Mindshare, part of WPP, has won the media planning and buying account for Yorkshire Building Society Group, following a successive run of new business wins. The account will be worth an estimated £6 million in billings to Mindshare’s business. The financial institution, headquartered in Bradford, appointed Mindshare with the aim of driving long-term business growth over the next 5 years and bringing to life its brand positioning as part of its communications planning. Mindshare’s newly launched DX tool played a crucial role […]
Global brand experience agency Sense, which has offices in London and New York, has revised the roles of its leadership team to accommodate the rise in briefs coming from outside the UK and position itself for further international growth. The move comes in the wake of Sense’s increasing success and a very strong global business […]
Brooklyn-based independent agency, Madwell, announced that it has been named agency of record for coconut-based beverage company, Harmless Harvest, after a highly competitive, national RFP process. Madwell’s first task will be developing brand positioning, campaign strategy, media planning and creative execution in support of a Summer 2019 launch. Harmless Harvest is a food and beverage […]
McCann Worldgroup in the UK announced the promotion of Sheryl Marjoram to CEO, McCann London. She takes over from Alex Lubar – CEO of the London office since January 2016 – who transitions to a senior regional leadership role in the global agency network as President McCann Worldgroup, Asia Pacific. Marjoram joined the agency in June 2017 in the newly created […]
The FAB Awards splashed a bit of much needed colour this week with the 21st Edition of their Awards and The 4th FAB Forum. The beautiful and exclusive Hurlingham Club in London, was again the stage for The 21st FAB Awards Ceremony, where guests were spoilt with some yummy cocktails, delicious snacks, a delectable three-course dinner […]
Wunderman Thompson UK is using 2019’s Mental Health Awareness Week (13 – 19 May) to encourage staff at its London offices to take 15-minute’ ad breaks’ over the course of the working day. The new initiative will be launched on Wednesday 15th May, with a programme of events running at both Greater London House and […]
After a strong start to 2019, with both organic growth for clients such as easyGroup and the Economist, as well as new business wins for Investec and Viacom brands My5, Vidcon and MTVPlay, VCCP Media has strengthened its team with the hire of two new members to work across the business teams. Tess Hulme as […]
Iconic British airline, Virgin Atlantic and market-leading travel company, Virgin Holidays have appointed global socially-led creative agency We Are Social as their new social media agency of record in the UK. The win follows a three-way competitive pitch process. We Are Social will create and deliver new social media strategies, further building on both brands’ […]
Leo Burnett has announced that Mark Tutssel, executive chairman of the network, is retiring after a 34-year career with the company. He will be staying on until the end of June and will work with Nick Law, chief creative officer of Publicis Groupe, and the Leo Burnett Global Creative Council to ensure a smooth transition, […]
Mindshare, part of WPP, and Sanofi, the global healthcare leader, have launched the UK’s first brand-led pollen alert on Amazon’s Alexa platform. In addition to being market-leading within the consumer health space, it is also the first voice-activated skill to use hyper-local data to notify users about high pollen counts in their postcode. It is […]
