This weekend, Ocean Outdoor’s Our Local Heroes campaign broke across 12 of Ocean’s cities and appears on Landsec’s Piccadilly Lights in London this week. Our Local Heroes focuses on all the professions that are on the front line, keeping our cities going. The campaign is supported by a series of straplines which reference each city […]
WPP’s media investment group GroupM has appointed Ashutosh Srivastava as CEO of Asia Pacific. Ashutosh will be based in Singapore and take responsibility for all other GroupM Asia Pacific markets, excluding China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Srivastava joined WPP in 1997 in India with J. Walter Thompson, leading the Unilever relationship until 2001. He was […]
- Appointment follows global launch of Mx methodology in 2019 - Lyons joins from Carat, where she was Planning Partner
Havas Media Group has announced the appointment of Jackie Lyons to the newly-created role of Head of Media Experience, following the global launch of its Mx (Media Experience) methodology in 2019. Lyons joins the group following over five years at Carat. As Planning Partner, she was responsible for leading the agency’s planning output, working across a number of […]
A new study has revealed that female stereotypes in advertising are declining: only a quarter (28%) of UK women now say they feel pressure from ads to look and act a certain way, compared to 49% in 2017. Overall, a quarter of the UK population thinks the perception of women in both society and ads […]
The Guardian, in partnership with in-house creative agency OLIVER, has launched a new multi-layered marketing campaign to coincide with the Guardian’s renewed, long-term commitment to Europe.
Announced today (2 March) by editor-in-chief Katharine Viner, This is Europe is the Guardian’s deeper commitment to reporting on every aspect of Europe; from the continent, its people and politics to institutions, the economy and culture. This includes a new dedicated space on the Guardian’s digital front page for European visitors, the relaunch of a […]
SKYY Vodka Is Official Launch Brand for Mindshare’s LGBTQ Private Marketplace
Welcome to a new age of digital censorship—one that’s being unintentionally supported by the way advertisers buy media. As marketers seek to protect their brands from appearing in the wrong environments, today’s brand safety technology has inadvertently diverted media dollars from LGBTQ publishers and journalists through keyword exclusion lists. The context: Advertisers have hundreds to […]
DLMDD Productions Brings Premier Collaborative Music Offering To The Agency's Creative And Production Partners
DLMDD, the sonic branding agency, has today launched a new specialist production division, DLMDD Productions, to cater for multi-disciplinary music production projects across the advertising, media and the film landscape. As well as realising and bringing to life the agency’s sonic branding initiatives for clients including Amazon, Co-op, Babbel and NBC Universal, DLMDD Productions will […]
Written for MarComm News by Neil McKenney, newly appointed CCO of DOOH.com
In 2019, half of consumers said they choose news sources based on credibility alone, and that they like and use brands that advertise on trusted sites.* This result, along with countless other surveys, shows that the ad industry needs to step up in their offerings of choice and transparency – it’s clear the stakes have […]
Asda has launched a new Valentine’s-themed ad in its tongue-in-cheek “Don’t Compromise” campaign, demonstrating that when it comes to quality and price at Asda, there’s no need to compromise. The TV and online ad, created by AMV BBDO, is the second in the series and centres on a couple making plans for their date night. The […]
The French telecoms operator and BETC, famous for touching ads like “An Unforgettable Christmas”, featuring an awkward dad dancing to Redbone’s “Come Get Your Love”, with over 180 million views, launches another heart-warming story to promote its new brand positioning. Bouygues Telecom has always placed people—customers, employees, partners and the public—at the heart of its […]