Independent creative agency Young & Laramore have launched their first ad campaign for Trane, an Ingersoll Rand residential heating and air conditioning brand, since winning the account in December 2016. Young & Laramore worked with Trane to refine its position in the heating and cooling marketplace, and while the brand will continue to focus on reliability, […]
Creative agency Space has appointed Jamie King as Strategy Director to work across its client portfolio which includes William Grant & Sons, Heineken, Arla Foods and General Mills. King, formerly Executive Planning Director at Live & Breathe, will be responsible for the strategic output of the agency and further strengthening its planning and insight capabilities. […]
Ecrebo, the point of sale marketing specialist, announced it has appointed Mike Grimes as their US President. Bringing more than 25 years’ experience in growth-stage organisations focused on retail solutions, Grimes will be responsible for accelerating Ecrebo’s operations in North America to grow and support its customer base in the US. Earlier in 2017, Ecrebo received £12 million […]
Brothers and Sisters has appointed Will Flack and Aaron Willmer as its joint Executive Creative Directors. The promotion of the team, previously the agency’s Creative Directors, will enable Andy Fowler, Brothers and Sisters’ current Executive Creative Director, to focus on growing a couple of the agency’s biggest client relationships and developing innovation projects in the […]
PR and social media communications consultancy WPR Agency, formerly Willoughby Public Relations, has appointed Rebecca Williams as consumer director. Rebecca joins the Edgbaston-based agency having spent 10 years at McCann in Solihull where she headed up accounts including Oxfam, Robert Welch and McCarthy & Stone. As consumer director at WPR she will be tasked with expanding […]
Multinational office supply retailer, Staples, is relaunching its creative merchandising arm of its corporation as Marke. Marke is a now a creative services company in its own right, ready to assist brands and partners with branding and execution. With the help of London based innovation consultancy, Fearlessly Frank, the new look and brand identity aims to position Marke […]
New research from MarkMonitor, the world leader in enterprise brand protection, reveals counterfeit goods still pose a significant risk to consumers. More than one-quarter of respondents (27%) said they had unwittingly purchased non-genuine consumer goods online. This included every day items, such as make-up (32%), skincare (25%), supplements (22%) and, worryingly, medication (16%). Respondents found […]
Heineken officially launched its global Formula 1 (F1) partnership in 2016 with two new campaigns; When You Drive, Never Drink and More Than A Race. Both campaigns were rolled out across multiple markets on TV and digital platforms in 2016 and will continue to air throughout 2017. Heineken is the F1 Event Title Partner of […]
Full-service, integrated marketing agency bigdog’s Norwich office has made nine new hires, following a successful quarter of new client projects and wins. The hires will grow the Norwich creative team by 30%. Michael Howes joins as creative director, following an extensive period freelancing at bigdog. Drawing on his rich experience working on agency accounts including […]
Soul has been appointed by the ferry travel company Wightlink, one of the UK’s largest domestic ferry operators, to establish the firm as the preferred choice for trips between the Isle of Wight and the mainland. The agency was hired by Wightlink after a pitch and has been briefed with creating a new programme of […]