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The Swedish furniture giants at IKEA are developing workshops in Jordan employing Syrian refugees and local people, with the eventual aim of helping to integrate refugees into the economy and create jobs in the country. The initiative is part of a...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
UPDATE: Since this article was first posted, Pepsi have decided (wisely in my opinion) to pull the ad from YouTube. A Pepsi spokesperson said in a press release: "Pepsi was trying to project a global message of unity, peace and understanding. Clearly...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Petcube Play lets you interact with your pet remotely from a smartphone Petcube Play is a small device that allows users to talk to, play with and watch their pets from afar using their smartphones. The Play is an indoor camera compatible with both...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This International Women’s Day (Wednesday March 8), J. Walter Thompson London is putting its social channels in the hands of the four teenage winners from its Young Tribes Day. The 15 and 16 year old girls from Streatham and Clapham High School...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Global media agency Carat analysed consumer sentiment around the Oscars on social media to determine the ‘audience votes’ ahead of the big announcement made on 26th February, when the underdog “Moonlight” walked away with the Best Picture...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In the week following the 2016 US Presidential Election, many designers have responded to the news that Donald Trump will be the 45th President of the United States with shock, awe and amusement. We're be examining the latter today (but if you want...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Leo Burnett London has created a series of 18 short form content films for Kellogg’s to run across social media channels. The agency developed the “Because Yum” idea to encourage people to reappraise cereal as a potential snack,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The idea behind an open-plan creative office is pretty solid. Whilst locking ourselves away in solitude and “Just cracking on with it” might be a tried and tested working method for those in less naturally collaborative industries, but as...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Investec Private Banking is launching the next phase of its “Restless Spirits” campaign, which raises awareness of its alternative approach and entrepreneurial approach, featuring two new individuals: pioneers of business and social...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
As someone who works in innovation and talks about it a lot, I love new technology and trends. With the rise (and quick fall) of live streaming apps like Meerkat, we tend to get caught up in the hype and noise, thinking live streaming Is the...
Posted by: Tom Sharman
Analytics firm SocialBakers reported a huge increase from 2014-2015 in the amount of emojis used in social media posts by major brands. This set the groundwork for Domino’s and 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool’s dedicated emoji marketing...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
VCCP Sydney follows up their “How did I get here?” campaign with a unique social experiment that examines the emotional impact fitness has on our lives. Over a 3-month period Fitness First is removing fitness from three very fit people...
Posted by: VCCP
The importance of engaging primary “Social influencers” in the rapidly ascending and ever-evolving online video (OV) channel has been well documented, but a pivotal aspect of its growth is being neglected: the significance of the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Mind, the mental health charity, and media agency MEC have launched an exciting new campaign alongside a raft of celebrities and ambassadors encouraging people to open up about what is making them anxious. The social media driven campaign known as...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
J. Walter Thompson and Mirum Singapore have launched The Social Team, a new social media offering providing clients access to digital, analytics, content, strategy and creative expertise across both agencies through one specialised team. The Social...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
'If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all' - or so the saying goes. Of course, in the age of social media, the chances of anyone saying nothing at all is very slim indeed. One only has to scan the average street for...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Social media itself is pretty contagious. Indeed, try glancing over at a fellow commuter on your way to work tomorrow, seeing them on Facebook or Twitter, and NOT reaching into your own pocket to have a quick glance yourself. Seriously, it’s...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Don’t you just hate it when they take something pure, and put sponsored ads all over it? Not that Instagram is the purest social media platform; it has been co-opted readily by A-List celebrities who just want to rebel against Anna...
Posted by: Jade French
It could be argued we might all benefit from a little digital detox, and TV presenter Sue Perkins has announced she's going to be spending some time away from Twitter. Unfortunately this isn't a lifestyle choice. She's actually been forced off the...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Whenever financial commentators comment on the fiscal possibilities of social media, the focus falls of Facebook. Understandable, I suppose. A fifth of the world's population has an account and the whole platform seems permanently balanced between...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Nobody was prepared for the abhorrent series of events that befell the staff members of the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo yesterday in Paris. The vicious attack, brought on (once again) by nothing but harmless religious satire, shook the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey made headlines when he agreed to star in the Netflix original series House of Cards-and then made even more headlines when the critically acclaimed show began winning Emmys and Golden Globes. Spacey was the...
Posted by: Publicis Sapient
Brands have forgotten what being ‘social’ actually means and need to put more effort into ‘working the room’ on social media, says Rena Varsani, head of copy. Bear with me for a moment while I ask a patronising question: can...
Posted by: Rufus Leonard
Leading North, the full-service boutique hospitality consulting firm, recently announced the launch of a brand new social media and digital marketing platform, which has been built from the ground up by a team of highly skilled and innovative digital...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
DigitasLBi Chicago will be bringing in writers from Buzzfeed, the web's foremost social news and entertainment website, to help generate more effective social advertising campaigns. Writers will be brought in through the “Buzzfeed in...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Emma-Kate Dobbin, the former head of social media retail at Telstra, has been named as the new social content director at M&C Saatchi's Sydney office. Dobbin is not only an experienced social content strategist, but is also an award-winning...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
How about this for a pitch. A new social network - only you pay for this one. For your money, you are guaranteed the opportunity to interact with celebrities, leading business people, sport stars and top technology people. Essentially, you're buying...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Social@Ogilvy, the most extensive social media marketing network both globally and in Asia-Pacific, announced today the appointment (effective August 1) of Fergus Hay as General Manager, Asia-Pacific. In his new, Hong-Kong-based role, Fergus will be...
Posted by: Creativepool
What would Instagram be like with a soundtrack? This is the question that the new social network Tunepics hopes to answer. With the help of the newly released iOS app, users can match a song to every image they share, with tracks pulled from the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
On 11 December 2008, Project Canvas was announced. A joint venture between the BBC, BT and ITV, it replaced the failed Project Kangaroo, a proposed video-on-demand service which was refused a licence on competition grounds and ended up as the SeeSaw...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
It was announced yesterday that Justin Tauber is to assume the position of Director of Platforms and Operations at Lowe Profero in Australia. The role was created especially for Tauber, who previously held the title of Head of Platforms at Lowe...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Whilst $19 billion (around £11.4 billion) might seem like an excessive price to pay for what is essentially a no-frills messaging app, WhatsApp has had a monumentally successful 12 months, completely eclipsing traditional SMS text messaging in...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
So, you think you know your social media? What's the biggest social network in the world, then? Right, Facebook. Even my Auntie Janet knows it's Facebook - and I don't have an Auntie Janet. Okay, which social network is the second biggest? Twitter,...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
In 2010, at a cost of $300 million, 800 miles of fibre-optic cable was laid between the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange to shave three milliseconds off trading times. Yet within this world of instant and absolute...
Posted by: Jessica Hazel
by Andrew Greenhalgh. In an article (Marketing, March 6th 2013) about the latest Andrex campaign which asks whether or not the nation “scrunches or folds” their loo roll, a rather prudsih Nigel Roberts writes, "Who honestly thought that...
Posted by: Creativepool
Written by Toby Thwaites, Director, Purple Consultancy - Specialists in creative recruitment Toby Thwaites and Paul Wood founded Purple in June 2000. Purple provides recruitment consultancy to advertising, design, integrated marketing, publishing,...
Posted by: Creativepool