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Although one never expects a bingo company's advertising to be the height of sophisticated creative communication, I am being driven slowly crazy by Gala's new strapline. 'Sing Gala-la-la' it goes. Leaving aside the obvious gaffe they've made by...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
An EU court recently ruled that the Skype and Sky TV logos were so similar that there is a strong likelihood they could be confused with one another, which effectively means that Skype is now unable to register its current logo as a trademark. The...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Cheil UK – Absolut Vodka Absolut, Pernod Ricard’s leading brand of premium vodka, has handed Cheil UK a global off-trade retail design brief to focus on ensuring a globally consistent in-store brand identity. The agency secured the work after a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
If sitting was an olympic sport, I'd probably be up there on the podium every four years without fail. As such, finding the perfect couch (or sofa or settee depending on your preference) has always been something of a bucket list goal for me....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
18 Feet & Rising 18 Feet & Rising bolsters its management line up by bringing in Brad Fairhead as partner, with a remit to further build 18 Feet & Rising’s work in the more progressive areas of communications. Fairhead has 20 years experience...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I honestly thought Amazon had already taken the idea of streamlining online ordering as far as it could possibly go with their Express Checkout service. But it transpires I was wrong, as word recently emerged from the states that the online retail...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
ADCOLOR, the nonprofit organisation whose mission is to celebrate and champion diversity in the advertising, marketing, media, PR and entertainment industries, has announced that this year's 9th Annual ADCOLOR Industry Conference and Awards will take...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
What a night! Celebrating the best creative work in the 2015 Annual at one of the coolest agency offices in London could not have gone better. It was great to see the interactions and connections built on Creativepool translate from digital to the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Harry Westlake Wears the Rose Little Harry Westlake; the six-year-old who rose to national fame after belting out the national anthem before the recent Six Nations rugby game that saw England triumph over Italy, has been given his own chat show by...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
GSD&M Texan agency GSD&M has announced the appointment of husband and wife team Kris and Alisa Wixom as group creative directors, effective immediately. The 7-time Cannes Lions winners who have worked together for 16 years in “A harmonious union...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
McCann NY McCann New York chief strategy officer Steve Zaroff, has been promoted to the additional post of managing director, effective immediately. Zaroff joined McCann as CSO in 2012 to oversee the strategic direction of the agency's clients, and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Quite a few important new hires and promotions this week, so we'll be splitting the usual weekly article into two (still rather hefty) halves. Enjoy! Ogilvy & Mather New York Ogilvy & Mather New York announced this week that Corinna Falusi has been...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Goodwill and the Ad Council have teamed up to launch a series of new public service advertisements (or PSAs) revealing how clothing and household items donated to Goodwill have helped, and will continue to help, people in the US struggling to find...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As a self-professed creature of the online age, a solid 90% of my shopping is done from the comfort of my own home, most often at my office desk, occasionally whilst on the toilet (don't tell me I'm the only one). As such the idea of a brand such as...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Yesterday, a new management structure was announced for Ogilvy & Mather India, which will be effective from the 1st of March. Amongst other moves, the restructuring will see Kunal Jeswani promoted to CEO and Hufrish Birdy to CFO. According to Ogilvy...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Last year, M&C Saatchi bought the digital agency Lean Mean Fighting Machine for an estimated £10 million as part of an ongoing effort to help establish itself in London. It would appear, however, that the move was actually part of a larger...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Wow, that was quick. 2014 has come and gone and what a busy year it's been. So it's that time of year, when we are now accepting submissions for The Creativepool Annual 2015! And this year it is BIGGER and BETTER. With a whole new layout, content,...
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Arnold Worldwide Global creative agency Arnold Worldwide announced recently the appointment of Jim Elliott to the new role of global chief creative officer, a role under which he will drive Arnold's creative product across the network from the...
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Classically beautiful curved TV from Samsung Samsung's CES 2015 Keynote Speech Samsung chose CES 2015 as the platform from which to unveil their new curved TV designed by the Fuseproject consultancy, which is headed up by famed Swiss designer Yves...
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Supermarket wars have been with us for as long as there have been supermarkets. But the intensity of the competition has never been so keenly felt as it is today. Tesco has had a thoroughly miserable year, which cost them one Chief Executive, a mass...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Wieden+Kennedy Bags Tyrrells Wieden+Kennedy London was recently appointed as the creative agency for Tyrrells, the English crisp and snack makers. The agency, which won the business without a competitive pitch, will be leading all creative...
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MRM//McCann MRM//McCann, the global customer experience marketing agency, announced yesterday that EVP, managing director of MRM//McCann Detroit, Jill Cooley, will be promoted to the global role of EVP, worldwide account director. Also, award...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In a move that reveals a certain symmetry with its parent office, which claimed the San Francisco Examiner as one of its first client back in the 1980's, the New York arm of Goodby Silverstein & Partners has landed a big city tabloid as one of its...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
CAA Marketing, the marketing division of the Creative Artists Agency (one of Hollywood's top talent agencies), has hired former Ogilvy & Mather Paris executive director and creative director Fred Levron to fill the same role at their Los Angeles...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The last week has seen quite a few notable moves in ad world, with a few significant appointments that I've already touched on (including Lindsay Pattison's appointment to global CEO of Maxus), as well as those listed below. Nils Leonard has been...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
London's Old Street EC1 Roundabout has recently been brought kicking and screaming into the 21st century with a state-of-the-art, four-screen digital billboard. To celebrate this digitisation, a YouTube ad campaign has been launched to raise...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Creativepool Team believe it’s time for the creative industry to have an End of Summer Bash: Pool Party 2014! Watch Creativepool and friends take over Shoreditch on Wednesday the 10th of September. Look out for our Ubiquitous Taxis, the...
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Comedic actor Paul Rudd, who is perhaps best known for his roles in comedy hits such as Anchorman, I Love You, Man and This Is 40, and is currently filming a role as the superhero Ant Man in the Marvel film of the same name, has been named as the new...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The leading marketing consulting, analytics and research firm, Optimal Strategix Group (OSG), announced last week that they have been included on the Inc. 500|5000 list for the fifth consecutive year. The annual Inc. 500|5000 list is an exclusive...
Posted by: Creativepool
World class creatives rejoiced this week with the announcement that the 5th annual Designers Fiesta is set to go ahead in just over a month. Presented by leading digital media training provider Academy Class, the event is pegged as 2014’s...
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The Mobile Marketing Association has announced that it will be publishing a tool for brands and agencies called The Mobile Marketing Playbook, in partnership with adidas, the sporting goods giants. The playbook acts as a step-by-step, start to finish...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
'Solve a problem.' That's what they teach you at advertising school - and it's not a bad lesson. If one can identify, spotlight and fix a problem a consumer is enduring, then you really have a selling point. Really it's the 'What's in it for me?'...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
We would like to formally announce the release of our Annual! A huge year for the Creativepool team and the members. Inside is a diverse compendium of our favorite companies and individuals that make up this pool of talent. Broken down into the...
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Tesco hasn't had an easy time of it lately. First the horse meat scandal, then the bad news that last quarter saw a 3% drop in sales. Since then, Tesco’s been doing some serious soul searching, questioning everything from its ethics and health...
Posted by: bluemarlin
One in three Britons is now overweight. One in five is obese. As far as one can trust statistics, that's the picture giving rise to some hefty soul searching this week. How did this happen? What is to be done about it? And who's to blame? That's the...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Ogilvy & Mather recently took home a full bounty of medals at this year's Asian Marketing Effectiveness and Strategy Awards (the AMES), with the agency winning Asia Pacific's Most Effective Agency Office of the Year and Media Strategy Agency of the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns