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The Covid-19 pandemic has seen a rise in popularity for brands who are more purpose-driven. The past year has shown us how important it is to have a purpose to which your customers can connect, one key message that can be described in one sentence...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It was September 2016 when this article from The Guardian unveiled that millennials want “purpose over paychecks”. Fast forward to 2022, two years after the beginning of a global pandemic, and things are hardly looking any different. If...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Early last year, Unilever doubled down on brand purpose and argued that investing more in purposeful communications is the smart thing to do for any brand. That was January 2020, and since then, a global pandemic has proven Unilever quite right, with...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
If you’re ready for a boost to your creativity then you’re in luck, because January is International Creativity Month. Created by Randall Munson, the purpose of International Creativity Month is to find time to explore creative ways to...
Posted by: Mind Doodle
With Brand Purpose back on the agenda for debate, I thought I’d finally get round to telling everyone you’re doing it wrong, using the purist’s example of a Purpose led brand to make my case. Death Cigarettes. The term...
Posted by: Whistlejacket
If Cannes Lions 2022 has a singular united theme, it was “purpose.” Indeed, it’s perhaps been the unifying theme for the last decade. In the ensuing 12 months, however, we’ve all been purposed to death so when it came to the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Purpose is a small and complicated word. For many, it’s that indefinable ‘something’ that keeps us pushing against a brick wall even when we know it’s breaking our backs to do so and for many more it’s the thing that...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As I sit here in a virtual meeting, trying to get my son to get his sick IN, not outside of, the bucket while making sure I’m still on mute and keeping up with the conversations, I’m reminded how incredible women truly are and the...
Posted by: Momentum Worldwide
Today’s consumers are a more discerning bunch than those that came before. They don’t just want to know what a brand sells but what it stands for and this is where brand purpose comes into play; its reason for being beyond just making a...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Having worked in a wide range of industries, including broadcast, exhibition and education, motion graphics designer Gizmo Beardon has learnt that for a vision to succeed, the design needs to sit within the boundaries set by its context and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Craig Peasley, VP Product Marketing at VidMob tells us why he believes that social success depends on creative that's fit for the platform. Brands are facing a double creative control headache. While adhering to their own brand and creative...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Purpose-driven marketing. Purpose-driven brands. Purpose-driven products. These days, it seems the industry is powered by purpose. Which is hardly a surprise, with poll after poll suggesting customers want to buy from brands that are more socially...
Posted by: Woven Agency
In celebration of Pride Month, SodaStream has launched its 2022 “Set All Your Colours Free” campaign. In celebration of the groups which are rising within the LGBTQIA+ community and promoting acceptance and tolerance between people,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
According to research from PLAY, digital product studio and incubator, almost a quarter (24%) of Gen Z employees would not work at a business that profits from unsustainable practices. It’s a pretty considerable chunk of the up and coming...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In 2015, audiences on social media platforms hit a critical mass. Brands suddenly needed to find a new way to speak to consumers. It seems unthinkable now that we all create thousands of video formats for single ad campaigns but it was a much simpler...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It appears that only an incredibly small portion of Fortune 500 companies believe that they should focus on making profit and their actions, rather than social goals. Of course this is far from being negative. Such shift in perception heralds an era...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Love the new Conscious products made-in H&M. At least 50% of Conscious products is made from sustainable materials! And the remaining half, well… We don’t care about that, do we? H&M often makes the headlines for all the wrong reasons,...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
We’ve seen brands rise and fall during the last decade, but never as fast as in 2020. A correct approach to brand purpose could make or break a brand in the last year-and-something, and those regarding brand purpose as a shiny checkbox for...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
About exactly 6 years ago, PWC published a study on the importance of purpose in the work environment. The multinational network highlighted the disconnect between claimed business purpose and the way business leaders operate on a human level. The...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
But a new wave of change-makers is here to change that… Is the branding industry’s obsession with purpose simply encouraging consumers to maintain bad habits? Nowadays we expect brands to weave a sustainable or charitable message into...
Posted by: B&B Studio
It's now or never. Why 2021 is the year to reboot brand purpose However you feel about Vladimir Nabokov - if, indeed, you feel anything at all - it is hard to deny his knack for insightful observations. “Complacency is a state of mind that...
Posted by: B&B Studio
Purpose is a buzzword we've heard quite a lot in recent years. To some it's just a nice-to-have, a pleasant addition to the mission of your brand and a good complement for your products. For others, purpose is something else. It is direction,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Sometimes we creatives get so caught up in the finest details that we forget about the deeper meaning of our works and creations. We forget about the story. We forget about the message. Freelance graphic designer Simone Warnecke has several works...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Inevitably, you have to try your hand at different things before you find your true vocation. It was the case of artist Adrian Penu, who spent some time with photography, film and various crafts before landing in fine art and painting. Since then,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Dreams are funny old things. You’re playing for Scotland and you’ve just scored the winning goal in the dying minutes of the World Cup final - a clear giveaway this is a dream - the referee’s blown the whistle… and you...
Posted by: Ant O'Neill
After speaking at the Brand Film Festival in London recently, I decided to share my approach when using video in a campaign with a cause (capital ‘C’, or otherwise). Film can be an incredibly powerful way of amplifying your brand purpose,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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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Jason Foo Disruption is not the holy grail, businesses need meaningful purpose to future proof themselves. This is what Jason Foo, the CEO of BBD Perfect Storm, told delegates at the Dublin Tech Summit earlier today. “Relying on tech as your...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
On Thursday 24th November, hundreds of creatives from around the UK gathered at Shoreditch venue The Bike Shed for Adobe’s latest Creative Meet Up. The jam-packed evening inspired a creative community through innovative product insights,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Households are being asked to test smoke alarms now and every month as latest research shows that only 28% of all adults who own smoke alarms are actually testing them on a regular basis. This year’s Fire Kills campaign, launched today (Monday 7...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Since ancient times, women have been using the same old products and techniques to manage mother nature’s monthly visit. We may be living in the noughties, but up until now our approach to female menstruation has been very firmly rooted in the...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
This is a new monthly article focusing on the most exciting new agencies opening up across ad land. If we've missed any you think deserve a mention, feel free to let us know in the comments below. Billion Dollar Boy hits the Big Apple London-based...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Coca-Cola has introduced an inventive new campaign in the US aimed at their Hispanic and Latino customers. The campaign aims to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month (NHSM), which runs from mid-September to mid-October, by placing transferable...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Publicis Healthcare acquire Tardis Medical Publicis Healthcare recently acquired Tardis Medical; a highly respected clinical and medical affairs outsourcing organisation and consultancy business. The agency will be aligned with Publicis Touchpoint...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
From time to time intrepid reporters and bloggers voluntarily cut themselves off from society (phone and internet) and write about their experiences surviving in a tweet and text free world where no soul knows what pub they are drinking in, what kind...
Posted by: Creativepool
It's easy to conceive sustainability in its most tangible form - innovative packaging solutions, plastic waste, plant-based products and so on. But what about that email you just sent? What kind of impact does our digital footprint leave on the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
