Yonder Media, the independent media agency founded earlier this year, has appointed Sabrina Francis as its first Group Brand Lead. Francis joins from VEVO where she was Head of Strategic Solutions, driving the premium video proposition and leading brand partnerships with some of the biggest rising stars in music. She was previously Strategy Director at Arena […]
American convenience store brand RaceTrac and R/GA Austin release a new campaign with five comedic spots to promote “Wintastic Rewards,” a brand new instant win game played via the brand’s app. Guests must simply download the RaceTrac Rewards app to their smartphone, make a qualifying in-store purchase and scan their phone at checkout for a […]
Everybody who’s watching this year’s FIFA World Cup is talking about just one thing: the “VAR” or for those of you who are not football fans: the “Video Assistant Referee”. The system is the ultimate tool to help on-field referees make the right call on any given shot, using video replay technology – and so […]
Wavemaker has won the multi-stage pitch of international fashion group ESPRIT. In competition with a group of other well-known global agency networks, Wavemaker landed the global double-digit million range budget. This means that Wavemaker Germany will continue to lead planning and buying of TV, out of home and print in Germany, and that the agency’s […]
Wimbledon’s new campaign takes a detour from the cheering crowds and strawberries and cream to focus on a quieter but no less iconic aspect of its experience: the gardens. Directed by EspadaySantaCruz, its new advert ‘The Gardens’, reimagines Wimbledon through the eyes of defending champion, Garbiñe Muguruza. The enchanting 60-second film was created by McCann//Craft, […]
ROTHCO see the ex-premier league managers settle a 20-year rivalry between two Gaelic football clubs with an infamous past for Allied Irish Banks. In 2017, 10 million viewers tuned in to watch the 8-part online series documenting Premier League football commentators Jeff Stelling and Chris Kamara, as they took the journey to Croker to commentate […]
Leading global marketing and corporate communications company Omnicom Group, Inc. (NYSE: OMC), today announced the roll-out of Omni, its people-based precision marketing and insights platform, designed to identify and define personalized consumer experiences at scale across creative, media, CRM as well as other Omnicom practice areas. Omni delivers a first-of-its kind, single view of the […]
Independent media agency The Specialist Works has been appointed by Psyonix to deliver global media and creative for soccer video game Rocket League. The creative kicked-off in the UK on ITV in the World Cup 2018 semi-final between France and Belgium (10/07/2018) with further slots during last night’s crucial England semi-final and it will also […]
Nearly half (49%) of all advertising agencies undertake programmatic media buying with their own technology, while 34% combine their own with third party technology and 17% rely exclusively on third party offerings. Agencies in EMEA lead the way, with 58% in the region relying solely on their own technology; this drops to 56% for North […]
Global branding and design agency Conran Design Group has appointed Laura Bzdek as Managing Partner to open its San Francisco studio with a view to drive awareness and growth for Conran Design Group in the US. Reporting to Thom Newton, CEO, Bzdek’s role includes the development and activation of the business development and marketing plan […]