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The digital and creative sector contributed £84 billion in 2016 to the UK economy and accounts for 1 in 11 jobs. However, the digital and creative sector is extremely broad and the distinction between ‘digital’ and...
Posted by: Gemini People
WPP Lindsay Pattison has been named Chief Transformation Officer of WPP with responsibility for getting its agencies to work more closely together for its top 50 clients. Her appointment to the newly-created role comes at a pivotal time for WPP,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Gravity Road - Sainsbury's Sainsbury’s obviously caters for those that love Halloween, but what about those that don’t? Every year there are people who actively avoid having to deal with trick-or-treaters. It’s a fact. 70% of Brits...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
UNIT9 Leading multi-screen storyteller and award-winning director Jason Zada is the latest addition to UNIT9’s roster. Leading multi-screen storyteller and award-winning director Jason Zada is the latest addition to UNIT9’s roster. He...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The launch event for the 2017 San Miguel Rich List took place last night (13th October 2017) at the ever-stunning Somerset House, and consisted of enjoyable, engaging and thought-provoking experiences designed to share some insight into the...
Posted by: Robert Ferguson
Moonpig (in-house) Online card and gift retailer Moonpig has rebranded, swapping out its cartoon pig mascot for a simpler, typographic look. Designed by Moonpig’s in-house design team in collaboration with consultants Cat Totty and Ian Styles,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Dyson launching electric car in 2020 British inventor James Dyson (hero image) is investing £2 billion into developing a battery-powered vehicle, which is expected to launch in 2020. An email sent from Dyson to his employees revealed that a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Mindseye MindsEye have announced the signing of directing duo Mindcastle to the MindsEye roster for commercial representation. Danielle Krieger and Casey Warren are MINDCASTLE. Together they create powerful emotional storytelling. They developed...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Gate London - Tomorrow's People The charity Tomorrow’s People has enlisted The Gate London as their first agency of record to help them be more distinctive and better reflect their values. Tomorrow’s People helps young people trapped...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Publicis London To support Publicis London’s expansive growth over the last two years with the appointments of big accounts such as Morrisons, P&G Dish, Heineken global digital, and the IOC (International Olympic Committee), and reinforcing...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Uncommon Creative Studio - Halo Coffee/Headstart This week saw the launch of Uncommon Creative Studio, which has been built with one singular mission. In a world where people wouldn’t care if most brands disappeared tomorrow, Uncommon wants to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
VML VML has promoted God-is Rivera to the newly created position of Director of Inclusion and Cultural Resonance. Rivera has been a key part of the evolution of VML’s Inclusion & Diversity committee. Being a black woman in the advertising industry...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Research revealed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has revealed that the creative industries have experienced a recent boom, with employment growing at four times the rate of the UK workforce as a whole. However, whilst...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Wisconsin company Three Square Market is offering microchip implants to all of its workers, enabling them to make purchases and log into computers with just the wave of a hand. Three Square Market (3SM) claims to be the first US company providing...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Amazon is planting deep roots in London soil, with the online retail behemoth recently announcing plans to double its recruitment for research and development roles within the capital as it renews its focus on video and streaming services. The move...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
J. Walter Thompson today officially announced Pangaea, an internal AI solution that allows anyone in its global network to ask questions and get answers from any of their 12,000+ colleagues around the world. Built by J. Walter Thompson Worldwide,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
VR is, currently, one of the few remaining new media refuges where advertising is largely non-existent. Up until this point, adland's relationship with VR has primarily been through sponsored activations, games and tailored 'experiences' that...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Adland has really got stuck in for Pride London this year. We've already covered the wonderful official “Love Happens Here” campaign by WCRS, but that was only the tip of the rainbow. Here, we've gathered a few of the more interesting...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Leo Burnett - McDonald's McDelivery McDonald's has handed its £77m global advertising account for the new McDelivery home-ordering service to Leo Burnett London after a pitch involving roster agencies. McDelivery has now begun testing in the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Jellyfish Diageo’s head of programmatic, Gawain Owen, is set to join independent digital agency Jellyfish as Digital Strategy Director on 1 August. With over 15 years of industry experience, Owen is widely recognised as a digital industry...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Robert Gorby, VP of SMB Business at SDL, examines 5 simple ways in which marketers and advertisers can boost their localisation efforts without spending a fortune. You would have to have been living on a desert island or under a rock to have missed...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Game of Thrones chatbot that knows everything In a world full of direwolves, white walkers and dragons, there’s just one nerdy thing missing: bots! Meet GoTBot, a friendly Facebook chatbot with answers to all of your Game of Thrones...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A “lack of accountability and investment” in cyber security measures has been blamed for the recent so-called 'Wannacry' virus that hit NHS IT systems in the UK last month in a report released today by the Chartered Institute for IT (BCS). The...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Publicis Groupe Chairman & CEO, Arthur Sadoun, has announced the next step of The Power of One, initiated in 2015 by Maurice Lévy, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Publicis Groupe. After the acquisition of Sapient with its world-class...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
AMV BBDO is introducing a new employment policy aimed at boosting numbers of female creatives in the agency (and ultimately, the wider industry) by offering permanent, half-time roles. The new programme is designed to identify the best female...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The on going business obsession with productivity and efficiency is no longer working. 75% of employees are disengaged, businesses are being over-‐turned by ideas driven start-ups, the FTSE 100 churns every decade, the...
Posted by: Daniele Fiandaca
It's finally here. The 8th of June, 2017. Snap UK General Election Day. A day that will live in infamy. Probably. In all honesty, the vast majority of us are probably just glad we can finally draw a line under all of this divisive piffle tomorrow and...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
KHWS KHWS, the Brand Commerce agency, has appointed Gary Brooks as its Creative Director to strategically develop the agency’s proposition and support its ambitious growth targets. Brooks brings over 20 years of varied industry experience to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Blippar has this morning announced a global partnership with shopper marketing agency Geometry Global, with the deal primarily aimed at helping GG clients better harness augmented reality applications. AR has long-promised to bridge the divide...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The UK National Cyber Security Warning The UK National Cyber Security Centre is warning us all to remain on guard for another wave of cyberattacks after last Friday’s massive WannaCry ransomware attack. The nation’s NHS was severely...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Ever since Sadiq Khan was elected as the Mayor of London last year, he's appeared, to me at least, to be the one progressive spark in an otherwise almost oppressively right-wing and regressive current regime. He's not perfect, but he's certainly a...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Brand & Deliver Hayley Lawrence, Director of Events and member of the Board at integrated marketing agency Brand & Deliver, has been appointed to the role of Managing Director. Founder Ben Gallop will remain in the position of CEO, handing over...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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
When Theresa May announced yesterday morning (18 April, 2017) that it was her intention to hold a snap general election in the UK on June 8 (a move that was since validated earlier today by a vote of 522 to 13), the UK media did what it always does....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Great Burger King Fiasco A Burger King TV spot created to activate Google Home smart speakers and some Android phones to describe its Whopper burgers was hijacked by members of the public recently, with the ad instead triggering the devices to...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
12 months, 79 spreadsheets, 85.6GB worth of page designs, 90 design templates, 682.75 hours of coding, 137 Google Hangouts and four flights across 34,000 kilometers later and Amys.com was born. Find out how we did it here. This post reflects on our...
Posted by: Superrb