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Staying up way past midnight with TwelveA.M. | #CompanySpotlight

For this week’s spotlight, we spoke to OJ Deady, Co-founder and Managing Partner at TwelveAM, a premium content production agency connecting brands and audiences through immersive, high-quality content that gets to the heart of modern culture...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

The Coronation of King Charles III in Advertising #Top10

Regardless of your opinions on the British Monarchy, it’s undeniable that the coronation of King Charles III was something of a historic event and something that deserved chronicling and (of course) parodying. With that in mind, I’ve...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

#GettingToKnow Georges Tertois, Co-Founder of Eidgensi

Georges Tertois is Co-Founder and General Manager at Eidgensi, a creative media agency for the new era of the internet. Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? It genuinely is different each day. The question I...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

10 ways to get your brand purpose right | #PurposeMonth

Today’s consumers are a more discerning bunch than those that came before. They don’t just want to know what a brand sells but what it stands for and this is where brand purpose comes into play; its reason for being beyond just making a...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Inspiration

What Brand Believers Know That You Don’t

Long before digital marketing started to suffocate emotional creativity in favor of unnecessarily complex, performance-based blindness, my agency presented a TV spot for a high-end audio brand. We were excited. We had a powerful concept, and we...

Posted by: Lysle Wickersham
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Leaders

#GettingtoKnow Alex Normanton, Global Brand Experience Lead at Reckitt

Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? My days are incredibly diverse, spinning multiple plates at any given time. I think the only typical moment within my day is drinking coffee. I could be writing briefs, reviewing...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

Global creative calendar: May 2023

Over the past three years, we have adapted together - and now, our ships are coming in. Comparatively, we may go less often, stay closer to home, and spend more time phoning things in … but new days are growing heavy with promise. In our...

Posted by: The Darnell Works Agency
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Inspiration

A.I. Will Save Us.

I am not a robot. Just to be clear before we start- I can spot lampposts in any picture. It’s getting harder to tell though isn’t it and the march of the robots that AI has caused has sent creatives running into the streets in a Black Monday,...

Posted by: Tony Pipes
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Inspiration

Will AI take my job as a Copywriter? #ManvsMachine

In the first of an ongoing series, I’ll be examining the impact generative artificial intelligence is having on our creative jobs. As a copywriter myself I thought it obvious to start there but will be pitching man vs machine on a range of...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Industry

How to Create your Best Portfolio

How to create your best portfolio (a role-by-role guide.) What does a good creative portfolio look like? It’s a question we’re asked regularly. Putting together samples of your work might sound straightforward, but many creatives find it...

Posted by: Gabriele
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Inspiration

Distinctly Japanese restaurant comes to the UK in style | #BehindTheBrand

This week we sat down with Kevin Grima, Creative Director at Harrison, to discuss how the 360 branding agency worked with casual dining Udon noodle restaurant Marugame Udon to bring the authentic Japanese experience to the UK market. What was the...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Defining Brand – The Most Misconceived Word In Business

When we launched a firm specializing in helping companies measure, build, and leverage brand and its equity to improve performance and increase returns, we knew naming the firm would be pretty important. After all, our name is our first impression....

Posted by: Lysle Wickersham
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Industry

Sinking our teeth into The Croc | #CompanySpotlight

How was your company born and where are you based? Back in the early 90’s the talented and ambitious copywriting and creative duo of Adam Wooff and Chris Tongeman decided to leave publishing and make the entrepreneurial leap into agency...

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Industry

The 2 Most Frequently Asked Questions

As the clock ticks down to the next Annual 2023 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...

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Leaders

#GettingtoKnow COLLINS Designer Dev Valladares

Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? That’s a tricky one! I am part of both the design and the motion teams at COLLINS. So, one day I’m freely sketching new visual concepts for an R1 presentation; the next...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

How to build high-value brands (and why you want one)

It was a fact not lost on George Clooney when he and Rande Gerber started Casamigos Tequila: strong brands are worth more. Casamigos, launched in 2013, sold four years later for a cool $1B netting Clooney an easy $233M. Not bad. The financial value...

Posted by: Lysle Wickersham
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Leaders

#GettingToKnow Anna Abdelnoor, CEO & Founder at isla

Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? Not at all. isla is quite a one-of-a-kind organisation and we don’t have a blueprint to follow, so the team and I are on a steep, but exciting learning curve as the...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Features

The reign of the deinfluencer is upon us

It was really anyone’s guess that what started with a few young teenagers talking to their webcams in the noughties, would become a serious business in 2023, fuelled by brand and book deals, gifts, press trips, and more. Believe it or not,...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

#CompanySpotlight on Industry-leading DAM software company Bynder

Through its technology, Bynder is a company that helps all types of brands - including Spotify, Puma, Five Guys, and Icelandair - create timely and culturally-relevant marketing content for its advertising campaigns and branding efforts. Working at...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

#GettingToKnow Darren Groucutt, RX Creative Director at VCCP

Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? I am part of the Retail Experience(RX) leadership team at VCCP, alongside Rob Sellers, Steph Thomas and Stephen Renou and am responsible for the creative output, working on clients...

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Features

The real potential of 3D printing in 2023 and beyond

While it might not have taken off in quite the way that was once prophesised, 3D printing technology has certainly come a long way since it was first introduced in the early 1980s. What was once considered a niche technology is now gradually becoming...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Features

Global creative calendar: April 2023

Across this month’s full slate of alluring extracurricular activities, everyone open to new experiences has worlds to gain. Current and future leaders spanning all industries are going all in: Curtains will soon draw back and stages will...

Posted by: The Darnell Works Agency
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Workshop

How to hire a product designer

A product designer's role is to create products that are both eye-catching and easy to use. To do this, they must work with developers, engineers, marketing managers and other parties involved in the project to determine the desired outcomes. They...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

#MemberSpotlight on Freelance Director & Cinematographer Louis English

How did you get into the industry? Movies played a big part in my childhood. I would have Disney marathons with my sister and watch the classics on TCM with my dad. As a kid it was a big deal to go to the cinema, so I never took the experience for...

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Industry

The Pursuit of Meaningful Innovation for Luxury Brands

Everyone’s (us included) favourite buzzword: innovation. Even the most iconic luxury brands can get it wrong. Whether it’s too safe or trend-chasing, thoughtless innovation can devalue a brand to the point of no return. Ensure that...

Posted by: Matter Of Form
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Inspiration

#CompanySpotlight on an ICONIC new London agency

Interview with ICONIC founder, James Kirkham How was your company born and where are you based? ICONIC is a London based agency, launched just last year, but it feels like it has a much longer history, with its roots in my previous agency, holler,...

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Inspiration

Why do Fashion Holding Companies hate Female Creative Directors?

As I reflect on the recent changes in the fashion industry, I am compelled to write about an issue that has been on my mind for quite some time: Why do holding companies “hate” female creative directors? The idea first occurred to me...

Posted by: Maksimilian Kallhed
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Inspiration

Avoiding papercuts with A+C stop-motion studios | #CompanySpotlight

A+C are specialists in stop-motion and animation for advertising and social content that can produce anything from paper-craft to motion design. For over 15 years, they’ve been creating award-winning work for some of the world’s...

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Leaders

#GettingToKnow Nader Dehdashti, Head of Creators at Jungle Creations

Tell us a bit about your role! Is there a “typical” day? There’s never a typical day in the world of entertainment! When you work so closely with talent and creators, you’re often reacting to brand new opportunities which...

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Inspiration

Transforming Pentawards into a creative canvas for change | #BehindTheBrand

In 2020, Vault49 Co-Founder John Glasgow was invited to speak at the Pentawards Festival and joined the international awards jury. At the beginning of 2023, John was appointed Co-President of the jury, and the Vault49 team was asked to be Pentawards'...

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Inspiration

#MemberSpotlight on Belgian freelance illustrator Steven Van Hasten

How did you get into the industry? As soon as I could hold a pencil I started drawing on every surface. All my studbook, walls of my parental home, tables… nothing was safe. I never wanted to do anything else. They were therefore happy when I...

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Inspiration

Dogs Trust celebrates "Ground Dog Day" | #BehindTheIdea

“Ground Dog Day” aims to reframe Dogs Trust as a charity that supports owners and their dogs through all stages of life. With the charity receiving an alarming 1,000 calls a week from worried owners who feel like they have no choice but...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

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