Following some fierce competition from agencies across London, RAPP UK is delighted to announce that the winner of 2018’s Daniel Marks Planning Academy, Diamond Abdulrahim has joined the agency as a Junior Strategist. She was awarded the ‘Strategic Star’ winner last month after blowing the judges away with her winning idea on how to position […]
The Macallan, the world’s most precious single malt, is launching its first ever global advertising campaign across television, cinema and digital channels. In the USA, the campaign rolls out nationally across digital and social. The focus of the campaign, a 90-second hero film titled “Make The Call”, launched on Monday November 19, 2018. Focusing on […]
The&Partnership London and Lexus will next week unveil ‘Driven By Intuition’ – the world’s first advert written by an AI and shot by an Oscar-winning director, Kevin Macdonald, for the new Lexus ES. Following on from the success of campaigns like The&Partnership’s 2015 Lexus Hoverboard Project, ‘Driven By Intuition’ aims to highlight Lexus’ credentials as […]
65% of all money spent on advertising in digital media in 2019 will be traded programmatically, according to Zenith’s Programmatic Marketing Forecasts, published on November 19. Advertisers will spend US$84bn programmatically next year, up from US$70bn this year, which represents 62% of digital media expenditure. Zenith predict that in 2020 advertisers will spend US$98bn on […]
Starting November 19, if you’re in the mood for a faraway trip, you won’t even have to leave your home. With the new iFly virtual reality (VR), you can now take a virtual trip. KLM’s online platform uses VR to let visitors experience a near-lifelike journey. KLM wants to inspire people to travel and discover […]
Kimberly-Clark’s Andrex has teamed up with WaterAid for the Toilets Change Lives initiative, shedding light on a global crisis that is affecting billions worldwide. The initiative highlights the global sanitation crisis faced by 2.3 billion people around the world and has already transformed the lives of thousands of people by constructing new or renovating existing […]
Following the launch of a UK-wide multi-channel campaign for Versus Arthritis, developed by M&C Saatchi and Blue 449, its latest iteration sees the charity collaborating with Channel 4, Studio Lambert and Gogglebox, to get the nation talking about arthritis. As well as a two minute advert featuring four of the Gogglebox families, talking about […]
Great Guns director Tal Zagreba launches a new TVC for premium Japanese cosmetics brand SK-II, featuring Chinese musical superstar Leah Dou. ‘Pitera Wonderland’ aims to promote SK-II’s limited-edition bottles, designed by celebrated Australian artist and illustrator Karan Singh. The 60-second spot, which garnered an impressive 1.6-million views in just three hours after launch, was directed […]
Leading soft drinks company Britvic has announced the addition of BrandOpus to its brand design agency roster, to work across a selection of its global portfolio of brands, kicking off with Thomas & Evans. BrandOpus will partner with Britvic on all aspects of brand strategy, visual identity and architecture, as well as packaging design and […]
COPA90 has hired Miranda Nagalingam from Comic Relief as its new head of talent relations. Nagalingam’s brief is to bring in a diverse range of high profile guests across all COPA90 channels, as well as building on the vibrant mix of in-house talent and influencers associated with the brand, including Poet and Vuj. She will […]