McCann Worldgroup named ‘Network of the Year’ for fifth time at 2018 Golden Drum Festival

McCann Worldgroup named ‘Network of the Year’ for fifth time at 2018 Golden Drum Festival

McCann Worldgroup was recognised as “Network of the Year” at the Golden Drum Festival, for the fifth time in six years and third year in a row. This continues the unprecedented track record started last year when, for the first time in the festival’s history, a network received this accolade this number of times, previously […]

Advertising Agency Confessions: I Just Touched A Real Cannes Lion (And Survived)

Advertising Agency Confessions: I Just Touched A Real Cannes Lion (And Survived)

The industry equivalent of The Tony Award, The Purple Heart, and The Nobel Peace Prize stood menacingly before my eyes: The Cannes Lion. One can only imagine the copious amounts of creative blood, sweat and coffee sacrificed by Xanax-popping account execs and cannabis-inhaling creative directors yearning to lay claim to this rightfully earned booty. Yet, […]

D&AD Announces 2018 New Blood Award Winners

D&AD Announces 2018 New Blood Award Winners

D&AD revealed the winners of the 2018 New Blood Awards at their Ceremony last night! The winners impressed the judges with their creative thinking and practical skills and received one of the industry’s most prestigious creative accolades: a New Blood Pencil. Hand picked by some of the industry’s leading lights from thousands of entries from […]

The&Partnership London picks up Gold Media Lion for ’80 Days of Argos’ campaign

The&Partnership London picks up Gold Media Lion for ’80 Days of Argos’ campaign

The&Partnership London has picked up a Gold Media Lion for Excellence in Media Execution, for its ‘80 Days of Argos’ work, which ran last spring and summer. The campaign – which encouraged customers to ‘seize the day’ with Argos’ market-leading Fast Track and Same Day Delivery Service – was the world’s first campaign to feature a […]

Ogilvy Cape Town Scoops Grand Prix in Radio & Audio Category at 2018 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity

Ogilvy Cape Town Scoops Grand Prix in Radio & Audio Category at 2018 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity

 On the second day of the 2018 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, Ogilvy has scooped 42 awards, including the network’s first Grand Prix for this year; Ogilvy Cape Town’s ‘Soccer Song for Change’. June 19’s winning streak also saw the newly relaunched global network being awarded 4 Gold, 12 Silver, and 19 Bronze across […]

Rothco Scoops Cannes Grand Pirx for ‘JFK Unsilenced’ at the 2018 International Festival of Creativity

Rothco Scoops Cannes Grand Pirx for ‘JFK Unsilenced’ at the 2018 International  Festival of Creativity

 At the 2018 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Rothco, part of Accenture Interactive, captured the Creative Data Grand Prix for its artificial intelligence(AI)-led campaign ‘JFK Unsilenced’ for The Times / News UK & Ireland. The win marks its seventh Lion all week, spanning four categories. The campaign used specialised AI technology to create the […]

JohnXHannes NY wins Cannes Lions Grand Prix for “Corazón – Give Your Heart”

JohnXHannes NY wins Cannes Lions Grand Prix for “Corazón – Give Your Heart”

Emmy award-winning independent creative collective JohnXHannes New York won a Cannes Lions Grand Prix and a Silver in Health and Wellness with Montefiore Health System’s “Corazón – Give Your Heart,” an integrated campaign that brings awareness to the pressing need for organ donors and uses interactive technology to make organ donation easier. “Corazón – Give Your Heart,” also nominated […]

AKQA Announces Future Lions 2018 Winners

AKQA Announces Future Lions 2018 Winners

AKQA announced the winners of Future Lions, the official student awards at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Future Lions attracted more than 2,290 participants from 386 schools across 55 countries, making it the most successful year to date. The five winning ideas and teams are: Hush for Apple 
 Team: Junggle Kim, Chaeyeong Seo, and Cristina Marquez Barreto School: Miami Ad […]

Mindshare and Unilever dominate Mobile Marketing in 2017, according to Lovely Mobile News

Mindshare and Unilever dominate Mobile Marketing in 2017, according to Lovely Mobile News

Mindshare and Unilever were the most successful agency and brand in the Mobile Marketing sector in 2017. That, according to the recently published Lovely Mobile News Report, Rankings & Awards. Researched, conducted and calculated by Lovely Mobile News, the report is a year-long analysis that also includes the performance of various projects, agencies and brands in the […]