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I don't know about you, but I for one have always thought that if there was one thing the London skyline needed, it was another building shaped like a foodstuff. Well, it would appear my prayers have been answered, as after a six-year hiatus, the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
By now you will almost certainly have seen the front cover of today's landmark edition of Charlie Hebdo. Indeed, it might even be your Facebook profile picture by this point. But whilst the image in question might seem a little tame given the events...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Hello and happy new diet to you. No? Happy new gym membership, maybe. Not that either? Happy new I’m-only-drinking-alcohol-at-the-weekend. Getting warmer? Or perhaps the number one aim in the Land of You is get a happy new job. If so, good...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Fisher-Price, the children's toy manufacturer, has started 2015 with an ad that aims to tug at the heartstrings of mothers and fathers across the world. The 90 second clip, which debuted over the weekend, shows some of the first babies to be born in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Mediacom Confectionary giant Mars awarded its global media planning account to WPP's Mediacom earlier this week after a consolidation review. The company, which has a global annual spending estimated at $1.5 billion, has, until now, been handled by...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
DLKW Lowe DLKW Lowe has been given the creative account for the UK Post Office following a review where it pitched against high-profile competitors such as Ogilvy, WCRS and Engine. DLKW take the reins from Dare, who won the account back in 2009, but...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Cider Heineken, the brand behind Bulmers cider (amongst countless other alcoholic beverages, including their own globally successful lager), is positioning Bulmers as a festive drink for the winter season in a new digital campaign. Itself part of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A unique collaboration between the premium vodka brand, Grey Goose and artist, Kehinde Wiley will culminate in a series of events during the Miami art fair next month. The acclaimed artist will be displaying portraits in his “Modern Kings of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Redscout Innovation agency Redscout recently announced it will be opening a new office in London to be run by Jason Cobbold as managing director. Cobbold joins the agency from Publicis London, where he had served as deputy managing director since...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Karen Blackett OBE, chief executive of WPP's MediaCom, has recently been named “The Most Influential Black Person in Britain” by Powerlist magazine, but the 43-year old leader of the UK's largest media agency still thinks it's odd that...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Leading advertising automation company Rubicon Project, was recently named as the number 1 ad platform in the world by Quantcast, the audience measurement company that draws its statistics from more than half a billion people worldwide. Quantcast...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Publicis Groupe owned global marketing and technology company DigitasLBi, has recently been named in the Media Plan of the Year competition, with their work for the Motorola Moto X smartphone earning them pride of place in the “Campaign...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Abhijit 'Kinu' Avasthi, the national creative director of Ogilvy India, has decided to leave the agency after serving there for 15 years, in what is probably the most high profile creative exit of the year so far. Avasthi, who was handed the national...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Publicis Groupe announced yesterday the acquisition of the real-time data-driven digital ad firm RUN, an acquisition very much in line with the group's plan to earn 50% of its revenue from digital by 2018 (at the time of writing, the figure...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
JWT Amsterdam have launched a new integrated campaign for Nestle's KitKat chocolate brand, which aims to promote the new KitKat Double Chunky Caramel through “The first-ever nationwide break.” The campaign, which is entitled “Give...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
I’m one of life’s big procrastinators. From buying something pretty massive like a new car to something as tiny as a runners’ water bottle for a fiver, I always want to make sure I’m doing the right thing - and getting the...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
MoZeus Worldwide, the Atlanta, Georgia based mobile technology agency dedicated to helping brands and marketing agencies interact with consumers, recently announced a partnership with Toyota Motor Sales. The deal will see MoZeus, whose other...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Filmmaker Jon Avnet, who has worked on films such as “Risky Business” and “Black Swan” has launched a new fully integrated digital studio, which aims to deliver original, high-profile, premium half-hour and hour-long content...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Of all the things Apple do well, creating a hullabaloo is one of the best. Despite ongoing wars and Scotland's bid for independence, the launch of a new product still performed well in the news agenda on Tuesday. Live from Cupertino, the world's...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Win tickets to Wembley for the England v. San Marino Qualifier at Pool Party 2014 We are all excited for the Creativepool end of summer party happening this Wednesday, but we have some more news! We have a PAIR OF GOLD LEVEL TICKETS up for grabs...
Posted by: Creativepool
You're probably familiar with the magazine Private Eye. If not, you just need to know it's the longest running satirical publication in the UK (maybe the world), is edited by Ian Hislop from 'Have I Got News For You', and is still remarkably fresh,...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
It would be a strange person who would argue we are not all entitled to privacy. When taking a bath, most of us would be alarmed were we to find a ladder at the window, allowing anyone and everyone to have a peek at us as we shampooed and scrubbed....
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
The Publicis Groupe has announced yet another new acquisition, this time in the shape of Nurun, the global technology consultancy based in Montreal, Canada. Publicis acquired the company for 125 million Canadian dollars from Quebecor, who said they...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co, the Japanese tire company, announced yesterday that they were to support AC Milan as a Premium Sponsor for the 2014-2015 Serie A, the Italian professional football league, which kicked off over the weekend. The company will...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Marketing Evolution CEO, Rex Briggs presented new findings and new analytic capabilities at the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) Innovation Day hosted by Disney. Briggs' presentation, entitled ACCELERATING THE TRANSFORMATION AND INNOVATION...
Posted by: Creativepool
3BlackDot, the multimedia entertainment company launched last month by former Machinima executives Angelo Pullen and Luke Stapleton in partnership with YouTube gaming influencers Tom Cassell and Adam Montoya, recently announced the appointment of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Boston-based furniture retailer Bernie & Phyl's has named the New York agency DeVito/Verdi as its agency of record. The award-winning agency was granted a seat at the company's table by Rob Rubin, Bernie & Phyl's president of merchandising and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Starcom MediaVest announced last week that it is to split and launch MediaVest as a separate agency. The Publicis Group agency made the decision just a week after it was announced that Diageo, the alcoholic beverages company, decided to move their...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
ViralGains, the viral video marketing firm, announced yesterday that they have raised $2.8 million of what is expected to be a $3.3 million seed round of funding. They will be using these funds to grow the supply and demand sides of its business and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Top Fotolia contributor Siarhei Piatrosau, and his colleague Dmitri Serov, have a unique Fotolia portfolio, so we spoke to them as part of our ‘Unstock’ series. Siarhei and DmitriDmitri and I are both from Belarus. We started working...
Posted by: Fotolia
Afiat Sukmaraga's positivity; in his personality and his illustrations is infectious. Not only will his interview, as part of our 'Unstock' series, make you smile from ear to ear but so will his witty, artistic creations. We spoke to him to find out...
Posted by: Fotolia
Spaghetti hoops, luxury cars, whisky, compact discs, bleach - if you can think of it, somebody has advertised it. And that's fair enough. As long as it's legal, any producer of a service or product has the right to attempt to persuade us to buy it;...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Various high-profile celebrities such as Eddie Izzard, Ross Kemp, Tony Robinson, and John Barrowman have appeared in a new ad launched yesterday in a campaign against Scottish independence. The “Let's Stay Together” campaign seeks to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Fresh Awards has quickly become a recognised brand and important highlight in the industry calendar, with an original approach to awards delivery and a policy of keeping the process of entering awards as transparent as possible. The awards...
Posted by: Creativepool
Saatchi & Saatchi Latin America and Conill Advertising, Saatchi & Saatchi's multicultural unit, announced yesterday that Javier Campopiano has been appointed to the newly created role of chief creative officer for Latin America and Multicultural USA....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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