Bose, the high-end audio equipment manufacturer, has appointed Grey London to its global creative business as it seeks to recover share from Beats By Dre. The agency is understood to have beat off competition from fellow WPP agency J Walter Thompson, the Omnicom network BBDO, Publicis Groupe’s Saatchi & Saatchi and the independent shop VCCP […]
WPP’s GroupM, the world’s leading global media investment group, announces the addition of The Exchange Lab and its proprietary programmatic marketing technology, Proteus, to its portfolio by acquisition of the company. The Exchange Lab will become a core component of Connect, part of GroupM, to expand its multi-platform (meta-DSP) approach. The Exchange Lab is a […]
OLIVER Group has appointed Sharon Whale as its new group UK CEO. Simon Martin, OLIVER Group’s founder and current UK CEO, moves into the role of chairman and global CEO. Martin’s new role will focus on delivering growth internationally, while continuing to support OLIVER Group’s expansion in the UK. Whale will be responsible for all […]
Mindshare, the global media agency network that is part of WPP, has ended the year with the top awards across the most respected awards ceremonies globally. The agency’s 2015 roll call of success includes: Media Agency of the Year – Cristal Festival Media Network of the Year – Campaign Asia Pacific China, India, South Asia, […]
Former BBC weatherman Michael Fish kicks up a storm with some fishy predictions for 2016 in a video released today. Fish tackles trend forecasting for the year ahead – confidently predicting that goose GIFs will be ‘huge’ next year, that beards are over and that ‘bald’ is the hot new hipster hair trend for 2016. The famous BBC […]
Jon Sharpe, RKCR/Y&R’s Chief Innovation Officer, has been appointed CEO of RKCR/Y&R. He succeeds Ben Kay who is moving to WPP to take on the global role of Planning Director. Sharpe, who has served as Chief Innovation Officer at RKCR/Y&R for the past three years, will focus on making innovation integral to the agency’s creative […]
Smith & Milton founders Howard Milton and Jay Smith, together with the recently appointed group creative director Rob Wade, are heading the new management team at the brand consultancy they set up in 1980. Milton and Smith will reshape the business toward its founding strength – outstanding creative thinking. Both remain board directors, with more […]
Matthew Weiner has been appointed as a Senior Strategist by the international creative content company, The Moment. He joins a growing content strategy team, led by Sandra Peat, and will help to create and execute elegant strategies and inspire creative solutions for The Moment’s brand clients. A former journalist and editor for The Times/FourFourTwo/Goal/CNN, Matthew […]
Independent creative agency, RPM, has hired Jocelyn Turlan as Integrated Strategist and Gloria Cheng as Senior Shopper Strategist who will both start immediately. Turlan and Cheng will be working across RPM’s clients including Heineken, Virgin Holidays, Diageo and Sky. Both will report to Head of Strategy, John Viccars, their respective areas of expertise will enhance […]
Cheil India announced its appointment as Digital Agency on Record for Jet Airways. As Jet Airways’ Digital Agency, Cheil will be responsible for developing and implementing the entire suite of Digital programmes including Social Media and Content Development. Commenting on the win, Gaurang Shetty, Sr. VP, Commercial, Jet Airways said: “Digital and social media led […]