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Whilst we’ve all probably been guilty of exaggeration or telling the odd white lie at one point or another over social media, whether it’s to make ourselves look better or feel better, a new study has found that women (in Australia at least) are...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Partners Brand consultancy The Partners, has appointed award-winning creative director Peter Henshaw as leader of creative for the agency’s Health Team. Peter will lead global relationships with Novo Nordisk, AstraZeneca, The International...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Internet memes are rarely seen as high culture. Indeed, they're rarely seen as even legitimate forms of entertainment, instead being little more than placeholders used by Facebook trolls with no original thoughts and little inclination to develop...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Sibling The executive leadership team from GSD&M and the founders of multicultural ad agency LatinWorks announced this week the exciting launch of Sibling, an integrated creative and media agency with a decidedly multicultural DNA. The agency plans...
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R2-D2 takes to the skies! Disney and Japan's All Nippon Airways have joined forces (pun obviously intended) to transform a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner into the beloved droid R2-D2 from the Star Wars movies, as part of the Star Wars Celebration event,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Whilst it began life back in the mid-90's as an easy punchline, thanks largely to the larger than life public persona of its founder Stelios Haji-loannou, EasyJet has evolved in the ensuing 20 years to become Europe's leading airline. It's also...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A brand is the visual, emotional, rational, and even cultural image that people associate with a product or with a company. Brands are more important at this period in time than any time in the past century. Brands bring together psychology and...
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The London-to-Scotland rail Caledonian Sleeper service that exists to carry Londoners and Scots back and forth in great comfort, is to be given a complete overhaul with new branding by Weber Shandwick and new train interior designs from Ian Smith...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
At the glittering 2014 World Branding Awards ceremony, which took place over the weekend at One Whitehall Place in London, and were hosted by Sky Sports presenter David “Crofty” Croft, 69 brands from 25 countries were honoured, with...
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 global company Diageo is the leader in beverage alcohol with an wide collection of brands across spirits, beer and wine categories; brands such as Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Smirnoff, Captain Morgan, Baileys and Guinness. Johnnie Walker, the...
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Haier India, the consumer durables and home appliances firm, recently named TBWA\India as their media agency of record, meaning the agency will be responsible for all creative communication in print, outdoor and TV/Radio, taking over the mandate from...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
There were some quite exciting moves in LA adworld yesterday. For starters, it was announced that Mark Peters has joined TBWA\Chiat\Day's LA office as creative director. Peters joins TBWA\Chiat\Day from Deutsch LA, an agency he joined in 2010 after...
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
It was announced earlier this week that Kat Gates has been hired as the new global creative director for Leo Burnett Worldwide, where she will manage all creative for Procter & Gamble's 'Always' brand, which specialises in feminine care and hygeine...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It's been announced that Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R, the full service integrated creative agency of choice for the Great Britain tourism board campaign, has won the account of yet another esteemed British institution. The agency won the brief...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It would appear the Publicis Groupe's digital spending spree is continuing apace as news breaks of their recent acquisition of the Dallas, Texas based Hawkeye, a digital marketing services agency that specialises in data analytics, digital strategy,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Global advertising agency network McCann-Erickson have had a lot to celebrate recently, what with the release of The 2013 Gunn Report, which is an annual publication that details the most successful print, digital and televisual advertising campaigns...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Understandably there's been quite some fuss about the John Lewis 'Hare and Bear' Yuletide spot. Not only is it high profile and eye-catching, but the cartoon alone cost somewhere in the region of £7m. With that sort of investment, you 'd hope it...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Yes, it seems that, whatever transport-based analogy one cares to make, blunder-prone Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary can turn anything into a bad joke. While other businesses are harnessing the power of social media to promote their brand and...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
As prizes go, having your own pub built is quite a nice thing to win. But so it was when McCann Manchester was voted global agency of the year across all of McCann Worldgroup. Having won the award this year, the Manchester-based communications...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
What do Apple, Starbucks, Facebook and Innocent Drinks have in common? They all have an in-house design team that has been an integral part of their business success. This NEW award category is an opportunity to show design agencies that the design...
Posted by: Hands Down™
by Ashley Morrison. It seems clear to me that adverts are getting cleverer. Gone are the days of naive wonder with small children pondering how Mummy gets the dishes so clean, or young teenagers dancing around in waistcoats while sucking on their...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Magnus Shaw I'm easily annoyed. So it really riles me when my fellow airline passengers don't pay attention to the safety film. Indeed, I often notice travelers reaching for a magazine as soon as it starts. Presumably this is some childish...
Posted by: Creativepool
If you look to the left, you'll notice this is the one hundred and first column I've written for Creativepool. I must admit I let my century pass by unnoticed, which is rather typical of my lack of attention. But it does allow me the opportunity to...
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As things currently stand, wealthy business men are far more likely to face a mob brandishing flaming torches than the accolade 'national treasure'. Even Alan Sugar is, at best, a rather grouchy figure of fun. But if there's one glaring exception,...
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J. Walter Thompson London - HSBC The latest HSBC UK campaign by J. Walter Thompson London aims to demonstrate how HSBC’s products and services keep its customers moving onwards with their lives. The four specific offerings are: a one day...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Saatchi & Saatchi LA - Toyota Toyota and Saatchi & Saatchi Los Angeles have launched a new campaign to mark Toyota’s 37th annual “Toyotathon,” celebrating the brands’ yearly December Sales event. The campaign is comprised of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
UK rock stars and former indie darlings Biffy Clyro have created the UK’s first immersive music video using virtual reality technology to allow viewers into the midst of the action, thanks to tech giant Samsung. The VR video for their new track...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
BBH London - KFC BBH London and Giles Ripley from Partizan have cast “Randy O’Brien,” the bogus KFC Chief Apology Officer, in a tried and tested comedy classic, the faux corporate apology. Hand-crafted in a single shot, what starts...
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BBH London - KFC BBH London and Giles Ripley from Partizan have cast “Randy O’Brien,” the bogus KFC Chief Apology Officer, in a tried and tested comedy classic, the faux corporate apology. Hand-crafted in a single shot, what starts...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Getting teenagers to help out around the house and do their chords has proven increasingly difficult with this more technologically in-tune generation, and the constant access to games, social media and digital entertainment doesn’t make it any...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
J. Walter Thompson London - KitKat Crossy Road FOR REAL In a piece of advertising that will absolutely delight casual commuter gamers and probably annoy almost everyone else, J. Walter Thompson London has created a full-size real-life version of...
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I've only ever been surfing once and it was an unmitigated disaster. Let's just say my I couldn't properly feel my face for a solid fortnight afterwards. That doesn't mean, however, that I don't appreciate it, indeed I'd never have even tried if I...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Samsung Electronics, the Korean electronics giant responsible for the Galaxy smartphone range and seemingly every modern television that isn't either made by LG or Sony, was recognised this week as the most creative marketer of 2016 by the Cannes...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial