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Workshop

Suck it up! The harsh side of freelancing

I know a lot of freelancers and, by contrast with their permanently employed counterparts, I would say almost all of them are happy. I’m a freelancer too, and it would take a lot for me to go back to permanent employment now. And I don’t...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Leaders

Nissan and TBWA invite us on an Altima Weekend

Nissan has kicked off a campaign fuelled by the call of the open road and people who love adventure, bridging the gap between TV, social and real life experiences to highlight the 2015 Nissan Altima as the ultimate road trip companion. The fully...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Plenty's new film 'We Need to Talk About Alice' supports Oxfam

We can finally reveal the exciting news that Jelly London’s award winning art & motion studio Plenty have had the honour of creating this year’s Good Books film in conjunction with the 150th Anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s...

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Leaders

New design conference set to change perspectives on visual design

Award-winning design consultant Emma Sexton hosts the first ever UK design event for non-designers at Thomson Reuters, Canary Wharf on 22nd September 2015. Unleash The Power is the first design event of it’s kind, on a mission to challenge...

Posted by: Hands Down™
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Leaders

The BBC versus Apple in the battle for your ears.

For the first time ever, radio and music lovers will be able to download BBC radio programmes in full, to their smartphone or tablet for free, listen to them offline, and keep them for up to 30 days on the BBC iPlayer Radio app. The update, rolling...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Leaders

Top 10 Hires of the Week

All Together Now Johnny Hornby’s The&Partnership, which includes CHI in the UK, launched a new content agency All Together Now late last year, headed by former NME editor Conor McNicholas. Now, just 7 months later, ATN has hired its first creative...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

If you were on a precipice, maybe you should just let go

Last week, I posted one of my most successful blogs this year. "Top 10 worst corporate phrases" was for all you folk out there who hate ugly jargon such as “reach out”, “touch base” and “push the envelope”. You...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Leaders

Saatchi's NDS returns to its roots for 25th anniversary

At the Palais des Festivals in Cannes yesterday (Thursday 25 June) as part of this year's Cannes Lions festival, Saatchi & Saatchi celebrated 25 years of the New Directors’ Showcase with a one-off screening of a brand new film. The idea was to...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Fancy a break, freelancers? Become an employee again

In April of this year, I quit my part-time job of 15 years (almost to the day). Until then, two days a week, I was one of a number of pairs of hands… (ugh! What an ugly way of putting it! But I’m leaving it in because there’s...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Leaders

The Week in Tech

Nintendo shoot down Android rumours Whilst all of gadget land might well be salivating at the prospect of today's impending WWDC Apple keynote speech (check back tomorrow for my thoughts on that), it is the Californian tech giants primary rival in...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Industry

Ogilvy Labs at Digital Shoreditch 2015

As an official partner of Digital Shoreditch 2015, Creativepool joined the Ogilvy Labs Live day on Thursday 14 May to celebrate the outstanding achievements in the creative, tech and entrepreneurial communities. Held in East London's Shoreditch Town...

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Leaders

Virgin Atlantic go all out for new LA Clubhouse

Virgin Atlantic recently unveiled a rather glorious new Clubhouse lounge at Los Angeles International Airport, which set them back a cool £2.5 million. The project was undertaken alongside the US practice Slade Architecture, with local and...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Is social media making bullying acceptable?

It could be argued we might all benefit from a little digital detox, and TV presenter Sue Perkins has announced she's going to be spending some time away from Twitter. Unfortunately this isn't a lifestyle choice. She's actually been forced off the...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Leaders

Ad land fights back against homophobia

Hatred exists in many shapes and forms, but no form of hatred grinds my gears quite like bigotry. In such a supposedly enlightened age, despising another person simply because their beliefs or lifestyle don't align with yours should be completely...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Industry

Advertising Week Europe. Live Streaming from ITV Stage

Live from the Advertising Week Europe ITV Stage at Princess Anne Advertising Week Europe has 200+ events including more than 180 seminars and workshops. World-class industry thought leaders take the Advertising Week stage to tackle the industry's...

Posted by: Advertising Week
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Leaders

VCCP showcase a darker side to McLaren

It's become something of a cliché to “Go to the dark side,” in the media. Modern logic dictates that the second sequel in a trilogy should always be “The dark one,” and adding a touch of gritty realism to a TV show can be...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

Smart Car prove that size doesn't matter

Whilst in the western world we appear to shy away from anything small and cute (tries not to make an obvious dirty joke), in the East, smaller is always better. From technology and architecture, to food and even living space, the lack of space...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

How to be nice. Yes, I'm talking to you, PALS. #hellomynameis

There's something I don't like. 'Quelle surprise!' (that's your actual French) I hear you cry. It's when people start emails off like this: Ashley. Blah blah blah. Message message message. J. Now, for all I know they might not have been frowning...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Leaders

Havas acquire award-winning German agency

It was announced recently that The Havas Group has acquired the award-winning German agency, Bird & Schulte Advertising, a leading health and wellness communications agency which offers a full spectrum of services including advertising, digital...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

The Week in Tech

LG take a Quantum leap LG has taken another step in the 4K wars with their new “Quantum Dot” TV, which they are expected to debut at CES 2015. The new QD-equipped set is said to offer a wider colour palette and improved saturation than...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Workshop

Blogging: what are the rules? Are there any?

by Ashley Morrison The other day, I was at a party and talking to someone who wrote for a technical magazine. Personally, I'm a generalist; unlike him, I don't have one particular area of expertise. So that means, as a freelance copywriter, I've...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Leaders

New anti-gun ads provoke controversy

A series of new public service announcements for the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence by Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness and production company Wondros, might just be some of the most unnerving and polarising ads ever produced for the organisation, which is...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Features

What would ITV's schedule look like if it went up-market?

Good Morning Britain 6:00am - 8:30am Suzanna Reid talks to Alan Yentob about his new beard. Meanwhile Simon Schama and Andi Peters drop into the International Symposium On Medieval Folk History in Bruges for more spins of the Wheel of...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Leaders

Why the news is always bad.

Earlier this year, Jeremy Paxman suggested some editions of Newsnight should simply inform the viewing audience there was nothing much to talk about, before rolling the closing credits. Knowing Paxo, he was probably just being provocative, or even...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Leaders

Reality television – I'm not a moron, get me out of here

Recently I’ve been catching up on a lot of DVDs. All those TV shows that people told me I had to watch but I just never found the time for them: 24, The Wire, The Killing. Lots of death - lovely. Part of the reason for this is that I am pretty...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Leaders

Leo Burnett win the NSPCC's creative account

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
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Leaders

How one man predicted the future of televison.

From Cicero to Aubrey Beardsley, human beings have never had to look too far for individuals touched by the hand of creative genius. But finding intellects so inspired, profound and insightful they actually manage to predict the future, is more of a...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Features

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, catch a Clarkson...and let him go?

Last week, Jeremy Clarkson was forced to apologise for having said a bad thing. A very bad thing. It is the only word in the whole English language that I can think of that is 100%, totally and utterly off limits. The word is “n****r”....

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Leaders

McCann HumanCare hires Auge Reichenberg as Executive Creative Director

It was announced on Tuesday this week that Auge Reichenberg, one of the most respected creative executives in healthcare communications, is to join McCann HumanCare, the consumer-focused health and wellness arm of McCann Health. She joins McCann from...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Features

There’s a new villain in town… #GoodToBeBad

‘Have you ever noticed how, in Hollywood movies, all the villains are played by Brits?’ asks a dinner-jacketed Sir Ben Kingsley in the commercial for the new Jaguar F-Type Coupe. Entitled ‘Rendezvous’ and aired at the Super...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Leaders

Kitcatt Nohr Reverts To It's Roots By Dropping The Digitas Baggage

Since it was bought by the French multinational 'Publicis Groupe' back in 2011, the Digitas name utilised by UK agency Kitcatt Nohr has been synonymous with helping brands create unique and daring advertising opportunities. However, the company now...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Features

Content isn’t king – timing is everything

This weekend, I learned a valuable lesson. Content isn’t king. Or at least, to be more accurate, content isn’t always king. Copy does have to be top-notch to have an impact and to inspire people to buy, sell, share, offer, sign up,...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Features

Top 10 Worst Christmas Hits

Not that I have anything against festive cheer, but for some reason, this sometimes means that good taste seems to vanish completely, and this could not be more true when it comes to Christmas songs. With videos featuring a load of scouse wigs and...

Posted by: Creativepool
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Features

Mayday, May Day! Crack open the Champers!

I didn't wake up this morning thinking, “oooh, today is a significant day.” Nor do I have a beer-fuelled celebration planned for this afternoon in the balmy bank holiday sunshine - or even a rosé-fuelled celebration planned for later...

Posted by: Creativepool

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