Scott Hagedorn Named CEO of Omnicom Media Group NA, John Swift Named Chief Operating Officer

Scott Hagedorn Named CEO of Omnicom Media Group NA, John Swift Named Chief Operating Officer

Omnicom Media Group (OMG) the media services division of Omnicom Group Inc. has named Scott Hagedorn CEO of its North American operations. Hagedorn, who steps into the role following three years as the first CEO of Hearts & Science, succeeds Page Thompson, who is retiring following a distinguished 40-year career at Omnicom.  “Scott’s record of innovation and transformation, combined […]

Media Chain partners with Ingenuity to support rapid ongoing growth in 2019

Media Chain partners with Ingenuity to support rapid ongoing growth in 2019

Social Chain Group, the integrated social media company, announced its partnership with Ingenuity, to support rapid ongoing growth in 2019. Following huge success in 2018, the much-lauded global social experts are partnering with Ingenuity to meet ambitious growth targets for Media Chain, the social media publishing part of the global group. For Ingenuity, the strategic […]

LEGO is launching its first AR-enhanced building set and app

LEGO is launching its first AR-enhanced building set and app

The LEGO Group unveiled LEGO Hidden Side, an augmented reality-enhanced LEGO play theme where kids must turn a haunted world back to normal, one ghost at a time. It is the only play experience available that fully and seamlessly integrates augmented reality (AR) with physical construction to reveal a hidden world of interactive play. LEGO […]

Betfair and Leo Burnett showcase what it means to ‘Play Smart’ with global football superstars

Betfair and Leo Burnett showcase what it means to ‘Play Smart’ with global football superstars

Online gambling company Betfair and creative agency Leo Burnett London have launched an integrated campaign called ‘Betfair Play Smart’ targeted at new and existing customers and using world-renowned sports legends to show them how to ‘Play Smart’.  Leo Burnett London were tasked to create a campaign that highlights Betfair’s position in the market as the […]

Mention Me’s research reveals the importance of brand ethics for customer advocacy

Mention Me’s research reveals the importance of brand ethics for customer advocacy

Mention Me’s second annual survey report into customer advocacy and referral trends, reveals what motivated UK consumers to refer brands in 2018, which sectors and brands were most referable, and which qualities were most likely to drive a brand recommendation. Personal recommendations score highly with 36% of those questioned saying they had recommended a brand […]

LAB promotes Ipar L’Aimable to Creative Director

LAB promotes Ipar L’Aimable to Creative Director

LAB, the independent digital agency that uses a blend of consumer neuroscience, psychology and behavioural economics to design, build and market digital brands and experiences, has announced the promotion of Associate Creative Director, Ipar L’Aimable (Ips), to the role of Creative Director. Since joining LAB from creative agency Above+Beyond in December 2017, L’Aimable has led […]

English Tea Shop Refreshed by Brand Partner Echo

English Tea Shop Refreshed by Brand Partner Echo

English Tea Shop revealed a revitalised brand identity and packaging, created by design and innovation agency Echo. This not only delivers a consistent English Tea Shop look and feel across the 55 countries it trades in, it is also an example of how to build a strong, unified brand behind a story of sustainability. Since […]

Cowan London Rethinks Own Label for New Brand Jack’s, Part of the Tesco Family

Cowan London Rethinks Own Label for New Brand Jack’s, Part of the Tesco Family

Independent, international design agency Cowan London reveals the design strategy and packaging behind the own label range for Jack’s stores. Comprising 90 different packaging designs across multiple categories, the unique own brand range, also named Jack’s is rolling out across a number of stores over the next six months. It is not only a major […]

Husqvarna teams with Stendahls to launch Timber, a dating service for tree lovers

Husqvarna teams with Stendahls to launch Timber, a dating service for tree lovers

The client Husqvarna wanted to celebrate and honour the love for the forest that’s shared by many users of their products. So for 2019’s Valentine’s Day, Stendahls created Timber –  a dating service matching tree lovers with beautiful trees around the globe. Timber is a tongue-in-cheek spoof of modern dating services: instead of swiping between […]