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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
It was announced yesterday by Hironobu 'Chief' Kitajima, JWT Japan's managing director, that the award-winning creative Go Sohara would be joining JWT Japan as executive creative director from TBWA/Media Arts Lab in Los Angeles, where he currently...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Warc 100 was announced last week and BBDO Worldwide took the top spot by having the most campaigns on the list of any global agency network. The Warc 100 is an annual ranking of the best marketing campaign's in the world, with a campaign's...
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
I recently read that if the average person was lucky enough to be granted three wishes by a genie, the number one choice was actually “world peace” rather than “a massive amount of money”. Presumably “an infinite number...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Social@Ogilvy, the most extensive social media marketing network both globally and in Asia-Pacific, announced today the appointment (effective August 1) of Fergus Hay as General Manager, Asia-Pacific. In his new, Hong-Kong-based role, Fergus will be...
Posted by: Creativepool
Geometry Global was born out of the merger between G2, OgilvyAction and JWTAction and part of WPP and is the world’s largest activation network. Geometry Global has announced today (11th July 2014) the appointment of Andy Wong as Creative...
Posted by: Creativepool
McCann Worldgroup announced yesterday that Devika Bulchandani has been promoted to the role of president at McCann XBC, the shop formed in 2012 as an agency dedicated to MasterCard, one of McCann's biggest clients. Bulchandani will be succeeding...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Publicis Kaplan Thaler has been named as the lead creative agency for the American seafood restaurant chain, Red Lobster, two months after its account was put into review following a departure from parent company, Darden. Media for the brand is...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
HHGregg, the electronics and home appliances store, announced yesterday that it will be leaving Leo Burnett and Spark SMG to return to Zimmerman Advertising, which handled the brand's creative and media planning since 2007. The retail chain moved its...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Thought previous reports have insinuated that Saatchi & Saatchi were to move to 63 Clerkenwell Road, the site of the old Turnmills nightclub, it was announced yesterday that its sister agency, the Starcom MediaVest Group, will instead be occupying...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Starcom MediaVest Group's global chief executive officer, Laura Desmond, has recently been named chair of the board of directors of the Ad Council, succeeding Debra Lee, chairman & chief executive officer of BET Networks. The council will be...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It was announced late last week that Saatchi & Saatchi Singapore has appointed a new global digital director in the form of Cyril Bedat, who joins the agency from Shanghai, where he has been based for three and a half years. Bedat will be overseeing...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
ZenithOptimedia is currently in the process of merging its media buying staff into two teams, who will work on a cross-platform basis, covering audio-visual and display media. Currently, the agency's trading staff are arranged into teams dedicated to...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
A report recently released by Bloomberg seems to suggest that Apple's decision to outsource less of their creative marketing to TBWA\Chiat\Day and take care of more of its marketing 'in-house' might not have been the brightest move. Results pulled...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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...
Posted by: Creativepool
After a long-standing relationship with GPY&R, Cricket Australia has handed the reigns of its creative account over to M&C Saatchi Melbourne, who won the account following a four-way pitch, by leveraging the specific expertise of its sister agency,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Grey San Francisco, the West Coast arm of the advertising network belonging to the Grey Group, announced yesterday that The Sweetwater Music Hall has chosen them as their exclusive marketing partners. The Sweetwater Music Hall is a legendary Bay Area...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Real Madrid's superstar Welsh left-winger Gareth Bale has been scooped up by BT Sports to star in the latest campaign to promote its European football rights. The campaign is centred around an ad, created by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, which features...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Hot on the heels of the recent news that RajDeepak Das will be joining the Leo Burnett Group as chief creative officer, it's been announced that Prajato Guha Thakurta and Sachin Kamble will also be joining the agency as associate executive creative...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The “100% Real 2014” campaign for McDonald's, designed by TBWA\ANG, an advertising agency based in Gzira, Malta, has recently 'gone viral' online, with its sheer ingenuity and creativity picking up kudos from many of the world's major...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It was announced towards the end of last week that Roshni Hegerman will be joining McCann Australia's planning department as senior planner at the agency's Sydney office. Hegerman joins McCann after a stint as planning director at BBDO India, where...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Hot on the heels of this year's Cannes Lions Festival, Publicis CEO Maurice Levy has made a statement admitting that the planned merger between his group and Omnicom, which fell apart back in May, will cost the company between 40 and 50 million...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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
Leo Burnett announced earlier this week that Y&R Canada has welcomed Alum Bayley into its ranks as senior vice president and global client leader for its BMO (Bank of Montreal) North American business. Bayley will be working from the agency's Toronto...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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
Today sees the start of my favourite time of year: Wimbledon fortnight. And with Andy Murray defending his title and the intrigue surrounding his appointment of 2006 Ladies Champion, Amélie Mauresmo, there's a lot to be excited about. What does...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
According to the results of the 4th Annual Effie Effectiveness Index, Effie Worldwide has named the Omnicom Group's BBDO as the most effective agency network in the world. These results are determined by the performance of the world's major agency...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
By way of distraction from the work I was supposed to be doing today, I clicked on a link to a piece of writing on a reputable music website. About a paragraph into the article an unexpected thing happened. The webpage was suddenly obscured by a...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
John Mescall has been named as the new global executive creative director at McCann's headquarters in New York. The move will see him relocated from McCann Australia, where he has served as executive creative director since October 2011. The move is...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
This week I was asked to blog about the World Cup. I do not care for the World Cup. Not very much anyway. I hate those stupid flags that people stick in their car windows, reminding everyone of all the wasted excitement, hopes and dreams which the...
Posted by: Jessica Hazel
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
Southeast Asian online gaming brand Garena plan to capitalise on the football mania created by the 2014 World Cup, hyping the free EA Sports multiplayer football game, FIFA Online 3 with the help of Saatchi & Saatchi Thailand. Garena was launched in...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Yesterday, on the 2nd day of the annual Cannes Lions Festival, Ogilvy & Mather scored a staggering 34 wins. In total, Ogilvy won 4 Gold Lions, 11 Silver Lions, and 19 Bronze Lions, bringing the network's total up to 70 Lions so far at this year's...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Last week, I wrote a blog post entitled, Why on earth do I need a copywriter? I speak English and own a computer. As I'd hoped, the blog caught the attention of a lot of you - but not just copywriters, as it turned out. From designers to marketing...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Ever since it was re-branded as the 'Creativity Conference', opening the doors for more than just advertisers, The Cannes Lions (colloquially referred to as “The Academy Awards of the advertising world) has gone from strength to strength, year...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns