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This week we all heard the sad news that fashion designer L'Wren Scott was found hanged in an apparent suicide in her New York apartment on Monday. Although a successful fashion designer in her own right and professional model before this, Scott's...
Posted by: Jessica Hazel
by Magnus Shaw A little over a day ago, Tony Scott - the renowned film and advertisement director - jumped to his death from a bridge in Los Angeles. The details remain unclear but he may have been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour. Scott...
Posted by: Creativepool
The Great Burger King Fiasco A Burger King TV spot created to activate Google Home smart speakers and some Android phones to describe its Whopper burgers was hijacked by members of the public recently, with the ad instead triggering the devices to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The London-based architectural studio Gort Scott has converted a rundown office block in the city's Walthamstow area into a hub for local creatives, featuring co-working spaces, maker studios and even a bakery cafe. Walthamstow Central Parade was...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
An internal announcement made yesterday has stated that Doug Scott, the president and founder of Ogilvy Entertainment, will be joining WME | IMG as the firm's New York-based executive vice president of marketing and brand solutions. A new role...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In this week’s #GettingTo Know we catch up with Scott Lakso, Executive Producer at the New York-based creative branding agency loyalkaspar. Scott is an eccentric and dynamic creative who sees his role as “cumulative rather than...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
BULLITT is excited to announce the addition of director Scott Weintrob. Weintrob’s brand of high action storytelling can be seen in his global spots for brands including Audi, Ford, Hyundai, Lenovo, Cadillac, Volvo, and Acura. His work on...
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Mesmerising. That's the first word that comes to mind when you look at some of Scott Balmer's impressive illustration works. The man is clearly a skilled illustrator and an extremely artistic one at that, which is quite clear when you look at his...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Live from Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club 47 Frith Street Advertising Week Europe has 200+ events including more than 180 seminars and workshops. World-class industry thought leaders take the Advertising Week stage to tackle the industry's issues and...
Posted by: Advertising Week
We’ve all seen illustration transform a brief, but you may not have seen a collaboration quite like this. Working with big names like Volvo, Channel 4 and Wired magazine, Steve Scott is known for his fresh, contemporary images with a nod towards...
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In an era of technological disruption and breakthroughs like artificial intelligence (AI), creativity is more important than ever before. Not only does creativity ground us in our humanity, it is the human advantage. The largest companies in the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Human interaction, the high street and 5G are all areas of focus in Ian Scott's retail trends report for 2019. The Williams Lea Tag shopper marketing and innovation manager sheds light on his predictions for the shopping space and how the point of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
What do you actually do? My main focus at the moment is driving innovation and creativity within the business - so a lot of creative and strategic thinking, and an awful lot of pitches, especially for the North American market. Jigsaw is a very...
Posted by: Creativepool
How did you get into the industry? My background is in fashion, I used to have my own clothing label; that’s where I started getting interested in what builds a brand - realising that the brand can be stronger than the products alone. So, when...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
VML VML has rebranded its channel activation team to connections to reflect the department’s role as experts in connecting brands to consumers in a contemporary and relevant way. VML’s retail team will become a connections channel,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Park Village Park Village announces a new addition to its growing roster: Melody Maker. The London native has directed commercials and music videos for brands and artists such as HP, BOY, Gorgon City, Shades and Killa P, Shift K3Y, Jetta Fool,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Grey London Grey London announced two important promotions this week. Wayne Brown, currently MD of GreyPOSSIBLE, has been appointed to the new role of COO, while Matt Tanter, currently head of planning, has been promoted to CSO. They will report to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Havas Media Havas Media has promoted Andrew Mason to the role of Head of Client Leadership with immediate effect. As Head of Client Leadership, Mason will oversee the day-to day management of the Havas Media client teams while ensuring quality and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
When we think of Hollywood directors, we often envision them immersed in the world of film from the get-go. Directors like Quentin Tarantino and Christopher Nolan appear to have been born to entertain us with epic movies that push the boundaries of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Gyro Gyro London has appointed David Harris as Executive Creative Director. Teamed with the strong leadership of Gyro London Managing Director Kate Howe, Harris will help to intensify gyro’s growing presence as a business-to-business...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Apple Whilst not technically an Ad Land related news piece, this one is big enough news that we thought it was pertinent to at least include it somewhere. Sir Jonathan “Jony” Ive has been promoted to the newly created role of chief...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
London, June 1982. The film director Ridley Scott has hired the Empire Leicester Square and invited hundreds of London's creative people to attend a special lunchtime viewing on his new movie Blade Runner. It's an occasion that has London's ad world...
Posted by: Creativepool
Wandering around a supermarket when it's not busy like at 8am on a Saturday morning makes one of life's necessary evils ever so slightly more pleasurable. Not much more, admittedly I'd rather be asleep, for one thing but ever so slightly. One thing...
Posted by: Creativepool
JOAN London has created a powerful new advertising campaign for The Cybersmile Foundation to combat the growing threat of cyberbullying and online abuse. The campaign, Modern Witch Trials, which includes a short film directed by Chromista’s...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
GTB, the WPP global agency for Ford, have created a bold, 360 campaign to launch the new Ford Edge across European markets. The campaign is spearheaded by an 8-minute short film, directed by Jake (son of Ridley) Scott of RSA Films and starring Mads...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
McCann New York McCann New York announced this week that Caprice Yu and Grant Smith have joined the agency as Executive Creative Directors. “We are truly excited to welcome Grant and Caprice,” said Eric Silver, CCO of McCann North...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Holiday Inn seem to have been quite busy recently, not only launching a brand new digital campaign, but commissioning a film to tell the true story of a double-amputee who was helped on his road to recovery by the global hotel chain. This is not the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As one of the global economic hubs and one of the key cities in America, New York City was hit rather hard by the Covid pandemic. Yet the resilience of New Yorkers is legendary and the city folks have always been ready to rebuild on the ashes of a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Impero - Havana Club London-based independent creative agency, Impero, have announced their appointment as a key strategic and creative partner for Pernod Ricard’s Havana Club rum. The agency will be responsible for taking the Cuban rum in a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
McCann Bristol Jade Delaney, who dressed up as the Fearless Girl statue to convince McCann Bristol to give her a work placement, has bagged a full-time job at the agency. Delaney was offered a month-long placement on the spot when she stood outside...
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Droga5 London Droga5 London has named Ashley Shack as Director of Talent - a new role at the agency. Shack, who is American, arrives from Wieden+Kennedy London, where she was the Creative and Design Recruiter. She joins the management team at Droga5...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Martin London provided one runner at this weekend’s London Marathon with extra motivation to get to the finish line. Scott Montgomery from Liverpool ran the London Marathon with a hilarious ‘carrot and stick style’ Dunkin’...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Isobel Following another year of record growth, creative agency isobel has appointed Rob Forshaw and Daryl Fielding as non-execs to support the agency’s senior team as they look to further accelerate their growth in 2017. Forshaw, who is an...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The UK's classic red phone boxes are being repurposed for a more contemporary need: mobile handset repairs. The British company Lovefone, which has repurposed thousands of phone boxes over the last few years, is opening the world's tiniest repair...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
J. Walter Thompson London Rachel Moss, the Head of Production at Evidently, is joining J. Walter Thompson London as Head of Content. Starting this week, she will report into Dani Bassil, Management Partner. With over fifteen years of experience,...
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Design Reality's Thermal Firefighters Mask This firefighters mask by the Design Reality consultancy has been redesigned and engineered with the aim of enabling wearers to avoid danger and save victims more quickly. The Scott Sight TIM (Thermal In...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns