- Affleck will join from Dentsu X, where he is currently CEO
- Has over 18 years’ experience in media agencies including ZenithOptimedia and Vizeum
Havas Media Group is to appoint Patrick Affleck as its new UK CEO, following the departure of Matt Adams earlier this year. He will join the group from Dentsu X, where he is currently CEO, leading more than 250 experts across digital and mobile media, creative and analytics. Affleck has over 18 years’ experience in media agencies, with stints at ZenithOptimedia and Vizeum in both UK and global leadership positions. He also […]
Berlin Cameron have created a small business communications hotline – #TakingCareOfSmallBusinesses. All week, Berlin Cameron will allow small businesses to ask questions to help them get themselves through these times. Through Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and email, Berlin Cameron will offer services including creative communications as well as outside experts who can guide businesses on PR, legal, […]
ALDI SÜD and ALDI Nord in partnership with McCann Germany launched a joint TVC to thank their more than 83,500 employees, who are making extraordinary efforts in the current crisis, calling for unity and support. The TVC’s unusual style is adapted to the new Corona-reality: selfie videos of employees in ALDI stores and hundreds of […]
NCOA partners with Lyft to make free rides available to caregivers of homebound older adults
The National Council on Aging (NCOA) is partnering with Lyft to meet the critical transportation needs of caregivers who are supporting homebound older adults during the COVID-19 outbreak. Lyft is piloting the project with NCOA member senior centers AgeOptions, Oak Park, IL; Brookline Senior Multi-Service Center and Transportation Resources, Planning & Partnership for Seniors (TRIPPS), […]
JW Player announces three new video advertising solutions to improve the effectiveness of digital media campaigns and reduce wastage. Now, brands and their agencies can now target their video campaigns based on brand safety and content relevance analysis of the video itself, rather than text on the web page hosting the video. Advertisers can also […]
Wunderman Thompson & the Colombian Down Syndrome Corporation Launch Up Syndrome, created to portray the condition in a new, more positive light
While the world struggles with Covid-19, the Colombian Down Syndrome Corporation, in collaboration with Wunderman Thompson Colombia launched Up Syndrome, a new campaign following World Down Syndrome Day (March 21). By changing the word “down” and the stigma attached to it, the Colombian Down Syndrome Corporation and Wunderman Thompson Colombia seek to change the negative […]
Independent creative agency isobel has appointed Lisa Roscoe to the role of Business Director – ten years after completing an account management internship at the agency. Following her time at isobel Lisa left to join Leo Burnett where she became an Account Director. She then moved to Aesop before re-joining isobel. Paul Houlding, CEO of isobel says: “Lisa showed fantastic potential 10 years […]
In difficult times, small gestures can make a great difference. That’s why Brazilian branding consultancy GAD’ has created “Your Brand also Stays at Home”, an initiative that offers for free an open brand, a graphic sign, that all companies can use in an immediate, simple and practical manner, to support the social pledge #stayhome, which […]
VMLY&R wins brief to lead strategy and creative on campaign
to inspire millennials and Gen Z on social platforms
VMLY&R, the global brand and customer experience agency, has won the pro bono brief to develop a year-long project for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The campaign will aim at encouraging millennials and Gen Z to confront apathy and act differently in support of humanity. Having won the competitive pitch, VMLY&R London […]
Global WPP media agency Mindshare today announces the launch of the Tommy’s Midwife Voice Skill as part of its partnership with pregnancy research and information charity Tommy’s. The Skill, initially available on Google and Amazon smart phones and speakers, is able to answer a wide range of personal questions that can cause many pregnant women anxiety or […]
