month campaign titled, ‘Make a Style Statement.’ Running since September 2022, the campaign built on the retailer’s already high brand awareness with a strategic approach to raising...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial