Iceland is a country where women occupy many of the top jobs, and grow up with the thinking that age and weather are just a state of mind. So it was with this in mind that Iceland’s largest consumer brand, the clothing company 66°NORTH hired an 81-year-old grandmother with no past modelling experience as its […]
Mind, the mental health charity, and Media agency MEC have launched an exciting new campaign alongside a raft of celebrities and ambassadors encouraging people to open up about what is making them anxious. The social media driven campaign known as #TakeOffTheTape has already seen TV presenters, actors, models, sports men and women from across the […]
Dwayne Johnson launched Project Rock, a motivational lifestyle brand designed to help people everywhere achieve their goals. Project Rock focuses on being a key resource to help individuals in their journey to achieve greatness by equipping them with the right tools to use along the way. Project Rock kicks off with the release of two […]
NABS, the advertising and media industry’s support organisation, has appointed MediaCom chairwoman Karen Blackett OBE as its new president. In her new role, Blackett will be instrumental in driving NABS’ new vision focusing on industry wellbeing. NABS’ vision sits alongside its newly defined role to improve and champion the wellbeing of everyone in advertising and […]
LIDA has appointed Trefor Thomas, Executive Creative Director of SapientNitro, as its Chief Creative Officer (CCO) – a newly created role. Thomas joins the senior management line-up alongside Matthew Heath (Chairman), Victoria Fox (CEO), Jonathan Goodman (Managing Director) Simon Calvert (Chief Strategy Officer). He will sit on the LIDA management board. Starting in June 2016, […]
PSONA, the Communisis-owned agency, has unveiled its new leadership team, which includes former Elvis, Craik Jones and BBH executive Fiona Scott. Scott takes the managing director role at PSONA, working with CEO Simon Marshall to create one of the top UK customer engagement agencies. Scott’s remit is to raise awareness of the brand and promote […]
Leo Burnett announces the appointment of Chaka Sobhani to the role of chief creative officer. Chaka joins Leo Burnett London from Mother. Chaka brings with her 20 years of experience from both the Advertising and Broadcast industries, notably setting up ITV Creative and becoming their first creative director. She started her career as a comedy […]
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced that it will honour industry great Marcello Serpa with the Lion of St. Mark at 2016’s Festival. “The Lion of St. Mark recognises individuals who have made significant and outstanding contributions to creativity across our industry,” said Philip Thomas, CEO, Cannes Lions. “Marcello’s achievements are known […]
International branding agency, Lambie-Nairn has bolstered its team with two new appointments; Fernando Magan as Digital Design Director and Lavanya Sivakumaran as Senior Client Manager. Set to start his new role this month, Magan will report into Executive Creative Director, Adrian Burton. He is tasked with developing the digital capabilities across the agency’s impressive client […]
BMB has boosted its creative offering by hiring Louise Sloper to the new role of Head of Art. Sloper, who was previously Head of Art & Design at CHI & Partners, will be responsible for ensuring the highest level of quality and craft goes into every aspect of the agency’s visual output, across print ads, […]