Stuart Broughton, founder of Datalytics, which was acquired by Iris Worldwide in a multimillion pound deal in 2013, has launched a new customer insight agency, Rubicon. Using the most advanced and up-to-date analytical techniques, the new breed agency specialises in enabling more decisive marketing through customer understanding. It comprises a mix of experienced data practitioners, […]
Quest, Discovery’s free-to-air factual entertainment channel, today reveals a fan-centric campaign to promote the launch of the EFL Highlights using the powerful strap-line ‘Different Teams, Shared Dreams’. Created in-house by Discovery Creative London, the campaign features television, outdoor, radio, print and digital, and will be live from August 1. It centres on the key insight […]
Most hotels want you to spend time in them. But for millennial travellers, the priority is to get out and experience the city. Assembly is a new hotel brand from Criterion Capital, designed to inspire people to make the most out of their trip. Branding agency Ragged Edge partnered with Criterion to define a proposition […]
 Egg Films’ Lebogang Rasethaba directed ‘Money Calling’ for beer brand Castle Lite, a new multi-format video which includes several TVCs and a music video featuring South African hip hop stars Nadia Nakai, and music producer Dellz. Money Calling is set in a mysterious, moody, cold world of high fashion, rituals, and a council of […]
Content creation and marketing agency, Studio Black Tomato, launches repositioning work for Hotel Okura Amsterdam. One of the world’s leading hotels, Studio Black Tomato has created a new and clearer brand story for the business. A well-respected hotel company with corporate clients, it risked being overlooked by the luxury-leisure audience, so a welcomed refresh has […]
On Friday the 13th, KOHO debuted a 13 minute short film titled Dream Thieves – produced by Cossette and directed by internationally renowned auteur Fleur Fortuné and DOP Matias Boucard – to an exclusive audience at Toronto’s Fringe Fest. What makes this piece unique is that it disrupts the traditional advertising model by exploring […]
PVH Corp. announced a new campaign for its Van Heusen brand, which includes a partnership with UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organisation. The partnership, which begins July 31, establishes Van Heusen as UFC’s first-ever “Official Men’s Dress Furnishings Provider,” bringing its innovative and flexible menswear choices to the brand’s worldwide fan base. To […]
Shell Retail and Shell Global Commercial (Lubricants) can confirm we have appointed eight marketing communications agencies to our best-in-class agency roster and appointed MediaCom to handle global media planning and buying. The successful agencies are Doremus, Edelman, Geometry, H+K Strategies, Mirum, VCCP, VCCP Retail and Wunderman. The best-in-class roster will provide enhanced choice for our […]
Recipe has won the social account for Natural Balance Foods’ TREK bars and snacks range, following a two-way pitch. Recipe will be working with TREK on the development of the brand’s social presence, to help build awareness of and engagement with the energy bar brand. Marina Love-Smith, Marketing Director at Natural Balance Foods said, “TREK […]
In-house specialist OLIVER UK is bolstering its creative team with three key hires: Kevin Bratley joins as creative director, while brother-and-sister duo Jade and Lee Trott assume roles as art director and copywriter respectively. All three will work across key accounts and report to OLIVER UK’s ECD, Rob Kavanagh. Bratley will direct all integrated creativity across […]