ADFEST 2013 is building up to its launch date with added energy as the newly-formed ADFEST Collective starts to make its presence felt and planning gets underway for the event, held from 17-19 March 2013 at PEACH (Pattaya Exhibition and Conference Hall), The Royal Cliff Hotels Group, Pattaya, Thailand. Says Jimmy Lam, President of ADFEST, […]
Online payment services provider Alipay and Ogilvy & Mather Advertising/Shanghai have partnered to launch a new digital campaign comprised of a series of humorous online video ads that introduce Alipay’s one-click daily payment functions, including bill pay for mobile phones, utilities, credit cards as well as splitting checks amongst friends. The videos show how Alipay […]
This is the question facing a group of students at Hyper Island, the creative and digital school of higher learning. As part of their learning module in the new program Digital Data Strategist, the students are tasked with creating online games about themselves. The students are to learn about gaming and success factors in game […]
Ogilvy Public Relations (Ogilvy PR) today announced the launch of ACE (Analyst Community Engagement), a new global service designed to give technology companies an informed, strategic and measurable approach to industry analyst relations. Ogilvy PR’s ACE service will be driven by a global team based in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, London, Hong Kong, Beijing, […]
Campus opening marks Hyper Island’s entry into Asia and opens up new career possibilities for creatives and communicators worldwide Hyper Island, the world’s leading learning institute within leadership, innovation and digital media, opens its doors in Singapore today, marking a long-awaited entry of the digital media learning phenomenon into Asia. The new campus marks an […]
Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) have launched Project Silverline, a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative that aims to enhance the lives of seniors through digital communications and multimedia technology. From now until March 2013, seniors under the care of Lions Befrienders and Willing Hearts will receive refurbished iPhones donated by SingTel customers. SingTel will sponsor the […]
WPP announced the appointment of Robb Smigielski as a Creative Director for VML London. Robb has joined the London team from VML in the US where he has been for the last 5 years. Robb will assume full creative leadership for the London office. Robb is highly awarded and has an outstanding creative reputation. He […]
In a move to further enhance the group’s media buying and trading resources GroupM is bringing in Johan Boserup from Omnicom to lead the Global Trading discipline as Global CEO GroupM Trading. Johan will report into Juergen Blomenkamp, a member of the global executive committee, and Dominic Proctor, Global President. “I am thrilled that Johan […]
Cow & Gate , the baby feeding brand in the UK have launched a new category re-defining strategy with a new campaign ‘feed their personalities.’ Beyond developmental milestones, the traditional fodder of the category are now suggesting what matters most is the nurturing of little individuals and ultimately feeding their personalities. The campaign is spearheaded […]
On Sunday 7th October, Baileys, the Original Irish Cream, will unveil its most ambitious global marketing campaign to date with a TV and print campaign which will be seen in every continent around the world. The new campaign also sees the introduction of a new endline; ‘Cream With Spirit’. Launched in 1971, Baileys has always […]