YouTube and Ad Council tap AMP Agency and others for SXSW challenge

YouTube and Ad Council tap AMP Agency and others for SXSW challenge

YouTube partnered with Ad Council on three causes — empowering girls in STEM, preparing for disasters, and ending hunger —challenging AMP Agency and five other world-class creative agencies to explore how a deeper understanding of the people they’re trying to reach could create stories that drive real change. Working with YouTube and Google, the team identified 12 audiences interested in […]

Dept expands stateside as Rocket Insights joins agency

Dept expands stateside as Rocket Insights joins agency

Dept, a leading creativity, technology and data agency in Europe has acquired Rocket Insights, one of the fastest growing product agencies in the United States. Rocket Insights has an extensive track record of delivering innovative products and services to clients like Foundation Medicine and Fox, and was responsible for the award-winning Virgin Pulse Apple Watch […]

Perq Studio strengthens team with new Studio & Project Manager

Perq Studio strengthens team with new Studio & Project Manager

Brand and design consultancy Perq Studio has appointed a new Studio & Project Manager, Louise Smith. Leaning on her experience of running a busy operations team and her combined PRINCE2 and AgilePM approaches, Louise will support Perq Studio’s thriving workflow as the company moves into its next exciting phase. Her content sales background and the […]

Cyance appoints new non-executive chairman

Cyance appoints new non-executive chairman

Cyance, a multi-award winning B2B customer behaviour SaaS company, has announced the appointment of Gary Boyce to the position of non-executive chairman. Boyce joins the company’s expanding board to drive growth, help retain customers, and develop its staff. Boyce brings a wealth of expertise to Cyance, with more than 30 years of experience predominantly in […]

Impact secures £56 Million in funding led by Providence Strategic Growth

Impact secures £56 Million in funding led by Providence Strategic Growth

Impact, the global leader in partnership automation, announced a £56 million ($75 million) investment led by Providence Strategic Growth (PSG), the growth equity affiliate of Providence Equity Partners. The new funding will accelerate platform development, further go-to-market and regional expansion, and fuel both organic and inorganic growth. Existing investor Silversmith Capital Partners also participated in […]

Leading digital agency Kinecto linked by Isobar becomes Isobar Romania

Leading digital agency Kinecto linked by Isobar becomes Isobar Romania

Kinecto has announced that it will complete its integration into Isobar and will rebrand to become Isobar Romania. The team will further power Isobar’s creative and digital capabilities in the market, delivering experience-led transformation powered by creativity for clients. The Kinecto team will be reinforced by Isobar’s strategic, consulting, and technological capabilities around the world. […]

New Hefty campaign reinforce craft and the ability to turn the most crazy creative ideas in sound

New Hefty campaign reinforce craft and the ability to turn the most crazy creative ideas in sound

Hefty, the Brazilian audio producer led by Edu Luke, reinforces the meticulous character of its work with a new creative concept, presented in their ad campaign. Created by Rapp Brazil, the strategy brings Luke himself as protagonist in a totally unusual environment, designed to illustrate their ability to make happen any crazy creative idea in […]

Coding identified as top ‘superskill’ for future creatives, as areas like VR and 3D lag, says OLIVER

Coding identified as top ‘superskill’ for future creatives, as areas like VR and 3D lag, says OLIVER

Tomorrow’s creatives will need to have their feet firmly on the ground, with a working knowledge of coding, augmented reality, public speaking, trend identification and user experience cited as key skills, according to new research from in-house agency OLIVER. The agency canvassed 200 creatives working across FMCG, beauty, finance, media, healthcare and automotive, to identify […]

Outfox the competition: First content marketing trends podcast launches

Outfox the competition: First content marketing trends podcast launches

BrandContent has launched a new podcast – Outfoxed: The Disruptive Content podcast – the only podcast focusing on emerging content marketing trends. Hosted by the BrandContent team, the podcast is a series of 15-20 minute episodes interviewing industry thought-leaders from around the world analysing trends including; voice search, content automation, CRO, robot journalism, and AI.  […]