Mindshare, the global media agency of WPP, recently announced that it is placing its FAST (Future Adaptive Specialist Team) integrated performance unit at the heart of its business as part of an ongoing transformation programme evolving the agency into an Adaptive Marketing organisation, to help clients do the same. We had a chance to sit […]
Serviceplan Group is the largest and most diversified owner-managed and partner-managed agency group in Europe. We spoke to their Managing Creative Director, Till Hohmann, who gave us an insight into the agency’s future plans, his thoughts on the future of the Industry and his experience in judging the Direct Marketing category at Cannes in 2017: Q) What was […]
Experiential agency, Closer, has appointed Helen Braybrook as staffing director to oversee the recruitment, training and management of the agency’s promotional staff for its live brand activations. Braybrook will work to Closer’s proposition of delivering Human Brand Experiences; she will report directly into Liz Richardson, Closer’s managing partner. Closer’s ambitions for its staffing division will […]
LoopMe is the largest mobile video platform, supporting all video and full-screen formats and reaching over 2 billion devices worldwide. We had a chance to catch up with their CEO, Stephen Upstone during the Cannes Lions Festival, who revealed to us the company’s foray into Artificial Intelligence and discussed the impact the technology will have on the […]
Full-service, integrated marketing agency bigdog announced Harman Randhawa has joined its management board as Associate Director. Reporting into Managing Director, Ross Faulkner, he will be leading the client services team while also taking an active role on accounts, including kitchen appliance manufacturer NEFF and food and drink brand Princes. This will be alongside helping to shape […]
Creative agency Space has appointed former J. Walter Thompson creatives Naz Nazli and Alex Ball as Creative Heads to work across the agency’s client portfolio which includes William Grant & Sons, Heineken, Arla Foods and General Mills. Nazli and Ball, the creative team behind the latest TV campaign for Berocca, have over 20 years of […]
Every year the cream of the Marketing, Advertising and Communications Industry gather in France for the Cannes Lions Festival, and this year was no different. We caught up with one of the Industry’s brightest mind and SapientRazorfish’s Global Chief Creative Officer, Daniel Bonner, who spoke about moving into his new role and how the Marketing Industry […]
Captify is a global data activation company and pioneer of Search Intelligence. It was recently listed by Forbes as ‘The one to watch in 2017’. Their actionable insights play a crucial role for brands and advertisers; revealing macro world trends, consumer interests, inner-life behaviours and intent signals. With a presence in New York, London, Paris, […]
Adrian Botan is Global Executive Creative Director at McCann Worldgroup. Before that, he was Creative Director at McCann Erickson Romania, which was named one of the top 50 creative agencies in 2007 by the Gunn Report. In 2011, his agency became the first to bring a Cannes Grand Prix to Central and Eastern Europe. In […]
Shazam, one of the world’s most popular apps, today hosted a panel discussion at the Cannes Lions festival featuring Shazam CRO Greg Glenday, Grammy winner Wyclef Jean, FCB Global Chief Creative Officer Susan Credle and Heads Music CEO Madeline Nelson. The wide-ranging session covered the future of the tech and music industries, as well as […]