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JWT London make new hires and prepare for Christmas

JWT London recently unveiled its news Debenhams campaign for the 2014 Christmas season. Dubbed “Found It,” the multi-channel campaign will run across all touch points, with a much heavier marketing push than in previous years. As well as...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Razorfish hires to unlock and activate human behavior

The new Publicis Groupe network Razorfish Global; which brings the group's digital agencies together under the umbrella of Razorfish and Rosetta, recently announced the major players who will be making up its global leadership team. Led by CEO Tom...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Nick Simons drops into Droga5

After much speculation, Nick Simons has been officially named as managing director at Droga5's London office, only with a rather falling caveat; that he will only be serving in the interim, whilst another CEO is scouted and vetted, indeed, Simons...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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X-Factor's Stevi Ritchie has a lesson for us all. What could it be?

If you're in the habit of staying in and watching ITV on a Saturday and Sunday night, you'll probably be familiar with Stevi Ritchie. If not, then I just need to tell you he's this year's comedy offering on the X-Factor. You know, the one who can't...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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McDonald's preach lovin' over hatin'

McDonald's are thought to be switching up the ubiquitous “I'm Lovin' It” theme, which has been the cornerstone of their marketing strategy since 2003. The new twist on the 11-year-old theme is thought to be the equation “Lovin' >...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Call of Duty hacks Instagram!

Activision, publishers of the perennially popular Call of Duty franchise, have teamed up with AKQA to create a choose-your-own-adventure campaign for Instagram, celebrating the release of “Advanced Warfare,” the latest instalment in the...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Finally, the first Living Wage employer in Ad-Land

The UK branch of the Ogilvy & Mather Group recently became the first major, global advertising giant to instigate a Living Wage policy amongst its employees. Becoming a living wage employer means that a company will pay all of their employees a...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Happy Halloween! Getting spooky in Shoreditch's Haunted House

Celebrities in London's Shoreditch (Jack The Ripper Territory) recently got scared out of their wits by O2 thanks to a unique haunted house, which VCCP Kin created as part of the brand's “Connected Devices” campaign. Reality TV stars...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Hacker News: 3D Printed Tattoos

French design company Appropriate Audiences have hacked a 3D printer and combined it with a tattooists' needle to create a unique “Tattoo Printer,” which might take a lot of the guesswork (and some would say artistry) out of future visits...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Matomy scores Europe's leading mobile ad platform

The Matomy Media Group furthers its strategic digital advancement by announcement the acquisition of MobFox, Europe's leading mobile programmatic advertising platform. The acquisition follows the group's strategic partnership with the Publicis...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Who rocked the World Branding Awards 2014?

At the glittering 2014 World Branding Awards ceremony, which took place over the weekend at One Whitehall Place in London, and were hosted by Sky Sports presenter David “Crofty” Croft, 69 brands from 25 countries were honoured, with...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Extendable Creativity with Steven Soderbergh

He’s a film director whose credits include Erin Brokovich, Traffic, and Contagion but now Steven Soderbergh is trying his hand at launching a new alcohol brand. It took the Oscar-winner six years to get the Bolivian brandy that he claims...

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CP+B go to Infiniti and beyond

Following a lengthy pitch that also involved competitors such as BBH, GS&P and Anomaly, Crispin Porter + Bogusky won the global creative account for Infiniti, the luxury car division of the Nissan Motor Company. Media will continue to be handled by...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Adam & Eve DDB dominate the IPA Effectiveness Awards

At the IPA Effectiveness Awards ceremony last night, which was held at the London Hilton on Park Lane, the big winner was Adam & Eve DDB's Foster's “Good Call” campaign, which has become synonymous with Channel 4 comedy over the last...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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AKQA to revolutionise 'Mobile Experience' at Universal Orlando

AKQA has managed to retain its Audi digital business following a lengthy review process. Audi is also currently looking for a separate agency entirely to handle its social media business, as the company looks to further modernise its marketing...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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M&C Saatchi turn the clocks back for smokers

To coincide with the end of daylight savings on Sunday, which saw the clocks in the UK set back an hour, M&C Saatchi Sydney has created a new campaign for QUIT, the anti-smoking charity, which revolves around a website that can give smokers a rough...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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The Big Apple just got a little bit juicer with GSP&P

In a move that reveals a certain symmetry with its parent office, which claimed the San Francisco Examiner as one of its first client back in the 1980's, the New York arm of Goodby Silverstein & Partners has landed a big city tabloid as one of its...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Crimson Hexagon expands to WeWork's new South Bank location

The social media monitoring and analysis software company Crimson Hexagon, recently opened its new European headquarters on London's South Bank within the “WeWork London” workspace. The new office is home to a team that's expected to...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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JWT & KitKat want to get rid of Gordon

JWT Amsterdam have launched a new integrated campaign for Nestle's KitKat chocolate brand, which aims to promote the new KitKat Double Chunky Caramel through “The first-ever nationwide break.” The campaign, which is entitled “Give...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Dyson Thinks Your Humidifier is Unhealthy

Renowned British technology company and vacuum cleaner dons Dyson, recently launched its first humidifier, but unlike most humidifiers, which have been known to spread unwanted, potentially harmful bacteria, Dyson's claim their industry-first model...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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McCann's Nestle account gains new global ECD

It was announced yesterday that Adrian Botan has been promoted to the role of global executive creative director for the McCann Worldgroup's Nestle account. Botan will join fellow global executive creative directors James Dawson-Hollis, Bill Wright...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Former Leo Burnett employees make exciting moves in ad land

Luke Atkinson, former head of planning at Leo Burnett Sydney, will be moving to New York to serve as vice president of consumer and cultural planning for Smirnoff vodka. Atkinson left Leo Burnett earlier in the year to get married and was replaced by...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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The Grid: artificial intelligence websites that design themselves

I’m one of life’s big procrastinators. From buying something pretty massive like a new car to something as tiny as a runners’ water bottle for a fiver, I always want to make sure I’m doing the right thing - and getting the...

Posted by: Ashley Morrison
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Two significant promotions in the ad world

Two big appointments were announced yesterday. The first concerns Lindsay Pattison of the WPP media agency Maxus, the smallest of the media agencies within GroupM, the division of WPP that oversees media, also overseeing MEC, MediaCom and Mindshare....

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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What the UX? If 'user experience' is so important, why is it so bad?

Remember what a pain using a website used to be? Leaving aside the time it took for a page to load, which was often sufficiently long to allow a quick city break, it wasn't unusual to find the navigation wrongly linked, or the image files so large...

Posted by: Magnus Shaw
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Publicis Groupe back Israeli digital advertising group

It was announced recently that Matomy Media Group has agreed to sell just under 25% of itself to the French media conglomerate Publicis after the Israel-based company floated on the London stock market. Publicis will be buying 20% of Matomy's shares,...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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The Winners of The 4th Annual Lovie Awards Are…

If you appreciate creative, inspiring online work, get ready to cheer: After a long and thrilling season, marked by nearly 1,500 entries from all across Europe, The Lovie Awards has officially announced this year's winners. And we're proud to share...

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YouTube celebrate digitisation of Old Street EC1 Roundabout

London's Old Street EC1 Roundabout has recently been brought kicking and screaming into the 21st century with a state-of-the-art, four-screen digital billboard. To celebrate this digitisation, a YouTube ad campaign has been launched to raise...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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NRMA Insurance launch new campaign from award winning agency

A new campaign for Australian insurance firm NRMA Insurance, highlights its home and contents insurance policy with an amusing 30-second TV spot that shows a family of possums breaking into a family's home while they're away on holiday. The campaign...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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WCRS and Now TV bring The Walking Dead to life!

To celebrate the return of the perpetually popular zombie-drama series The Walking Dead, the 5th season of which debuts tonight on the FOX channel in the UK, creative agency WCRS and the internet television service Now TV have teamed up to bring the...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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General Mills hand their shopper-marketing account to 5 WPP agencies

General Mills, whose shopper-marketing was until now handled by a handful of independent shops, recently announced that it had consolidated its duties within a team of 5 WPP owned agencies. According to Brian Kittelson, company's director of shopper...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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VivaKi announce partnership with Publicis Health Media

Global programmatic advertising agency VivaKi announced yesterday that it will be working with Publicis Health Media (PHM) to bring programmatic advertising to the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector. PHM will be using a custom version VivaKi's...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Activision prank fans to promote new Skylanders game

The Skylanders franchise brought the idea of connecting physical toys to video games into the mainstream, and the concept has been copied by everyone from Disney to Nintendo in the years since. As such, franchise publishers Activision have decided to...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns

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