Omaid Hiwaizi, the UK chief strategy officer at Geometry Global, has been hired by Blippar as its first President of Global Marketing. Hiwaizi will be responsible for expanding and transforming the marketing efforts of the leading image recognition and augmented reality app and grow consumer adoption. He will initially focus on the UK and USA, […]
The 17th Annual International Food and Beverage Creative Excellence Awards (The FAB Awards) were held last night at the quintessentially British – The Hurlingham Club in London. The black tie and posh frocks affair was held in honour of the Nominees and Winners of The 17th FAB Awards, which recognises outstanding creative work done for […]
The International Food and Beverage Creative Excellence Awards are delighted to announce that Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO has been named The Google FAB Agency of The Year at The 17th FAB Awards. The now Google sponsored award, is presented to the Agency that has scored the maximum points taken from the number of nominations, FAB […]
Emirates, a global connector of people and passions, and The FA, announced that the airline will become the Lead Partner of The FA Cup, to be known as The Emirates FA Cup, from next season until 2018. This season has seen one of the great FA Cup campaigns, from Middlesbrough beating Manchester City in the […]
Live & Breathe has promoted James Hoxley to the role of executive creative director following a restructure of the top tier creative team across its London and Leeds offices. The move forms part of the agency’s ongoing strategy to provide a more integrated offering and deliver best-in-class creative solutions for its clients. The move follows […]
Maxus announced the strengthening of its global senior management team with the appointment of David Kaganovsky as chief information officer and the promotion of Richard Stokes to the newly created post of chief development officer. Kaganovsky joins Maxus from GroupM, where he was global applications director, sitting on GroupM’s Global IT Executive Committee and Global […]
Creative agency Space has devised an irreverent, three-part campaign for Coral to celebrate the imminent arrival of the royal baby and build awareness of the company’s special, regal bets. With the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge expecting their second child, Coral is aiming for a greater share of voice as betting operators gear up for […]
Live & Breathe has been appointed by The Restaurant Group as its lead integrated agency on Frankie & Benny’s after a four-way pitch. Live & Breathe will devise and deliver a series of integrated and strategically-driven initiatives for the group initially working with the Frankie & Benny’s brand. The agency will report in to The […]
Samsung has produced a new piece of online content to coincide with today’s launch of its flagship Galaxy S6 and S6 edge phones. Created by Cheil UK, the video features UK star and host of ‘The Late Late Show’ James Corden. The ‘James and Wilf’ material has gone live across Samsung’s owned media, digital and […]
Samsung is set to host the UK’s biggest Twitter treasure hunt with a digital and social stunt to support the launch of its Galaxy S6 handsets, developed with Cheil UK. The ‘#GS6IsHere’ activity, which launches April 10 for one day only, aims to create a frenzy of noise and interaction around the new smartphones. Samsung […]