Heineken USA announces that effective July 1st, Dolf van den Brink will be the new CEO of Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma/Heineken Mexico. He will be succeeded by Ronald den Elzen, the current Managing Director of Heineken Portugal. Van den Brink has been with Heineken for 17 years. During his six year tenure at Heineken USA, he led a successful turnaround of the business, […]
Molson Coors, one of the UK’s biggest brewers, announces the appointment of Arc, an award-winning brand activation agency, to join incumbent agency, Life, on its below the line (BTL) agency roster. Andy Cray, Director of Brands at Molson Coors, says: “The drinks industry is constantly evolving and at Molson Coors we want to work with […]
Budweiser has launched Dream Goal, a hunt for the greatest amateur goals from across the country. Dream Goal will be fronted by Sky Sports football talent – footballers-turned-pundits Jamie Redknapp and Gary Neville, presenter and broadcaster Ed Chamberlin and commentator Martin Tyler. The Budweiser Dream Goal competition challenges British amateur footballers to submit videos of […]
Tomatin, a Highland distillery with an award-winning range of whiskies recently appointed creative branding agency, threebrand, to develop its brand positioning. Established in 1897, Tomatin Distillery found itself in a position whereby it had no sense of identity. Edinburgh-based threebrand was briefed to develop a campaign that would give Tomatin cut-through within the saturated malt […]
Molson Coors, one of the UK’s biggest brewers, has announced it will retain media agencies ZenithOptimedia and Kinetic to handle its UK & Ireland media account. ZenithOptimedia and Kinetic were appointed following a six month media review process which ended this month. The two agencies will handle Molson Coors’ media planning and buying for its […]
Heineken agencies are launching the next installment in the series of Strongbow ‘EARN IT.’ Challenges. This time Strongbow has upped the ante, challenging regular guys to take on one of Brazil’s best female teams in a 5-a-side battle in Rio. Building on the brand positioning that Strongbow rewards men who ‘step up’ and get the […]
Friday, 15th November sees women nationwide join ranks for a compulsory night out with the girls. No excuses this year Lindauer has made it even easier for the girls to get their glam on and ditch the drudgery with a Kiwi first – the Man-Sitter. The new campaign by DDB sees Kiwi celebrity Man-Sitters look […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uigLklMbyuc Jose Cuervo has furthered its international, multi-platform ‘Who’s In?’ campaign with the launch of the #PartyAnimals ‘Howl’ app. Built on the FourSquare API, Howl marks Jose Cuervo’s first foray into product design. The app uses in-app SMS functionality to allow users to create virtual ‘packs’ of friends and, once out for a night out, […]
Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey has launched a UK Instagram account and is using it as part of a consumer campaign to mark the birthday of its creator. The direct and social media campaign by integrated agency Communicator has aimed to encourage consumers to be part of the celebrations by taking a picture of themselves raising […]
Guinness has rolled out a new TV campaign to promote the ‘Arthur Guinness Projects’, a new philanthropic initiative from Guinness, which aims to find and celebrate creative talent in Ireland. Developed by AMV BBDO, the campaign comprised of two 30-second TVCs that showcase a broad mix of applicants to the project. In keeping with the […]