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As I reflect on the recent changes in the fashion industry, I am compelled to write about an issue that has been on my mind for quite some time: Why do holding companies “hate” female creative directors? The idea first occurred to me...
Posted by: Maksimilian Kallhed
Car manufacturer Suzuki UK recently launched its new brand campaign, “Suzuki Good Different” to celebrate the perception that the brand and its cars are different from everything else on the market. The campaign was created by Iris and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The week in Musk Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been popping up on news feeds of all shapes and sizes this week, primarily on the back of his rumoured relationship with the quirky pop star (and fellow AI sceptic) Grimes, but we're not here to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
AKQA Resh Sidhu has returned to AKQA as Creative Director. Based at the NYC studio after two years at digital and visual effects company Framestore, Resh will join the AKQA New York Leadership Team. Resh is one of the most respected names in Virtual...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
CHI&Partners Joining CHI&Partners this week are the talented creative team of Jo Griffin and Tom Dixon, who are coming to the agency after three years at rival London shop WCRS. As the team responsible for the multi-award winning campaign...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The games may be over, but the most decorated Olympians are now locked in a new competition - to win the big-name sponsorship deals which will pay the bills until Tokyo 2020. The UK doesn’t actually reward winners for their medals, and whilst...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
GPY&R Melbourne GPY&R Melbourne has promoted Jake Barrow to the position of creative director. Barrow has been with the agency for four years and has lead multi award winning projects for Schweppes, Public Transport Victoria and the Australian...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Colonie editor, Bob Ackerman, and renowned director, Joe Pytka, recently paired up to create a dramatic spot for McDonald’s, out of Burrell Communications. Driven by realistic, gritty, cinematic style footage, the :60 commercial, entitled,...
Posted by: Robl + Sutta
Transport for London (TfL) with the help of agency of record VCCP London and Wavemaker UK, launched an awareness campaign last year for the huge range of improvements TfL is continuing to make across its network. Some of the many improvements that...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Design guru. Master mediator. Highly skilled multitasker and delegator. A good Creative Director is all these things and more. They are the calm head on top of the creative shoulders that bring focus and identity to a company. They are, in essence,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Imagine the wonder if an outsider suddenly came down upon the Earth to admire all its beauty. Endless oceans, creatures and colours stretching out thousands of miles - something so precious that anyone would want to protect it. With an interesting...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
FCB West San Francisco’s FCB West, best known for its work on the Levi’s and Clorox accounts, has hired Justin Moore to partner with the recently promoted Mike Long as Co-Executive Creative Director. Moore and Long will report directly...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Havas London Havas London has appointed former 101 London Partner & Head of Strategy, Clare Hutchinson, as its new Executive Strategy Director. In this new role, which she starts in November, she will report directly into Havas’ European Group...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Isobel Isobel has announced the promotion of John Hobson, head of content and Bridget Fitzpatrick, head of new business to the Isobel Board of Directors. They join founding partners Paul Houlding, Steve Hastings, Rob Fletcher and David Alexander...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Media campaigns are designed to provoke attention, raise awareness, and build momentum around a cause, product, or event. The general consensus behind most media campaigns is the bigger, bolder and more colourful they are, the stickier they should...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The newly rebranded Discover Boating, the world's largest online resource and guide to recreational boating, has teamed up with the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) and creative and media agency Cutwater to launch a campaign honouring...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
72andSunny - Trojan Following a competitive review, Trojan Brand Condoms has tapped 72andSunny New York as its lead creative agency. As the leader in the condom category, Trojan will work with 72andSunny New York to engage a new generation of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Red Dress - Brewdog Craft beer brand Brewdog has released a new drink, featuring both a recipe and packaging designed to raise awareness about the impact of climate change. The beer is titled “Make Earth Great Again,” in reference to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
CHI&Partners CHI&Partners has added three new multi-award-winners to its creative department, bringing in Howard Green and Kate Allsop from Grey London and Alice Burton from Y&R London. At Grey, Allsop was part of the team behind News UK’s...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
McCann London McCann London has further strengthened its management team with the appointment of Sheryl Marjoram as Managing Director. Marjoram joins from Saatchi & Saatchi where she was a Managing Partner, leading its Asda account - before this she...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Leo Burnett has published its 30th annual Cannes Predictions of the top 25 contenders ahead of the 64th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The annual Leo Burnett Cannes Predictions has a track record of nearly 85% accuracy in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
MEC Tonic MEC UK has hired Sarah Salter to lead MEC Tonic, its innovation division, Jason Dormieux, the MEC UK CEO announced this week. The brand innovation space is at a pivotal point, as innovation has yet to deliver returns that brands are...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Superdream Steve Price, a well-known name and highly respected personality on the Midlands creative scene for more than 30 years, has been appointed as creative director at Bromsgrove-based marketing and communications agency Superdream. Formerly...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As a young buck, I was all about Roald Dahl, and of all the great author's beloved children's books, The BFG was my favourite. Dahl perfectly managed to capture that impossible middle-ground between sheer terror and war fuzziness, and this same...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Brexit is the nonsensical word on the tip of everyone's tongue right now, and with good reason. The EU Referendum is, by quite a wide margin, one of the most important democratic decisions most of us will ever have to make. By this point you probably...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Putting Sir Patrick Stewart and Strongbow together again Strongbow US “Award - Original” Whilst it might be found on the taps at almost every pub in the UK, Strongbow is still something of a niche beverage across the pond, indeed, alcoholic...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Start Group Mac Macdonald, the President and Partner at Sid Lee Amsterdam, has been appointed the Group CEO at Start Group, the independent global network formerly known as Start JudgeGill. Based in London, he will focus initially on developing...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
When it comes to original advertising concepts, I'm all for interactivity. Advertising has a bad rep for being rather passive and monotonous, so any time an agency wants to shake things up by injecting a little audience participation into their work,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
When does homage become theft? And when does inspiration tip into plagiarism? Can a creative endeavour ever be called completely original? These were the questions facing a U.S. court, which last week found in favour of the family of the late soul...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Packaging design has arguably become one of the most sophisticated, holistic and powerful examples of the designer’s craft. With around 40,000 packs to choose from in your average supermarket the challenge is to stand out. Packaging on a...
Posted by: Creativepool
Pop culture has long been a driving force behind the evolution of advertising. You could say, in fact, that it’s like one hand washing the other. As societal trends shift and new cultural phenomena emerge, advertisers must adapt to remain...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The new Rise To It campaign from Lexus will be the flagship platform for Lexus UK’s upcoming tennis ventures, which celebrate the brand’s partnerships with Sky Sports Tennis, LTA and the ATP tour. To learn more about the campaign, I...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How many times in your career have you been forced to choose between a lucrative gig that feeds your coffers but chips away at your soul and a low-payer or pro-bono gig that would make you feel like you’re contributing something positive to the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Not every brand can be an icon and even those that achieve iconic status are not guaranteed immortality. Of course, changing consumer and economic trends are always going to play an important part in whether a brand sticks around for months, years or...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Generally speaking, the morning after the Oscars means everyone talking about the Oscars, trading opinions on the gaffes, the big musical numbers and the controversial wins. This year, however, I awoke the morning after not to hordes of messages...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
2023 will hardly be remembered as a banner year for may of us as the cost-of-living crisis started digging deeper and the political spectrum on both sides of the atlantic started to devolve into a cynical and hateful mess. For creatives from all...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
