OLIVER Group has poached Havas London’s head of technology and innovation. Michael Olaye will play a pivotal role at OLIVER-owned digital agency DARE to harness the power of its digital offer. As well as this, Olaye will spearhead strategic technical planning for OLIVER Group UK overall as part of its ambitious growth strategy. Olaye’s remit […]
MEC, a leading media agency, has promoted Kathryn Saxon to the newly created role of head of research, David Fletcher, MEC’s Chief Data Officer announced today. The appointment reflects the increasing need from clients for insights that help make direct strategies relevant for a world of ever increasing complexity. Saxon, previously MEC’s Research Group Consultant […]
OLIVER Group has opened an office in Istanbul as the latest move in its ambitious global expansion drive as it looks to push the in-house agency model regionally and globally. OLIVER Istanbul opens its doors with Migros, Turkey’s largest supermarket chain, as a founding client. The client list also includes global paper manufacturer Kipas Holding, […]
Creative agency Space has been appointed to work on the Starbucks’ Ready to Drink range, which is produced and sold across EMEA by Arla Foods. Space won the work following a competitive three-way pitch to work with Arla. Space will be responsible for all UK above the line shopper marketing, promotional and brand experience activity. […]
Jura Whisky, part of the Whyte & Mackay portfolio, have awarded their global communications business to Hometown following a four-way competitive pitch. Jura is distilled on the Isle of Jura, an island off the west coast of Scotland where making whisky is at the heart of its community. As an Island, it’s also synonymous with […]
Media agency Maxus UK, part of WPP, has launched Maxus Pie, a ‘plug and play’ personalised marketing technology service for marketers in small and mid-size organisations. Designed with speed and agility in mind, Pie enables advertisers to switch it on and have it fully active in weeks rather than the two years or longer that […]
[KGVID width=”600″ height=”338″]https://marcommnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/TALENT-FOR-HIRE-1080p_0.mp4[/KGVID] Research from the Oxford Humane Society tells us that less than 2 in 10 dogs are adopted from an animal shelter. All over the world, people tend to use breeders or pet stores instead of adopting from animal shelters. This behaviour is compounded by the preconception that shelter dogs are ‘damaged goods’. […]
In a new film for Saatchi & Saatchi’s long time client Elmsta 3000 horror fest, we meet a bunch of different characters, all familiar to fans of the horror genre. Together they sing a song with an uplifting melody, and a menacing undertone. Yet these are a bunch of bloodthirsty psychopaths, so when the song […]
Havas Media UK has today brokered a deal between UEFA Euro 2016 sponsor Kia and The Telegraph. The campaign is made up of four distinct elements and has been designed to create buzz in the build-up to and throughout the tournament, driving association between Kia and football, as well as showcasing the All New Kia Sportage. To […]
Monster, the online jobs service, is launching a new pan-European campaign introducing a formidable new character to reinvigorate the brand. The pan-European campaign is the first work by mcgarrybowen for Monster since being appointed to the business at the end of February this year. The campaign literally brings Monster to life, as a giant monster […]