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The Dentsu Aegis Network's Carat agency has officially snatched the £550 million UK Government buying account from GroupM, the media-buying division of WPP, after GroupM filed a claim at the high court in London to challenge the decision. The...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Alexandre Okada was announced by DLKW Lowe as their new global creative director for Persil in a statement made yesterday. Okada will be relocating from his native Brazil to the agency's London offices, where he'll be leading their creative...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R have been appointed by the Cabinet Office, as the lead strategic and creative partners for their 'Great Britain' campaign, which aims to promote the country as a potential holiday destination for overseas visitors....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
For years now, Netflix has enjoyed a (largely) uncontested pride of place as far as streaming platforms are concerned. But the crown is slipping. While Netflix was the first mainstream platform to offer up online streaming and access to top-quality...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Yesterday Instagram officially launched its advertising service in the UK through a partnership with Omnicom Media Group. Users will now see sponsored photos and videos on their Instragram feeds, identified with a sponsored label - but otherwise...
Posted by: Creativepool
by Magnus Shaw Earlier today I had a phone call. When you're a freelance working from home, these are exciting moments. Unfortunately it was a sales call, which took much of the excitement out of this specific moment. But I hadn't spoken to anyone...
Posted by: Creativepool
This week, we spoke to longtime Creativepool friend and SomeOne Founder Simon Manchipp, to discuss his agency’s visual identity for a bold new regenerative programme in London. What was the brief? Create a new comprehensive visual and verbal...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How did you get into the industry? I was living the dream of being an indie filmmaker in New York-in other words, struggling to pay the rent and eating a lot of iffy cheeseburgers-when a friend hooked me up with a gig at a SoHo ad agency....
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
How did you get into the industry? An old high school buddy of mine (who I later produced 20+ years of work with) brought home a Sony ½” reel to reel video camera/deck during a Christmas break from college. We played around with it over a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Customer service is the face of a brand. The ease and speed of communications and how customers are spoken to and treated by advisors, helps them decide whether that company values their loyalty and repeat business. When customers have a negative...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Never did I once think that in my lifetime we’d be seeing war in Europe and never did I think we’d see a historical figure in our midst that echoed the pure despotic evil of Adolf Hitler. But here we are, two weeks into a completely...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Despite being a relatively young brand, Ace & Tate has an incredibly strong and established identity which shines through each and every aspect of the brand. Currently operating in 10 markets with over 70 stores, the eye-wear brand balances...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
All work and no play... well, you know the rest. It is hardly a coincidence that Jack from the Shining was a writer, and thus, a creative professional himself; the importance of balancing commercial and personal projects is much discussed in recent...
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When asked how he’d like integrated production company Picture Farm to be perceived, Todd Stewart, partner and creative executive, says the aim is to be known as a “helpful” multi-disciplined collaborator first and...
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We sat down with Jens Gehlhaar, German Director, Illustrator, Designer and Commercial Director at Logan & Sons to talk about commercial filmmaking, type design and pitches. Hi Jens, tell us what you do for a living? I’m a Commercial Director...
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In Advertising, it often feels like Account Service vs Creative. But can't we all just get along? Today, we get the Account Service perspective on what makes a good creative to help us better facilitate and foster that relationship.
Posted by: Kevin Forister
The London Borough of Barnet is seeking to appoint a sole service provider to deliver design and creative services for the Authority. Design and creative services will play a vital role in the delivery of a new strategic communications model for the...
Posted by: London Borough of Barnet
Socially enterprising star Halle Berry crowned the winners of Chivas Venture’s $1 million prize fund last week at an exclusive event in Los Angeles. Berry, a judge on the night, and Josh Gad, the evening’s host, were both secured by...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Commercial radio is celebrating a record-breaking year for advertising revenue, boosted by increased investment in the medium by online retailers. Figures from Radiocentre, the industry body for UK commercial radio, reveal that commercial radio took...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Dyson opens first research and development centre outside UK Dyson has opened a new Technology Centre in Singapore, its first research and development site outside of the UK. The £330 million investment will see 1,300 staff from the centre...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
LEVO is the social network specifically developed for air-travellers In the age of digital connectedness, this startup goes above and beyond to bring people together and make networking everyone’s cup of tea. LEVO is a platform that allows...
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Zeitguised is a German design studio that produce amazing hyper-real animation and CGI and have worked with some of the worlds biggest brands and broadcasters producing highly-stylised films and graphics, including: Absolut, Adobe IBM, Mercedes Benz,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The online discount voucher industry is booming. One 2015 study showed that a third of UK adults are routinely looking for discounts when shopping online - that’s up almost half from the year before. But in the same study, 35% of participants...
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The London-to-Scotland rail Caledonian Sleeper service that exists to carry Londoners and Scots back and forth in great comfort, is to be given a complete overhaul with new branding by Weber Shandwick and new train interior designs from Ian Smith...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
OnLive, the world leader in cloud gaming, announced today that they are to form a strategic partnership with TP Vision, the manufacturing arm of Philips, which will involve the OnLive Game Service being pre-installed on all new Android powered...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Ad Council, North America's largest PSA producer, announced yesterday at its 61st Annual Public Service Award Dinner, which is to be hosted by comedian and satirist Stephen Colbert, will be honouring FedEx chairman and CEO, Frederick W. Smith....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Amazon has stated they want to make purchasing advertisements from the site “As easy as buying a new book” with their new self-service tool, which allows media buyers to purchase ads without needing to involve a salesperson. The Publicis...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Towards the end of last week, Ogilvy Public Relations announced a pro-bono partnership with the “Women in Public Service Project” (WPSP), which is run by the Wilson Centre in Washington D.C. Ogilvy will be bringing their brightest talents...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Crown Partners, the electronic business services firm based in Dayton Ohio, has been acquired by the French multinational Publicis Groupe and will now be operating as a subsidiary of Razorfish Technology Platform Services, the international holding...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
M&C Saatchi has been hired by the click-and-collect online shopping service, Doddle to handle its creative and PR account ahead of a national launch, which is planned to go ahead in 300 locations in major rail stations and shopping centres across the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Publicis Groupe announced yesterday the launch of ROAR, an agency built from the ground-up to be a full-service digital shop, with the very-best specialist digital talent drawn from within the group itself. The idea behind ROAR is to bring...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Taking a primetime advertising spot last Saturday night during Britain’s Got Talent, the new television commercial celebrating John Lewis’ 150th anniversary was revealed. Created by Adam & Eve/DDB, the ad is called Never Standing Still,...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
With our growing decency on smart phones to check everything from our emails and breaking news to the progress we're making with our exercise routines, it seems almost natural that we should also be using our smart phones to check in on our loved...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The cheerful, hirsute face of the frozen food kingpins brand since 1967 has been relegated to a 'bit-part' in his namesake's reported £16 million revamp of their world famous fish finger brand. The captain is to be replaced by a young family, in...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
by Magnus Shaw. There are so many religions, beliefs, creeds and philosophies we can't really be sure what hell would be like. But it's a reasonable assumption a motorway service station would be involved. I don't know what it is about these...
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WCRS - MoneySuperMarket MoneySuperMarket has announced the appointment of WCRS as its new creative agency. WCRS won the brief in a four-way pitch process against Saatchi & Saatchi, AMV BBDO and Wieden & Kennedy and will start working with...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial