McCann Erickson Japan has announced that AI-CD β (AI-CD beta), the world’s first artificial intelligence (A.I.) creative director (according to McCann’s research), will be joining the agency. AI-CD β will be attending McCann Worldgroup’s new employee welcoming ceremony on April 1st, along with 11 fresh college graduates. AI-CD β was developed through the Creative Genome […]
Eurostar, the high-speed rail service, is promoting its new London-Paris train with an Instagram campaign. The work by AKQA on the @LaVieOnBoard Instagram account shows a canvas of 200 images showing what it is like to be on board the new train. The squares tell different stories using animated videos and images, including a couple […]
Ogilvy Paris have marked the long awaited arrival of all ten seasons of Friends on Netflix with the release of a nostalgic preroll campaign that responds dynamically to videos watched on YouTube. This saw the agency tag thousands of the most searched for videos on the sharing platform to remind people that no matter what […]
A week after naming Google’s Craig Morgan as the Advertising and Innovations Jury Chair for The 18th FAB Awards, the International Food and Beverage Creative Excellence Awards are pleased to announce that Taxi Studio’s Spencer Buck will be 2016’s Packaging & Design Jury Chair. “For the past 17 years the FAB Awards has represented the very best Food & […]
Carling is launching a major new promotion, ‘Bank Holiday In The Bag’, which will offer lucky individuals the chance to win a free holiday with three of their mates over the May Day bank holiday weekend. Lucky winners will be notified by the delivery of a bag which will contain goodies to enjoy on their […]
Unicef France has created a unique interactive Twitter campaign titled #H20Filter to mark World Water Day (22 March). As part of its wider ‘Water Challenges’ initiative, the charity wants to raise awareness around the fact that many individuals around the world are unable to access clean water. As such, it’s created a Twitter tool which allows individuals […]
Wellington creative agency Clemenger BBDO, with media partner OMD, have announced the launch of Hello – a new piece of online video content for the NZ Transport Agency aimed at young drivers using their phones behind the wheel. Clemenger BBDO’s Creative Director, Emily Beautrais says, “We’re never without our phones; it’s the first thing we […]
ITV Commercial, FremantleMedia UK and Syco Entertainment announced they have signed a wide-ranging sponsorship deal with UK National Lottery operator, Camelot, for the forthcoming tenth series of hit show, Britain’s Got Talent. The partnership, which was negotiated and will be managed by Vizeum and The Story Lab, sees Britain’s Got Talent and The National Lottery’s […]
Danepak, the UK’s favourite bacon brand, has appointed Arena Media to handle its media buying. The agency will work alongside isobel who is handling the creative. Arena Media has been tasked with leading the media activation for the UK market for Danepak. Strategic work and creative development are well underway, with the first work scheduled […]
Virtual Reality has been a hot topic recently, especially at South by Southwest. Why is it especially important now? It is starting to be available to the average person and this has the potential to change the world of marketing. VR dominated the recently concluded SxSW, as a top topic of discussion, an award winning feature, and a […]