eight&four bolsters strategic prowess with Tony Wright appointment

eight&four bolsters strategic prowess with Tony Wright appointment

Social and creative agency eight&four announces the appointment of Tony Wright as Head of Creative Strategy as part of its ongoing restructure around its audience first SEEK – SPEAK – SEED approach. Tony’s appointment follows that of Lucy Walker, formerly Associate Director at Starcom, who started at eight&four earlier this month. With over 12 years […]

Sense launches guide to measuring the effectiveness of experiential marketing campaigns

Sense launches guide to measuring the effectiveness of experiential marketing campaigns

Award-winning global brand experience agency Sense has launched an updated guide to experiential measurement called Real World Impact, 10 years on from the release of its original one in 2008. Many brands and agencies still struggle to measure experiential. Sense’s book outlines how experiential marketing CAN be successfully measured and it shares learnings and updated […]

Proximity London appoints new head of strategy from BBD Perfect Storm

Proximity London appoints new head of strategy from BBD Perfect Storm

Proximity London has hired award-winning strategist Ben Tan as head of strategy to lead and oversee the agency’s growing strategy department. With over 20 years of industry experience, Tan joins Proximity London from BBD Perfect Storm where he was executive planning director working on accounts including sportswear brand SKINS and Emirates. He joined the agency […]

Simple expands Intelligent Marketing Platform into EMEA to help CMOs claw back cost of marketing complexity

Simple expands Intelligent Marketing Platform into EMEA to help CMOs claw back cost of marketing complexity

Australia-based marketing technology company Simple has opened a London office and announced its EMEA management team a month after an investment round worth AUD $17m to expand its Intelligent Marketing Platform globally. Simple has appointed Joe Jarrett, former CEO of global marketing and brand asset management platform Adgistics, as managing director, EMEA, heading up a […]

Malibu and Kahlua Prototype the Future with ‘Living Lab’ Technology Hub

Malibu and Kahlua Prototype the Future with ‘Living Lab’ Technology Hub

Pernod Ricard-owned Malibu and Kahlúa are launching a brand new technology demonstration and rapid prototyping space at their global headquarters in Stockholm, a city second only to Silicon Valley when it comes to creating successful startups which include: Spotify, King and Mojang. The space, which has been created in conjunction with the company’s technology innovation agency, […]

Staropramen’s Limited Edition Campaign by Cocoon Prague Bring its History to Life Through Illustrations

Staropramen’s Limited Edition Campaign by Cocoon Prague Bring its History to Life Through Illustrations

Award-winning brand advice and strategic design agency, Cocoon, have created a set of limited-edition cans, off-pack materials and videos that bring Staropramen’s historical stories to life around the world. “Limited editions always represent a great opportunity to refresh packaging and communication. Moreover, they are an ideal platform to play out brand values and tell new […]

Creative agency CULT launches Mindscape, a voice-activated mental health app

Creative agency CULT launches Mindscape, a voice-activated mental health app

The independent creative agency CULT has launched its first ever Amazon Alexa and Google Home voice app, Mindscape. Created to offer front-line support to people suffering from anxiety or a panic attack, Mindscape was released on October 9 and is the first product created by CULT Experiment, the agency’s new offering – an innovation lab […]

Failure to meet consumer expectations costing individual brands up to $1.08bn globally reveals new study

Failure to meet consumer expectations costing individual brands up to $1.08bn globally reveals new study

Global marketing strategy and transformation business CLEAR part of the M&C Saatchi Network, announced the findings of the inaugural ‘Experience Gap’ study. Based on an online survey of more than 34,000 people across the US, UK, Germany and China, the report ranks 225 brands across 8 categories, based on how well they align advertising and […]