Slice to rebrand as ENGINE Brand Experience

Slice to rebrand as ENGINE Brand Experience

Brand experience agency Slice, part of ENGINE, will rebrand to ENGINE Brand Experience, effective immediately. In its 20-year history, Slice has delivered award-winning brand experiences for some of the biggest brands globally, transforming how they engage with consumers in an innovative and meaningful way.  Following ENGINE’s restructure at the beginning of the year to one […]

New creative leads boost data-driven creative at DDB Unlimited

New creative leads boost data-driven creative at DDB Unlimited

On 1 May, Maarten Vrouwes and Friso Ludenhoff will start as executive creative directors at DDB Unlimited. The locally and internationally award-winning team will take the place of Joris Kuijpers, who, after 16 years at the company, will launch his own agency. “The agency needs a breath of new, fresh energy,” says Kuijpers, who is […]

The Social Element strengthened its strategic capabilities with two senior hires

The Social Element strengthened its strategic capabilities with two senior hires

The Social Element, a global independent social media agency, has strengthened its strategic capabilities with the appointment of Tom Wrigley as Strategy Director and Robin Bartlett as Commercial Director. Tom will be responsible for evolving the agency’s strategic offering and cultivating strong client partnerships to ensure all activity supports the brands’s broader business objectives. He […]

New York brand design agency Vault49 opens London studio

New York brand design agency Vault49 opens London studio

New York brand design agency Vault49 announced the opening of its London studio. Launching on 1st April, it will be led by Paul Woodvine, until recently Global Design Director for Global Beverages at PepsiCo. Founded in 2002, Vault49 has built a reputation for its ability to create a brand language on and off-pack that engages […]

Tokyo-born creative agency monopo expands to London

Tokyo-born creative agency monopo expands to London

Independent Japanese creative agency monopo has launched its first location outside of Japan, in London’s Spitalfields. monopo describes itself as a brand of collective creativity. The agency keeps a core team of multidisciplinary talent internally while nurturing a wide network of independent specialised creators and partners. That way the agency looks to ensure consistent strategic, […]

TMS look to revolutionises the creative process by housing teams in a newly formed innovation centre

TMS look to revolutionises the creative process by housing teams in a newly formed innovation centre

The Marketing Store (TMS) is launching The Marketing Store Est., an innovation hub that has been conceived to re-imagine the agency’s creative function. Based in Shoreditch, away from the main agency, Est. will be loosely connected to the TMS network and work on briefs across The Marketing Store’s portfolio of global clients including McDonald’s, T-Mobile, adidas, […]

Blue Sea Holidays team with Kickdynamic to power their email content

Blue Sea Holidays team with Kickdynamic to power their email content

Well-known provider of affordable all-inclusive holidays and package deals, Blue Sea Holidays, will be working in partnership with email marketing pioneers Kickdynamicto drive engagement and keep their customers up to date with the very latest offers. Blue Sea Holidays, which is part of the Broadway Travel Group Consortium and a member of ABTA, have made a name […]

Ivan Pols and Alex Mecklenburg set up new agency Truth & Spectacle

Ivan Pols and Alex Mecklenburg set up new agency Truth & Spectacle

Creative industry veterans Ivan Pols (ex-adam&eveDDB), and Alex Mecklenburg (ex-Ogilvy) have joined forces to launch Truth & Spectacle, a creative business consultancy which aims to reframe how companies think about their corporate truth while also freeing them from existing agency processes to enable them to reinvent their creative efforts. Founded against a belief that creativity and innovation […]