The Moment, an international content agency that specialises in bespoke training solutions, is delighted to welcome Sir Jonathon Band as chairman of its advisory board, for its Advanced Digital Learning division. Sir Jonathon will oversee quarterly meetings that will guide and challenge the capability of the learning business. He is ensuring that it is aligned […]
Ogilvy & Mather London has appointed Mick Mahoney, the former executive creative director at Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R, as its chief creative officer. He replaces Gerry Human. Mahoney will lead O&M’s UK creative department, working with clients including Pizza Hut, the government and BP. He will report to the chief executive, Charlie Rudd. Before working […]
Paul Frampton has been promoted to Chief Executive of Havas Media Group in the UK and Ireland. This announcement follows the recent move of Pedro Avery to Global CEO of Havas Sports & Entertainment. As Havas Media Group’s UK MD, Frampton unified the management teams across the group for the core media agency brands, Havas […]
Havas Lynx, the leading global healthcare communications agency, and communiqué communications consultancy of the year has further bolstered its ranks with a string of high-profile recruits including three new award-winning creative directors. This expansion of the creative team follows on from the appointment of Tom Richards as Chief Creative Officer in April 2015. Since Richards’ […]
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has completed its announcements of the 2016 jury presidents, revealing the names of the remaining seventeen. Philip Thomas, CEO, Lions Festivals, commented, “It’s not easy to win a Lion. On average, our juries will award just 3% of more than 40,000 entries. They’re looking for unique work that […]
[KGVID width=”600″ height=”338″]https://marcommnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/LOREAL_GOLDNOTOLD_TVC.mp4[/KGVID] L’Oréal Paris has released a campaign by McCann London to launch new Age Perfect Golden Age, showing Oscar-winning actress and British icon Helen Mirren continuing to challenge and defy attitudes towards older women. In the TV ad, Helen Mirren hails the beginning of a new ‘Golden Age’ and uses the words “Gold, not […]
NME’s new approach is resonating with millennials following its repositioning as a free weekly title. The Time-owned publication’s first free-distribution ABC figures indicate that it has built an audience of over 307,000 over the past six months, since dropping the price tag and relaunching in September of last year with a widened content remit spanning […]
Nestlé KitKat and Team Iconic at J. Walter Thompson unveiled a campaign to celebrate and raise awareness of Nestlé KitKat as the first global confectionery brand sourced from 100% sustainable cocoa. The Nestlé Cocoa Plan aims to improve the lives of cocoa farmers and the quality of their product, through activities that focus on better farming, […]
The UK’s young people are very digitally savvy, however, they don’t know how to use their digital skills for work purposes, according to 47% of senior decision makers surveyed in a YouGov online poll commissioned by Capgemini UK, one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services. The study highlights the growing […]
Bigballs Media has hired James Kirkham as the head of Copa90 and the chief strategy officer for Bigballs Media Europe. Kirkham, the former head of mobile and social at Leo Burnett Worldwide and co-founder of Holler, has a remit to help build and grow the Copa90 brand, audience, and revenues globally. He will immediately develop […]