New production company Majority launches, featuring an all-women director roster

New production company Majority launches, featuring an all-women director roster

Emmy-nominated director and producer Senain Kheshgi has teamed up with advertising industry veteran and executive producer Jonathon Ker to launch Los Angeles-based MAJORITY, a new production company with an all-women roster of established and ascending directors. The company, which is backed by M&C Saatchi, will operate as its own agency-agnostic entity, with the ability to […]

Serviceplan become first German agency group pledging to Free The Bid for Women Directors

Serviceplan become first German agency group pledging to Free The Bid for Women Directors

It’s impossible not to notice that a global women’s equality movement has been rapidly gathering pace across Film, TV, politics and the advertising industry in the past year. Starting with grass roots movements such as the Women’s March on Washington in 2016 which sparked similar protests around the world including the global Women’s March, and […]

New Report Reveals 72% of Female Baby Boomers Don’t Pay Attention to Ads and Feel Stereotyped

New Report Reveals 72% of Female Baby Boomers Don’t Pay Attention to Ads and Feel Stereotyped

A new report into women aged between 53 and 72 from the J. Walter Thompson London Innovation Group shows that 72% “don’t pay attention to advertising” while 91% wish advertisers would treat them like people and not stereotypes. And with 78% of 50+ women saying they control the purchase decisions in their households and the […]

It’s looking good for Indian women in Nykaa’s first TVC by Mullen Lintas

It’s looking good for Indian women in Nykaa’s first TVC by Mullen Lintas

Founded in 2012, Nykaa started as a multi-brand online beauty retailer selling cosmetic and wellness products, and today it has an extended presence through a mobile app and brick-and-mortar stores. Their maiden campaign, conceptualised by Mullen Lintas, is a reflection of today’s Indian women and the changing landscape. It is a celebration of confident and […]

There are a million reasons to run in adidas India’s new #itsonyou digital campaign via Isobar

There are a million reasons to run in adidas India’s new #itsonyou digital campaign via Isobar

Isobar has launched #ItsOnYou a digital campaign for . The mainstay is a digital film on running for non-runners. The core objective of the campaign is to expand the brand’s community of runners, especially targeting women non-runners. While most brands strive to garner new audiences through strong communications, which are driven by motivation and persuasion, […]

SILVER at MMA Smarties for Out There Media and MediaCom with ‘micro-targeting at scale’ for P&G’s Pantene campaign in Indonesia

SILVER at MMA Smarties for Out There Media and MediaCom with ‘micro-targeting at scale’ for P&G’s Pantene campaign in Indonesia

Out There Media  and MediaCom  have been awarded a Silver at MMA – Mobile Marketing Association’s Smarties Awards in Indonesia for their P&G Indonesia’s Pantene campaign. Commenting on their win: Berlian Dewirani, P&G Indonesia’s Media Manager said “It is a pleasure to work with MediaCom and OTM who have true business and consumer understanding so that we are able to crack a new […]

Verbatim’s Gillian Laub helps Cara Delevingne tell her #DoYouStories for Puma docuseries

Verbatim’s Gillian Laub helps Cara Delevingne tell her #DoYouStories for Puma docuseries

Photographer and filmmaker Gillian Laub of Verbatim, the commercial assignments agency, has directed Cara Delevingne’s new documentary series, part of Puma’s #DoYou campaign to support and empower women through sport. The series of short films sees Cara Delevingne joining forces with Puma and Gillian to tell stories of inspirational women from across the world on […]

TLC India and The Glitch reveal ‘Why Women Can’t Be Funny’

TLC India and The Glitch reveal ‘Why Women Can’t Be Funny’

TLC, India’s lifestyle channel, is launching India’s first-ever female stand up comedy show “Queens of Comedy“. Conceptualised by The Glitch, the ad features actress Richa Chaddha, stand-up comedians Kaneez Surka, Rohan Joshi and Varun Thakur. Breaking the most common stereotype that, women can’t be inherently funny, the video sends out a tongue-in-cheek message about backward mindsets and leads to the launch […]