Havas Media Group has announced the appointment of Darren Minshall as its new Chief Talent Officer. A leading expert in employee engagement and talent management, Minshall joins the agency from Saatchi and Saatchi. Working in partnership with Paul Frampton – the Group’s CEO – as well as its leadership team – Minshall will be responsible […]
In an eye-opening keynote at New York’s Social Media Week, New York Times (NYT) chief executive Mark Thompson outlined the future of the publication and how it fosters innovation. “Sometimes, you should just go with your instinct”; a phrase that reverberated not only around the main room at The Times Centre is Manhattan on Febraury […]
Fresh from winning ‘Best British Solo Artist’ at the NME Awards, British pop sensation, Charli XCX has lent her creative flair to a one of a kind piece of GIF-iti art after teaming up with Pepsi MAX Cherry and London based artist INSA. The campaign, which is her second with the global brand, sees the […]
BRIT Award winning singer-songwriter, Ellie Goulding, gave two of her biggest fans the surprise of a lifetime when she joined them on stage for a live, impromptu duet of her latest single, Army. Ellie Goulding’s surprise was a part of MasterCard’s Priceless Surprises campaign, created by McCann London, and celebrating the 2016 BRIT Awards. Goulding […]
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 […]