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Nobody likes being patronised. Even small infants boil with fury when some dough-faced adult leers into their pushchair and makes 'woo-woo' noises at them. Probably. I think being patronised takes us back to school, when we were bound by the...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
I'm busy. Very busy. And that's a good thing in the world of any freelancer. If there's one part of the “job” I find arduous, it's the touting for work. I don't mind the networking, as long as there's a nice finger buffet and a reasonable...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
It was announced last week that McCann has hired two new global executive creative directors in the shape of James Dawson-Hollis and Bill Wright, both of whom join McCann's New York office from Ogilvy West in Los Angeles, where they were co-chief...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
After an extensive global search, Saatchi & Saatchi LA has been selected industry veteran Jason Schragger as chief creative officer, a newly formed role at the premier advertising agency. Saatchi LA has been the agency of record for Toyota Motor...
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
The new campaign for Royal Mail MarketReach by Publicis Chemistry suggests that consumers want to use a combination of mail and email to communicate with them. The campaign is the first in a series of communications, which target new, former and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Last week, it was announced that Annette King had been promoted to the role of CEO at Ogilvy & Mather UK, replacing Paul O'Donnell, who himself has also been moved up the ladder, with a promotion to CEO of Ogilvy & Mather EAME. Effective immediately,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It was announced last week that Ogilvy Primary Contact, the B2B (business to business) arm of OgilvyOne, has joined forces with dnx, the B2B agency recently acquired by Ogilvy & Mather. The result of the merger will be the largest dedicated B2B...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
A new role has just been cast at the Publicis Groupe owned advertising agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty, in the form of Michael Densmore, who joins the agency as chief global growth officer from an executive spot at McKinney. Densmore will start at BBH...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The American full-service agency Neathawk Dubuque & Packett announced recently that they will be appointing award winning creative talent Jimmy Ashworth as executive creative director on the 2nd of June. Ashworth previously worked as the lead...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Street style photographs have never been more commonplace or influential within the fashion world. Street style, for those who are unfamiliar, is the practice of having one’s outfit noticed in the street by a ‘spotter’ and having...
Posted by: Jessica Hazel
It was announced yesterday that legendary creative ad man Roy Wisnu will be joining Lowe Indonesia as the agency's new group CCO, leading Lowe's creative across all its Indonesian divisions, including digital division Lowe Profero, and activation arm...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
One of the downsides of city life is not being able to marvel at a clear, starry night. Luckily urban artist SpY has solved this inconvenience by installing an enormous, illuminated crescent moon over the city of Lausanne in Switzerland. By day the...
Posted by: Jessica Hazel
The Birmingham-based advertising agency Chapter, has recently announced that Ricky Neault has been appointed as a director of the young, award winning company. Neault will continue to head up one of Chapter’s multi-discipline teams, but will...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
From the most intricate folding cardboard and metal cards to contact details printed on balloons, the humble business card has developed into an art form in itself. With different cards out there trying to stand out and grab your attention more so...
Posted by: Creativepool
Last week, Jeremy Clarkson was forced to apologise for having said a bad thing. A very bad thing. It is the only word in the whole English language that I can think of that is 100%, totally and utterly off limits. The word is “n****r”....
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Last week, Ogilvy & Mather announced that Lou Aversano is to be promoted from his current role as chief operating officer at the agency's New York office, to chief executive officer, effective immediately. He will remain in New York for the new role,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In my own naïve way, when wandering around art galleries, I've often stood with hands clasped behind my back, looking up at some impressive bronze statue or other and thought... “What if the sculptor made a mistake?” That's more or...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Spring can mean different things for different people but in the design world it's all about the nominees and the winners of Designs Of The Year. Acting as the main event at the Design Museum until the 25th August, the seven different categories...
Posted by: Jessica Hazel
Leo Burnett, one of the world's leading creative advertising networks, recently announced the departure of KV Sridhar, the chief creative officer for India and the subcontinent. Affectionately known as 'Pops' amongst co-workers and friends, Sridhar...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Finally, after many years of procrastination, I'm writing a novel. A lot of people apparently feel that they “have a novel in them”, but I've taken the plunge and I'm actually doing it. Yay, me. Mind you, as I say, it took me a long...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Easter, eh? Not as big as Christmas, and yet more substantial than Pancake Day. Still, a very good time to slow down and kick back. Here's what you'll need: some high-quality family members or friends, and small amounts of chocolate crafted to look...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
When it comes to the minutiae of modern life, I'm prone to getting things wrong. Go to the shop, come back with the wrong size batteries; turn up for an event on the wrong day; forget to put the clocks back - all that sort of thing, hopeless. But on...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Warc, the global online advertising resource, recently announced the winners of the inaugural Warc Prize for Social Strategy. The prize is a search for social ideas (any strategy designed to generate 'earned media') that drive business results, and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Getting an advertisement completely and utterly wrong is quite an art. For starters, it takes two parties who at least profess to know what they're doing: the client and the agency. Then the brief must wildly misunderstand the nature of the audience...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
In the advertising business, there's only one thing worse than the most prestigious account on the planet going horribly sour - and that's the most prestigious account on the planet going horribly sour and it all leaking out across the web. So spare...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
DigitasLBi announced yesterday that they had given the position of chief product officer to Pipa Unsworth, ex deputy managing director of the global marketing and technology company's rival agency; Syzygy. Throughout her career, she has also held...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Yet another reality show came to an end last week, with Jermain Jackman being crowned king on The Voice. But these public competitions - from singing to cooking to interior designing to baking to skating - are nothing new. Did you know, for instance,...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Published 18/12/2013 by Campaign Magazine In a year when the importance of creativity and innovation in digital rose further, SapientNitro stood ahead of its peers. And SapientNitro’s creativity extends to trying to make the world a...
Posted by: Publicis Sapient
Last week saw Sir John Heggarty proclaiming most modern advertising to be sh*t. Perhaps there's something in the bracing Spring air, because this week ITV's commercial boss Simon Daglish has warned brands that '90% of content is crap'. Some livewires...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Britvic soft drink makers 'Robinsons', have teamed up with Academy Award-winning visual effects wizards 'Framestore', to create a £5 million advertising campaign for their new Squash'd range of portable soft drinks. Framestore were the company...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
“If you look at the UK, we are suffering because we are not putting the time into the idea and there’s empirical evidence to say that the quality of our output has gone down. It’s not my opinion. Empirical evidence from the audience...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Digital advertising agency DigitasLBi have announced a brace of important new hires this past week. The latest is Morgan Carroll, who will serve as executive vice president and executive creative officer of the agency's Chicago and San Francisco...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
JWT, arguably the world's best-known marketing communications brand, has recently appointed a new CEO for their Latin American operations and has, in the same breath, added Brazil back into the mix after keeping it separate from the rest of the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has been partly responsible for the 'best yet' year at M&C Saatchi, who have enjoyed a record year in both revenue and profit. CEO David Kershaw thanked huge contract wins such as coffee firm Douwe Egberts and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
DigitasLBi had two major announcements to make yesterday, both coming at a time when the agency is striving to transform its clients brands for the digital age. The first came in the form of David Carr, who has been appointed as the new strategy...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns