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TBWA “Get in the mood” and acquire a promising Brazilian agency

It was announced yesterday by TBWA Worldwide (an Omnicom Group advertising network) that they had acquired Mood, a successful young advertising agency in Brazil after taking majority shares. The agency is headed by Augusto Cruz Neto, who (as part of...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Industry

Are agencies ready for true AI disruption in 2024? #PredictionsMonth

What better way to celebrate the “most depressing day of the year” than by pontificating over the collective demise of the creative industries? I jest, of course, but there is a surprising amount of doom mongers out there who would have...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Top 10 most exciting creative directors on Creativepool

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,...

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Features

Why one director swapped Miami for Manchester | #MemberSpotlight

For this week’s member spotlight, we’re getting to know an award-winning creative producer with a proven track record in everything from documentaries to music videos, commercials, and everything in between. David Morris, the head of...

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Inspiration

How Nigel Harniman makes the average look extraordinary - #MemberSpotlight

If there is one key takeout that you could gain by Nigel Harniman, it is the delightfully provocatory advice (which we love) to not become a prostitute to the business. It's quite easy to get lost in a race to the bottom and only reason in terms of...

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The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Advertising

With the 2018​ FIFA World Cup kicking off this very afternoon, we've scoured the internet to bring you the best ads, campaigns, brand activations and more that have sprung up in the last few weeks in honour of the tournament known to those who...

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Top Hires of the Week

DDB Worldwide Omnicom Group President and CEO John Wren has announced the appointment of Wendy Clark as President and CEO of DDB Worldwide. Clark succeeds Chuck Brymer who will assume the title of Chairman. Both roles are effective immediately....

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Top Hires of the Week

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...

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Inspiration

Inside the Mind of Guilherme Jahara, CCO at F.biz

Guilherme Jahara has been Chief Creative Officer at São Paulo’s F.biz since January 2014, a position he took on with more than 20 years' experience in the industry already under his belt. Guilherme's resume is a rather dazzling affair -...

Posted by: Kate Lewin
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Leaders

Top 10 Hires of the Week

Publicis Groupe Publicis Groupe has announced, as predicted by many, that Arthur Sadoun, current head of Publicis Communications, will replace Maurice Levy as chairman and chief executive of Publicis Groupe on June 1. Levy, who has served as CEO of...

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Top 10 Hires of the Week

The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) Sarah Golding, CEO and Partner of CHI & Partners, was today nominated by IPA Council members as the preferred candidate to succeed Tom Knox as President of the IPA in March 2017. Golding will be...

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Industry

designjunction spotlight 2016: Olly Starkey of four23

Following on from our Poolcast series at designjunction, we caught up with Olly Starkey, Head of Moving Image at four23. They are deeply rooted in immersive design so it was a no-brainer when they thought about being apart of the show this year. This...

Posted by: Alexandra Schott
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Leaders

Top 10 Ads of the Week

J. Walter Thompson London - HSBC J. Walter Thompson London has created a touching, feel-good ad for HSBC celebrating how little things can make a big difference. Demonstrating the small but powerful features of HSBC’s digital current accounts...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Top 10 Hires of the Week

Karmarama Karmarama is further bolstering its creative department with the appointment of six new creatives and the promotion of Creative Director Dickie Connell to the new role of Deputy Executive Creative Director. Connell joined the agency five...

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Google and adam&eveDDB discover Rio's best-kept secrets in VR

adam&eveDDB has launched the next stage of its “Hidden Cities” campaign for the Financial Times and Google. Combining Google technology with the global knowledge of FT Weekend journalists, the Hidden Cities series helps readers discover...

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Top 10 Ads of the Week

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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Top 10 Ads of the Week

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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Leaders

Cannes Lions 2016 Highlight: FilmBrazil’s Film[Me]Brazil Campaign

FilmBrazil returned to the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for 2016 with an exciting, new campaign called “Film[Me]Brazil,” which brought together the top Brazilian Directors at Cannes this year to create a series of...

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Leo Burnett Tailor Made and Samsung launch the first smart surfboard

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
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Leaders

Rebrand Roundup: From Coca-Cola to Guinness

Leon&Chris: Way Out West Stockholm-based design studio Leon&Chris has created the identity for this year’s Way Out West festival (also in Sweden), around the theme of throwing paint. The Way Out West festival is a three-day music festival held...

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Top Ads of the Week: Super Bowl Special

The Super Bowl isn't just the biggest day of the year for the NFL, it's by and large the biggest day of the year for ad land too, as countless millions from across the globe tune in to watch armies of heavily armoured blokes bash seven shades out of...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Top 10 Hires of the Week

M&C Saatchi M&C Saatchi has announced that Ben Welsh, formerly ECD at M&C Saatchi Sydney, is to be appointed as creative chairman of Asia. The appointment marks a change in emphasis for the Network, demonstrating its spotlight on Asia, a region...

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics unveil 'unique' logos?

The logos for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were officially unveiled this week to mixed reviews from all and sundry. They were created by Japanese designer Kenjiro Sano, the founder of studio MR_DESIGN, and are both made of elements...

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Leaders

The Rio 2016 Olympic Torch is reliably extravagant

The 2016 Olympic torch was revealed this week by São Paulo studio Chelles & Hayashi ahead of next year's games in Rio de Janeiro. The agency created a recycled aluminium torch design, which expands vertically when it comes into contact with the...

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Leaders

M&C Saatchi's CD to judge Knog film contest

Ben Welsh, the executive creative director at M&C Saatchi, has been announced as a judge on the panel for the unique “No Ordinary Night” film content by Knog; the urban bike lighting brand. He joins Rolling Stone editor Mat Cotye and Knog...

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Leaders

Last week, Private Eye tried to satirise advertising - and failed.

You're probably familiar with the magazine Private Eye. If not, you just need to know it's the longest running satirical publication in the UK (maybe the world), is edited by Ian Hislop from 'Have I Got News For You', and is still remarkably fresh,...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Leaders

M&C Saatchi Milan bring Rio's 'Christ the Redeemer' statue to Naples

As well as losing out on their own 2014 World Cup (after a staggering 7-1 defeat to Germany on Tuesday evening) it would appear Brazil have lost something else to a European country. In this case we're referring to the iconic 'Christ the Redeemer'...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Garena and FIFA invite football fans to “Be the One"

Southeast Asian online gaming brand Garena plan to capitalise on the football mania created by the 2014 World Cup, hyping the free EA Sports multiplayer football game, FIFA Online 3 with the help of Saatchi & Saatchi Thailand. Garena was launched in...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

One Show Award Winners Announced

Last Friday (May 8) The One Club announced the winners for the 42nd Annual One Show Awards, one of the most prestigious advertising, design and marketing communications competitions in the world. Gold Pencils, Best of Discipline, Best of Show and...

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Grey Singapore is awarded for 'human calligraphy'

At this year's New York Festival Global Awards, the plate was swept almost clean by Grey Group Singapore, with the Asia Pacific branch of the international advertising agency taking home five Global awards, three finalist certificates and the...

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Brazilian legend helps Shell open new player powered football pitch

The unquestioned king of Brazilian football has partnered with the global energy behemoth Shell in order to help open the world's first completely player-powered community football pitch in the centre of Rio Di Janeiro's impoverished favela in an...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Features

A (mercifully) pun-free roundup of the best Easter 2024 campaigns

Easter is rarely held in the same regard as Christmas or even Halloween (unless you’re a confectioner, of course) but the iconography of the season is ripe for creativity. Easter ads campaigns of the past few years have seen everything from...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns

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