Shares in events firm Ascential slump as pandemic sparks hefty loss – Cannes Lions Owner Reports Losses
Shares in events firm Ascential slump as pandemic sparks hefty loss – Cannes Lions Owner Reports Losses
A short guide to a pain free awards writing season
by Charlotte Ellis Maldari who founded Kaffeen due to demand from B2B businesses, particularly brand & packaging design agencies, to create and implement marketing strategies that get results.
Have you been that person? The one who’s landed the unenviable task (read: dumped in the merde) of writing that award entry the CEO has been niggling your team about since entries opened. Only now it’s the night before the deadline. You’ve raided the agency fridge, you’ve put the Spotify playlist on. There’s nothing else to […]
Five trends from Cannes and why they matter
It was a great year for work at the Cannes Lions this year. After a few mixed years, insights and ideas have returned to the festival with a bang. While some of the best work came from familiar territory: not-for-profit, fast food and soft drinks, other great ideas sprung up from further afield: pet nutrition, air […]
ELVIS’ Cannes Lions first-timers call out the best and worst of the festival
Two Cannes Lions first-timers from creative agency ELVIS are using their trip to call out the best and worst elements of the annual advertising festival, and to highlight issues around diversity and creativity. Camilla Yates, Planning Director, and Keelie Lynch, Senior Account Director at ELVIS, are using stickers featuring humorous and sometimes provocative phrases to […]
The Female Quotient launches ‘Make Equality Moves’ campaign via Burns Group
The Female Quotient, a female-owned business committed to advancing equality in the workplace, launched a new campaign developed by Burns Group, a female-led, NYC-based brand transformation company, called ‘Make Equality Moves.’ The initiative aims to drive tangible movements, developed by The Female Quotient, to solve for the harrowing reality that from where we stand today, gender equality is […]
Future Lions challenges students to ‘Break Through’ in the global competition for inspirational talent
Future Lions, AKQA’s global student competition to unearth the next generation of talent, is now open for entries. An undergraduate competition and showcase for inspirational thinking, Future Lions, is run in collaboration with the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. 2019’s Future Lions theme is a call to action for students all over the world […]
Cannes Lions’ Clare Hill picks her best Google ads and campaigns over the last 20 years
To mark Google’s 20th Anniversary recently, we sat down with Clare Hill, VP of Marketing at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, who picked out her picks from the ‘Best Google ads and campaigns over the last 20 years’: Google won the Creative Marketer of the Year 2018 at Cannes Lions because it had distinguished itself through consistently […]
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
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
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 […]