Creative agency JDO has come up with a bold, cheeky campaign reminding us to social distance and encouraging us to join the ‘new-norm’ movement to get creative and have some fun with the 1-metre rule. Normville – a bright, colourful cartoon town where social distancing is, well, the norm has a number of memorable inhabitants who keep the distance and stay […]
Marty O'Halloran Promoted to Global Chief Executive Officer of DDB Worldwide Justin Thomas-Copeland Named Chief Executive Officer of DDB North America
DDB Worldwide today announced key leadership appointments, promoting Marty O’Halloran to Global Chief Executive Officer and naming Justin Thomas-Copeland as Chief Executive Officer of the network’s North America region. ‘Halloran most recently served as Chairman and CEO of DDB Group across Australia and New Zealand, a position he has held since 2005. DDB Australia/New Zealand currently […]
By Philip Koh, head of strategy, strategic brand design studio Without
Pure B2B branding and marketing is making less and less sense as digital services providers realise its employees and end users that they need to keep happy For years, the main job of B2B branding and marketing digital professional services has been to communicate functionality and reliability. Brands have been laser-focused on CEOs and CTOs, […]
Holland & Barrett have chosen VCCP as their lead strategic and creative agency following a competitive pitch. Holland & Barrett is one of the world’s leading health and wellness retailers, supplying its customers with a wide range of vitamins, minerals, health supplements, specialist foods and natural beauty products. On appointing VCCP, Nick Collard, Chief Customer […]
More than half the world’s population now uses social media, according to the latest Digital 2020 report from We Are Social, the socially-led creative agency and Hootsuite, the global leader in social media management. Digital 2020: July Global Statshot Report shows that 3.96 billion people use social media today, accounting for around 51 percent of […]
As businesses accelerate digital transformation efforts, Microsoft Audience Network provides free access to Shutterstock’s diverse and fresh collection of over 320 million images
Shutterstock, Inc., a leading global technology company offering a creative platform for high-quality content, tools and services, today announced an API integration with Microsoft Advertising. The first application of the integration provides free access to millions of commercially licensed images to customers of the Microsoft Audience Network, their programmatic native advertising offering. Advertisers can search, […]
The UK’s biggest hotel company Premier Inn reveals the appointment of a new advertising agency. In an announcement which follows the phased reopening of its hotels to the general public, Premier Inn is checking-in Leo Burnett London as its creative partner. Leo Burnett was selected following a competitive pitch amongst a shortlist of agencies specially selected […]
During the last few months we have all seen a host of changes in both our professional and personal lives — some for good, others less positive. This unique situation has forced many of us to re-appraise our approach to work and indeed our priorities more broadly. Inspired by the opportunities to think and behave differently, Anthem Worldwide's Amsterdam and Brussels team have been exploring how packaging design can be used to help influence positive change across different categories. This six part series uses insight and purpose driven concept design to challenge the status quo, elicit behavioural change and improve the user experience — providing new opportunities for brands to create more meaningful and valuable connections with their consumers. Part 2 in the series looks to shake up the sea of sameness packaging design in the home hair colouring aisle.
Color Me Up’ is a conceptual in-home hair coloring packaging design, on a mission to inspire change: to disrupt the swathe of category uniformity we bear witness to across all markets. The inspiration behind the design began with a deep dive into the category, resulting in some incredible statistics; 85% of women color their hair at […]
Students who were looking for a precious 11 minutes with the creative director of their dreams had this unique opportunity with CANNT WALKABOUT; an online event as part of the CANNT 2020 festival that connected advertising’s top creative leaders with aspiring apprentices of the craft. In partnership with CANNT, SCA and YCC, Grey London arranged the […]
Newly created role supports growth platform by driving strategic value for clients and driving increased focus on our core technology partners
Dentsu Aegis Network has appointed Nick McCarthy to lead its Global Technology Alliances for the EMEA region. Established to bring all Dentsu Aegis Network’s (DAN) technology expertise together, the new team will facilitate the creation of more integrated and scaled opportunities for clients, helping them deliver a total customer experience across all the interactions a […]