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Back in April, the V&A Museum launched a campaign created by adam&eveDDB to champion the belief that creativity is what makes us human. The campaign promoted the V&A’s permanent collection and encouraged the public to explore the abundance of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A little story: My son is at art school here in Shrewsbury, where they’ve recently had their end-of-year exhibition. During the event, he managed to get a commission and a sale. When asked for a price, he froze for a few seconds and then...
Posted by: Tony Clarkson
Jo Webb, Creative Director at Merkle B2B, joined the agency last year and has 20 years of experience in the advertising industry. Former Campaign magazine ‘Face to Watch’ and an award-winning copywriter, Jo has had a successful freelance...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
After two years of lockdowns and entering an unprecedented cost of living crisis, it’s time to make suicide prevention a national priority again, to make the conversation inescapable, ensure action, and prevent suicide. “The Last...
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Sometimes, particularly when I hit a quiet spell, I start to wonder about the value of much of the work we do in an agency, work which never sees the light of day. More especially, the wonder leads to the dilemma of worrying about our contributions...
Posted by: Richard
In celebration of Pride Month, SodaStream has launched its 2022 “Set All Your Colours Free” campaign. In celebration of the groups which are rising within the LGBTQIA+ community and promoting acceptance and tolerance between people,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
For this week’s getting to know feature, we spoke to Allan Blair, Head of strategy at VaynerMedia. With 20 years of experience working across the marketing and communications sector in PR, brand communications and digital, Allan has more than a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Mobile advertising is fast becoming the rule rather the exception and one agency that knows this better than most is the Barcelona-based BcnMonetize. Founded in 2016, the leading mobile advertising agency helps businesses of all sizes generate ROI...
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Quite some time ago, I decided to move away from my old business name (Severn Agency) and am now working under my new studio name &Something. I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about the process, the reasons why, and how I went about...
Posted by: Tony Clarkson
Nostalgia marketing is taking the world by storm, as millennials and Gen-Z are longing for the past, and brands are taking them on an exciting journey through time. The result? A successful marketing campaign that converts. Today, we explore how...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Platinum Jubilee (or “platty joobs” as many have regrettably taken to calling it) is finally behind us and we can all get back to the important stuff like getting rid of Boris Johnson and struggling to feed ourselves. Yes, while it...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Voltarol recently announced the launch of its new campaign “More than Movement” to promote the brand in partnership with Channel 4 and GAY TIMES. The partnership, brokered by Publicis Media’s platformGSK and Publicis Media Content,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
I consider myself more a realist than a royalist but that doesn’t mean the Platinum Jubilee has completely passed me by. I mean, as a freelancer I’m not getting any time off and the constant TV coverage is started to frustrate me even...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
While the later, Mark Whalberg fronted Michael Bay films might have started to sour the public’s relationship with the Transformers, their lasting widespread appeal can’t be denied, particularly among the millennials who grew up with...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A new survey has found that two thirds of us would not feel comfortable raising a mental or emotional wellbeing issue with our employers and one third are offered no physical or emotional wellbeing support whilst in work. This is especially...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
For this week’s member spotlight, we’re focusing on a freelance graphic designer and illustrator that’s managed to hold onto one client for almost 40 years. William Webb has worked on everything from mural painting and portraits in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Freelancers and independent contractors have a lot to keep track of. Whether you tend to take on lots of fast turnaround jobs or spend months at a time with one single client, it’s likely you have an abundance of files and admin that go along...
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As the clock ticks down to the next Annual 2022 deadline next week, we thought we’d answer a couple of the questions that we get asked the most from entrants. #1 What is the difference between Judges Scoring and People's Choice? The Annual is...
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Entering your work into The Annual could not be simpler. There really is just 2 super-simple steps. Step 1. Add your work to your profile Uploading your case study/project to your profile. Just follow this link. Step 2. Enter! To complete your...
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Every week, we seek to shine our member spotlight on some of the most talented and perhaps undercooked creative individuals that make up our extensive Creativepool roster. But this week, we decided to shine our spotlight not on an individual but on...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The pink pound is estimated to be worth £6 billion per year in the UK alone. It still sometimes feels, however, that brands are competing for this section of the market but have missed the mark when it comes to accurately communicating and...
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Work environments, like many other spaces, tend to be designed for neurotypical people. This leaves neurodivergent individuals - those with natural variations in the brain - in a compromising position. One of the most significant hurdles that the...
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Retail e-commerce sales are set to hit an eye-popping $5.4 trillion by the end of this year; even so, many would be surprised to realise that the average conversion rate ranges between 1% and 4% for many industries. These statistics make it clear...
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We hear from a lot of photographers, artists and designers here at Creativepool but rarely do we get the chance to sit down with a cinematographer. So we jumped at the chance when the Barcelona-based freelancer Alex Pérez came knocking. Alex...
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There's a saying in marketing: if you want to sell a product, you can charge a hundred pounds. But if you want to sell a story, the sky's the limit. That, in a nutshell, is the power of storytelling. It intrigues and inspires. It connects brand...
Posted by: Woven Agency
With the war in Ukraine now well into its second month and news of fresh atrocities filtering through every day, it’s clear that the actions taken by Western governments and brands have done little to deter Russia. Originally designed to be...
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"Most people would say to go big or go home. Well, that wasn’t exactly what we did." Alex Safavinia is the CEO and Creative Director of Kasra Design, an award-winning animation company specialising in 3D animation and explainer video...
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Desislava Georgieva is an illustrator based in London who specialises in narrative and book illustration. While her work is generally traditional in terms of medium (ink, watercolour and acrylics) there is nothing conventional or safe about her...
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To mark the end of Women’s History Month, we’re getting to know the illustrator, artists and graphic designer Lucie Corbasson, known professionally as Lucie Louxor. Lucie has been working as a freelance designer for just over four years...
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Last week, I openly celebrated the brands that were sticking it to Putin by either pulling out of Russia entirely or even going further to outright condemn the actions of the mad tyrant through creative means. Today, however, I’ll be looking at...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
It’s not something we like to talk about in so-called ‘polite society’ but most women masturbate at least once a week. To celebrate rather than tut over these findings, the award-winning visual design and innovation studio Morrama...
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Choosing the right colour for your brand is paramount. When it comes to choosing the colours to feature in your business’s logo, aesthetics are important. However, there are also subconscious ways that colours can make the consumer think, feel...
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There are over 6,500 different cryptocurrencies, all varying in size of market capitalisation, which have different followings and trading volumes. Some of these are meme coins that have a supporting business model flimsier than a house of cards....
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TMW Unlimited is a company that’s something of a Creativepool veteran, having been a part of our community for more than 7 years now. It’s also our 3rd ranked advertising agency and has earned a veritable bounty of Annual Awards. So, this...
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A keen creative with over a decade in the industry, Jamie Watson believes that building a brand is not just about having a tagline, a logo or a webpage - It is the fundamental root from which all of these assets must stem. “It’s getting...
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Last month, Evian unveiled a dazzling pop-up immersive art installation in London created with multi-disciplinary artist and crystal lover, Sara Shakeel, to celebrate the launch of its long-awaited new sparkling water product. Evian brought together...
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