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Features

From benches to beds – Ad land’s best unconventional campaign stunts

Marketing is an ever-changing field, with new strategies and tactics emerging all the time, particularly in the lightspeed years following the pandemic. In today's highly competitive business landscape, traditional marketing techniques are no longer...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Features

Gotcha – How to create the perfect April Fools' Day stunt

April Fools' Day has always been a day when brands get to flex their creative muscles and conjure up innovative new ways to trick their customers and convert belly laughs into clicks. This year was no exception, with brands across the globe taking to...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Inspiration

These hotels are true works of art | #BehindTheBrand

art’otel has revealed its vibrant new brand identity on the opening of the first London location at Battersea Power Station. Partnering with brand experience design agency Household, it is taking the brand on to the next chapter through a new...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

The real potential of 3D printing in 2023 and beyond

While it might not have taken off in quite the way that was once prophesised, 3D printing technology has certainly come a long way since it was first introduced in the early 1980s. What was once considered a niche technology is now gradually becoming...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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7 reasons why you should enter Annual 2023

The Annual has the subtext of being the "Most Award" as we are always looking to give entrants an experience and benefits second to none in the industry. Here are 7 great reasons why you should get involved. 1. Most Distributed Giving your work...

Posted by: Creativepool
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Workshop

Five steps to a successful rebrand

Every ambitious business reaches a point when it seriously considers rebranding to progress. The cause could be changing customer trends, loss of market share, an acquisition, poor PR to overcome, or simply outgrowing an existing identity. But...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Avoiding papercuts with A+C stop-motion studios | #CompanySpotlight

A+C are specialists in stop-motion and animation for advertising and social content that can produce anything from paper-craft to motion design. For over 15 years, they’ve been creating award-winning work for some of the world’s...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Workshop

PR campaigns exposed - The good the bad and the ugly truth

The old adage goes that there’s no such thing as bad publicity - but this is a very old saying, and its originators failed to live to see the year 2023. That’s probably a good thing, as the last 12 short months could have spelt the...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Industry

SEO is Dead: A New Dawn is Here | #MarketingMonth

The CEO and Founder of social media agency KOMI Group, Andrew Trotman, highlights what’s keeping marketing directors awake at night in 2023. Move aside SEO, a new era of search has arrived. Long gone are the days of relying on SEO to increase...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Workshop

How to Get a Job in Advertising

There is a lot of competition in the advertising industry. If you want to make a living as a marketing professional, whether as a graphic designer, copywriter, creative director, or something else entirely, you'll need a lot of practice, natural...

Posted by: Creativepool Partner
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Inspiration

#MemberSpotlight on Belgian freelance illustrator Steven Van Hasten

How did you get into the industry? As soon as I could hold a pencil I started drawing on every surface. All my studbook, walls of my parental home, tables… nothing was safe. I never wanted to do anything else. They were therefore happy when I...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

#MemberSpotlight on conceptual creative and speechwriter Doug Crossley

How did you get into the industry? I started out as a writer performer. Then when I began writing TV treatments I hustled my way into the creative industries on charm and by cutting my teeth on some tough briefs with some sharp words and very steep...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

Why brands must seize the curiosity opportunity

Curiosity powers change. It forges connections. And connections are key to brand growth now more than ever. So why do the majority of brands ignore it? Jamie Wood, Senior Communications Strategist at Sticky, aims to find out. As individuals, every...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Industry

WRG launches second annual Year ONE internship programme

LONDON. February 21, 2023: Global experience agency WRG, the events and experiential division of The Creative Engagement Group, today announced the launch of the second year of its 12-month paid internship scheme ‘Year ONE’. The internship gives...

Posted by: The Creative Engagement Group
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Inspiration

Using AI For Creativity Without Losing Ourselves

Unless you've been hidden away with your head down editing, animating, creating or filming, then you'll of seen the outpouring of mind-blowing creative AI tools across all of your social feeds, inboxes and events. At Tilt, we're very aware of how...

Posted by: We Are Tilt
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Inspiration

#MemberSpotlight on freelance designer and illustrator Kimberly Carpenter

How did you get into the industry? Creativity and image making pulls at me like a magnet. I’ve tried out other paths but it’s the only thing that I feel like I truly connect with. When I was a kid I was obsessed with all the illustrated...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

The Trend to End All Trends

Are trends dying? One of the most traditionally accepted fashion trend cycle theories is that it lasts 20 years and undergoes 5 phases: Introduction Rise Peak Decline Obsolescence This 20-year cycle is still present today for macrotrends,...

Posted by: WMH&I
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Inspiration

You are your own worst enemy in new Bulk campaign | #BehindTheIdea

With the start of 2023 just behind us and new year’s resolutions in full swing, consumers are looking for brands like Bulk to help them along their fitness journey. Through the launch of the new campaign, Initials was tasked with helping Bulk...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Workshop

Outperform Your Competition With Content at Scale - Key Takeaways

In a challenging ecosystem for content creators, We Are Amnet brought together some leading sector players from a range of industries in an online event and asked them how they keep pace with consumer expectations, while producing content that...

Posted by: We Are Amnet
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Inspiration

#MemberSpotlight on freelance graphic designer Matt Powell

How did you get into the industry? Soon after finishing college I was lucky enough to be hired by one of the most successful UK ad agencies outside London. They had a great list of clients including Jaguar Land Rover and Hyundai. I worked alongside...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Workshop

How much should I charge as a freelance motion graphics designer?

As creative filmmakers and video producers expand both their imaginations and their budgets for impressive technology and design, skilled motion graphics designers are essential. Motion graphics designers, sometimes just called motion designers,...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

The funniest and most interesting AI-generated content of 2022

Loab has set the internet alight in recent months. The haunting, AI-generated woman isn’t the first piece of art created by artificial intelligence, but she might be the scariest. Supercomposite, the musician who ‘discovered’ her...

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Inspiration

Mapping the (in)equity of space in New York | #BehindTheIdea

Last year, BUCK worked with Transportation Alternatives to bring attention to Spatial Equity NYC, a new tool created with MIT's Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism to map the (in)equity of space and how it impacts our health,...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

#GettingToKnow diversity and inclusion expert Nina Goswami

With this year’s International Women’s Day fast approaching, we have recently conducted a series of interviews with global inspirational women from the creative industries. In this exclusive interview, meet the BBC’s former...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Simplifying Starbucks for 2023 | #BehindTheBrand

Last month, Starbucks debuted a new look for its ready-to-drink portfolio in partnership with global brand transformation company Landor & Fitch following a two-year creative collaboration. Starbucks identified an opportunity based on consumer...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Workshop

How to choose a direct marketing agency

Ever wish you could just cut all the middlemen out of marketing and get straight to the point? Direct marketing is your answer. As the name suggests, direct marketing is a means of marketing directly to your customers via multiple channels. Direct...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Workshop

The 5 best freelancing tools for creatives in 2023

Being a freelancer often means working alone and working alone means relying on your own wits and the right tools. For a creative freelancer, those tools will, of course, depend on the role you’ve built for yourself. You’ll rarely hear of...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Industry

Relevance or death - The importance of relevant experiences

There is increasing pressure on the retail sector during the peak holiday season, commencing with Singles Day and Black Friday in November and ending with the January sales. With the busiest time of the year for planning holiday marketing campaigns...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

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