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It was announced last week that Devin Reiter is to join the flagship McCann Erickson shop in New York, where he will serve as an executive account director. Reiter joins McCann from Crispin, Porter & Bogusky in Boulder, Colorado, where he has been...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Published 18/12/2013 by Campaign Magazine In a year when the importance of creativity and innovation in digital rose further, SapientNitro stood ahead of its peers. And SapientNitro’s creativity extends to trying to make the world a...
Posted by: Publicis Sapient
On Monday the 28th of April, New York Women in Communications will present the 44th annual Matrix Awards, honouring seven extraordinary women who have made significant contributions to the communication industry. The ceremony, hosted by the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Yesterday, Chime Communications posted pre-tax profits of £25 million for 2013. Operating income at the marketing services company, meanwhile, rose 8% year on year to £169.5 million. Annual operating profits, however, were flat, and the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In the UK, we have the odd instance of a fringe school pressing for the right to teach archaic or arcane ideas to children. This is usually the desire to include creationism, or other religious notions, in their science classes. In the USA it's a...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
The 'Radio Advertising Bureau' has recently announced the results of their 'RadioGauge' from the latter half of 2013. The RAB's bespoke tool tests campaigns throughout the year against 11 statements which match the 5 'creative Ls' which are...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
A sporting event for sick, injured and wounded servicemen and women was recently announced by HRH Prince Harry, himself a serviceman who took the title of the 'Invictus Games' from the famous William Ernest Henley poem of the same name, which...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
@Summerbreak is the real-time reality show with a difference; the entirety of the show's content is shared through social media, meaning that the stars experiences are shared the same way they are 'in real life'; through real-time Twitter, YouTube,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
London-based creative advertising agency Bartle Bogie Hegarty have recently unveiled a beautiful new televised advertisement for Dulux, the UK's most popular purveyors of quality paints. BBH have been working with Dulux for almost 3 years now, after...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Leading advertising agency JTW London has recently been named as the agency responsible for all digital business (marketing, social media and more) for confectionary brand Rowntree's. The partnership will commence in earnest this coming spring. The...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
'Merry Christmas' - that's how it began. On 3 December 1992, Neil Papworth from Sema Group, used his PC to send this written seasonal greeting to the phone of a Vodaphone executive. By 2010, 6.1 trillion SMS text messages were sent annually. That is...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Maggie’s, the charity which provides practical, emotional and social support for people with cancer, has applied for planning permission for a new Maggie’s Centre in the grounds of The Christie in Manchester. The Centre is designed by...
Posted by: Foster + Partners
British fashion designer Peter Pilotto has just been announced as being the next big thing in fashion by the prestigious BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund. Already adored by celebrities such as Cara Delevingne, Miranda Kerr and Beyonce and well-known...
Posted by: Jessica Hazel
In 2013 we did some work with the Teenage Cancer Trust, running marathons, wearing silly outfits and raising funds where we could; but this year we’re taking on two new remote interns, Matt and Pete. Matt and Pete are currently undergoing...
Posted by: Bray Leino
The post-Christmas advertising landscape is a rum old scene. The big retailers have withdrawn - some to lick their wounds, others to bathe in glory and ass's milk. This leaves the field pretty clear for other, less seasonal outfits, to pitch their...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
You may have noticed an increase in the number of sharply-dressed gentlemen wandering the gloomy streets of London this week, the reason for this is not a showcase of an expertly chosen Christmas gifts but the 4th season of London Collections: Men...
Posted by: Jessica Hazel
As the Christmas schedule proved, telly in 2013 was a very hit and miss affair. On the one hand, we had the hilarious glory of 'Gogglebox'; on the other, the clunky scripts of Matt Smith's last days in 'Doctor Who'. Still, we're a week into a new...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
When you’re self-employed there’s little that can upset the equilibrium quite as much as someone from Timbuktu taking over your email account. Last week this happened to me and let me tell you, it is damned annoying. In fact in the...
Posted by: Creativepool
When I blogged about the John Lewis Christmas ad a few weeks ago - the one featuring the hare and the bear…and the despair of the rather wet Lily Allen cover of Keane’s ‘Somewhere Only We Know’ - a lot of people balked at the...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
We're in the festive spirit of things and it looks like we're not on our own! Some of our favourite recruiter clients have been enjoying festive moments from Secret Santas, Office Parties to Christmas Jumper Days. Here's some tweets that helped us...
Posted by: Creativepool
Christmas is rather a competitive activity, isn't it? From those rather ghastly households attempting to out-decorate their neighbours by festooning their brickwork with flashing reindeer, to the restaurants fighting to see who can charge the most...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Somerset House is currently showing an exhibition about the extraordinary life of Isabella Blow, a woman who performed a striptease at Andy Warhol's funeral to the live music of the Velvet Underground, not to draw attention to herself, but because...
Posted by: Jessica Hazel
Understandably there's been quite some fuss about the John Lewis 'Hare and Bear' Yuletide spot. Not only is it high profile and eye-catching, but the cartoon alone cost somewhere in the region of £7m. With that sort of investment, you 'd hope it...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
A short animation to say Merry Christmas and thanks for your support in what has been a big year of changes for us at Creativepool. Merry Christmas everyone! Thanks to Darren Thompson for helping us create our festive greeting.
Posted by: Creativepool
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
Christmas is here again, and the advertising has certainly stepped it up a notch. We are seeing many big brands producing more Christmas related advertising to help with your festive season. Some of which pull the heart strings, such as the John...
Posted by: Creativepool
Not that I have anything against festive cheer, but for some reason, this sometimes means that good taste seems to vanish completely, and this could not be more true when it comes to Christmas songs. With videos featuring a load of scouse wigs and...
Posted by: Creativepool
Monday night saw the glitterati of the fashion world descend on the London Coliseum for the annual British Fashion Awards in a lavish ceremony peppered with humour from dashing host Jack Whitehall. The ceremony has become infamous for the highly...
Posted by: Jessica Hazel
Creative agency Sane & Able have designed a set of Christmas Cards to keep in the Festive spirit. And what better way than paying homage to those lovely celebrities thats wit and passion for life will add a little festive cheer to anyone’s...
Posted by: Sane & Able
What's the story behind you joining Nerv? I’ve been part of Nerv since the very early days (10 years now). I first met Cynan (Nerv’s founder) when we were both working for a UK based PC manufacturer back in the early 2000s. We were both...
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Could they have been the most expensive two minutes in advertising history? Well, if they weren’t, they certainly weren’t far off. Last Saturday during X Factor - and therefore requiring the sign-off from pop mogul Simon Cowell himself -...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
I always thought Apple was an electronic company. According to 1983 however, it was more! Apple actually still sell branded merchandise from their own company store. But before Steve Jobs returned you could by any old item from their own mail order...
Posted by: Creativepool
Ulric Collette is a self-taught photographer from Quebec, Canada. He studied art and graphic design at school and currently works as an art director for Collette, an advertising studio in Quebec City. In his series entitled, Genetic Portraits, Ulric...
Posted by: Creativepool
Look around any aircraft cabin during the in-flight safety demonstration and I’d guestimate that about 20% of passengers at most are actually watching as the crew show us how a seatbelt works (“because all aircraft are...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
The most successful film in UK cinemas this week is 'Insidious 2'. Having seen the first 'Insidious' instalment just a couple of weeks ago, I don't think I'll bother with chapter two. The best horror movies are akin to long road trips through foreign...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
In the world of the marketing agency, 2013 won't just be the year of the Snake. It'll be the year the number of mobile devices exceeds the human population. I'm knocking at your proverbial door to spread the word of Vine. Have you heard about the...
Posted by: FindGood