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Hires of the Week

TBWA\Chiat\Day New York This week, TBWA\Chiat\Day New York appointed former Saatchi & Saatchi NY EVP Rodes Ponzer as Global Brand Leader on the Accenture account. The agency has also hired three new Group Account Directors: Carrie Lipper to lead the...

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Account Wins of the Week

Underdog Underdog won the all-round creative duties for T Bhimjyani Realty this week. Previously part of Neelkanth Group, the Indian firm has been in the realty business for over 40 years and has successfully executed over 550 residential &...

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They may sell vacuum cleaners, but why are Queen so popular?

There's nothing new about TV ads using pop songs in their soundtracks. Think of all those Levis ads from the eighties - not only did they shift truckloads of jeans, they made the tunes hits all over again. From the Spice Girls flogging crisps, to The...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Adfest 2015 Roundup

This weekend saw the 18th annual Adfest 2015 Awards take place at PEACE, Royal Cliff Hotels Group in Pattaya, Thailand. Here we'll be running through a few of the most notable wins. Young Lotus Abigail Montana and Margarita Salvador from Lowe...

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Has Nintendo sold its soul?

Nintendo is a company that is particularly dear to the hearts of many 20-30 year old generation X/Y straddlers such as myself. We grew up with Mario and Link and Donkey Kong, and even today, whilst many of us might have neglected the bright colours...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Etihad Airways ropes in Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman is the new face of Etihad Airways, with the brand ambassador starring in a new campaign called “Flying Reimagined” for the luxury airline, which had its worldwide premiere in Abu Dhabi over the weekend. The premiere was...

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Account Wins of the Week: Part 2

72andSunny - Adidas Adidas has announced a new partnership with 72andSunny to lead its sport campaigns. The agency will lead creative for Adidas Sport Performance, with responsibility for brand-level global campaigns with a strategic focus on...

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Cannes Lions is forever Young

After a successful inaugural year, the Young Lions PR Competition is set to return at this year's Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. As with last year, there will also be a show of support for the scheme by the International...

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M&C Saatchi gets a Brazilian

Last week, M&C Saatchi bought a stake in the multi-award winning Brazilian agency, Santa Clara, on of the top five creative advertising agencies in the LATAM region. The agency is led by partner and CEO Ulisses Zamboni and partner and CCO Fernando...

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Hires of the Week

Razorfish London Razorfish London has named Jim Mason as executive director of strategy & insight. Mason joins the London team from the Razorfish Atlanta office, and will be formally leading the practice which unites strategy, insights, planning,...

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Publicis Relax into another major acquisition

It was announced yesterday that the Publicis Groupe, which recently bought the $3.7 billion Sapient network, had begun exclusive negotiations in view of purchasing Relaxnews, the Parisian press agency with global expertise in consulting, production...

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Apple Store overhaul on the cards

The minimalist Apple Store design is set to get a major overhaul by senior vice president of design, Sir Jony Ive. The redesign comes at a time when the company are poised to launch their new Apple Watch, and when there is rife speculation about...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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New York Festivals Torch awards have announced 2015 mentors

The New York Festivals Torch Awards has announced its mentors for 2015, and this year, the five prominent international chief creative officers poised to watch over the proceedings include top executives from Havas Worldwide and AKQA. Havas Amsterdam...

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DDB New York score a hat-trick of senior hires

The Omnicom Group agency DDB New York announced recently that three big new senior hires have been made: A trio of creative veterans who will be focusing on the agency's content and innovation, and whose appointment marks an ongoing overhaul of the...

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Hires of the Week: Part 2

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...

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Ogilvy CommonHealth find fame in the future

Two Ogilvy CommonHealth mainstays were inducted into the Medical Advertising Hall of Fame's Future Famers Program at an awards dinner held at the Pierre Hotel in New York on tuesday night (February 3). Account executive Lisa Gelbman, and content...

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BBC headquarters gains new identity

The former iconic BBC headquarters in London's White City are set to be transformed into a mixed-use development, which will comprise a new Soho House club and a hotel, as well as 950 luxury apartments and numerous offices, shops and restaurants. The...

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Major managerial shake up at Ogilvy & Mather India

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...

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Tesco continue to shed dead weight

In the latest is a series of significant culls for the supermarket chain since Dave Lewis took over as CEO last September, it was announced yesterday that Tesco's Blinkbox Books e-book service would be closing, following a failed sale to Waterstones....

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Saatchi invest in the future of art

Saatchi Art recently unveiled the latest edition of their annual Invest in Art series, which features the best work from emerging artists, handpicked by the site's chief curator, Rebecca Wilson. This year, Wilson has selected seven young artists from...

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Everything you need to know about Windows 10

As a Mac user (I went Mac and never went back around the tail end of 2006), I honestly had very little interest in Microsoft's Windows 10 event, which took place yesterday (January 21), and I wasn't the only one. The announcement alone left people...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Fitness First turn Blue Monday Red

Fitness First is the world's largest privately owned health club group with over 540 clubs worldwide and over 1 million members in 21 countries. In London alone there are over 40 clubs, each stocked with state-of-the art gym equipment, and staffed by...

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M&C Saatchi takes Tel Aviv

It was announced recently that the global advertising network M&C Saatchi has expanded its Middle Eastern portfolio by acquiring a majority stake in the Tel Aviv, Israel-based agency, Ben-Natan Golan. The new agency will be called simply “M&C...

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Let's push the envelope to reach out and touch base

I rarely, if ever, blog about television programmes I happen to like - largely because it would be a bit off-brief if I did. This is, after all, a blog that is specifically supposed to appeal to Creativepoolers, with features, advice or opinions on...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Something extraordinary has happened...

Something extraordinary has happened to me. Not a new brand of tea bag I rather like, but something properly extraordinary. As you'll know, almost a week ago, armed men stormed the offices of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo; shooting and killing...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Social media keeps the flame of free speech alive

Nobody was prepared for the abhorrent series of events that befell the staff members of the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo yesterday in Paris. The vicious attack, brought on (once again) by nothing but harmless religious satire, shook the...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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WPP pencil in a big year

WPP certainly appear to be stepping into 2015 with both feet forward! Firstly, it's been suggested that WPP might be considering a £2 billion purchase of Tesco's Dunnhumby data division. This would mark yet another major technology purchase for...

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Fisher-Price make a wish for 2015's newborns

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...

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McDonald's reinvent the love

McDonald's are starting 2015 with a complete “Brand transformation” based around the immortal “I'm lovin it” strategy. The transformation hopes to stem haemorrhaging sales for the fast food brand, and instil a more upbeat and...

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Adot shines a light on homelessness

In order to raise awareness of the 93,000 homeless people sleeping on the streets in the UK in Christmas, Adot.com, the organisation that aims to “Ignite worldwide awareness of the singular true nature of mankind,” has created a new...

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Create a uniquely interactive campaign with Rapt

The mobile, interactive media agency Rapt Media, announced recently that it's agreement with Ogilvy & Mather Dusseldorf had been extended, as the interactive advertising agency wishes to use Rapt Media's technology for the second year of its...

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The Week in Tech

Barclays embrace face-to-face video Barclays recently became the first UK bank to allow customers to use face-to-face video banking via their phones, laptops and tablets. The service will launch on December 8 and will allow premier account members...

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The Week in Booze

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...

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The Paddington Trail: please look out for this bear, thank you...

by Ashley Morrison This Friday sees the eagerly anticipated release of the Paddington movie. I'm a colossal fan of the marmalade sandwich-loving young gentleman bear - and not only of the original five-minute animated episodes narrated by Michael...

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Kehinde Wiley rethinks the way kings are made

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...

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