With the view to smashing all bias and advocating true Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace, McCann London has teamed up with D&AD New Blood Shift and launched Kkaptionn: the comic book with no words. Featuring aliens, kissing cows and flame-throwing women, this wordless comic will be used by McCann to aid its application process […]
“Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.” Nike is backing former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, the American footballer who famously began ‘taking a knee’ during the US anthem in order to protest police violence against African Americans and racial injustice. On September 3, Kaepernick tweeted out a monochrome image of himself bearing […]
Mischievous elves can be seen wreaking havoc on the sides of lorries up and down the country in the run up to Christmas, kicking off a major marketing and communications campaign to launch the new range of Elves Behavin’ Badly. Toy manufacturer PMS International has covered its entire fleet of lorries with images of Elves […]
 A UK-wide television advertising campaign has been launched today by childrenâs charity NSPCC highlighting how one in five children in the UK have experienced abuse and neglect. The campaign ‘Everydayâ showcases the wide-variety of services the charity provides to hundreds of children every day to support their recovery from abuse; and to help prevent […]
Y&R London are pleased to announce that they have been appointed by flooring market-leader, Carpetright, to manage an overall creative refresh and develop a new advertising campaign. The appointment follows a competitive pitch handled by AAR this spring. The brief, which was issued against a backdrop of tougher than usual market conditions, includes a desire […]
Chris Wallace joins AKQA as Client Partner of media in the San Francisco studio. Chris has 15 years’ experience in a variety of digital strategy and global client leadership roles focused on data-driven decision making, innovation and business transformation. He is a proven leader with a strong track record across diverse sectors; consumer packaged goods, […]
Independent international media agency The Specialist Works has appointed Tim Neligan as Managing Director to lead the next stage of growth following the recent management buyout led by CEO Martin Woolley and COO Parry Jones. Neligan, most recently Commercial Director APAC & EMEA at Publicis Media’s investment arm APX, will help The Specialist Works develop […]
The hunt for Europe’s best science communicators is on, with the launch of new initiative SCi25. SCi25 will be the first data-led curation of Europe’s most influential in-house science communication professionals, designed to showcase and unite the talented PR and marketing practitioners working to amplify the impact of world-changing scientific organisations. The Top 25 Science […]
The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has appointed Access for its 2019 Undergraduate recruitment campaign. Following a competitive pitch process, the University has handed Manchester-based marketing agency Access the task of attracting new students to the institution for its September 2019 admissions. The new campaign will launch across a range of media, including cinema, from […]
Global health consultancy and communications agency Health Unlimited has welcomed industry leader Jon Watson as creative lead, further deepening Unlimited Group’s investment in bringing the best in creative thinking to clients. Jon brings over 25 years’ experience to the role and will be based out of the London office reporting to Global CEO Tim Bird. […]