Award-winning customer acquisition agency, The Specialist Works, has appointed Lucy Davis to Head of Brand Partnerships. The newly created role will see Davis have direct responsibility for several services, including Goodwill Works (facilitating client partnerships to deliver low cost acquisitions), Personar, the UK’s only personality-type database and email and postal data. Davis will be heading […]
Bank of Scotland is launching the latest iteration in its “Decisions Well Made” campaign starring Scottish actor, Highlander and Braveheart star, James Cosmo. The new series of 10-second online and TV ads feature Cosmo, who is also famed for his appearance in Game of Thrones, reprising the role of a spirit guide, and offering sage […]
[KGVID width=”600″ height=”338″]https://marcommnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/BBC_Microbit_30s_WIP.mp4[/KGVID] Schoolchildren give their unique take on where technology will go in the next thirty years in the new BBC Masterbrand campaign for BBC micro:bit. BBC micro:bit is a pocket-sized, codeable computer that allows young people to get creative with technology, and it is being supplied to around one million Year Seven or […]
Mobile ad spend is set to surge 35 per cent compared to 12 months earlier and surpass desktop media investment to hit £4.58bn in 2016, and account for 27 per cent of total UK media budgets, according to eMarketer. The research firm on March 10 released the numbers which show that the wider ‘digital’ category […]
Digital transformation within European companies is making good progress, and is meeting with approval, particularly with younger workers. British companies have adapted extremely well to embrace digital transformation whilst France is at the bottom of the pile and Germany too is still playing catch-up. These are the main findings of an online survey conducted by […]
Kerry Foods and Saatchi & Saatchi London have launched an online film featuring the Snackarchist, hero of the latest Mattessons advertising campaign, who recently lived up to his reputation by storming the stage at a Lethal Bizzle performance. The character, a geek who flouts the rules, worked his way backstage at the performance at Hertfordshire […]
[KGVID width=”600″ height=”338″]https://marcommnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Uniqlo-311-Oxford-Street.mov[/KGVID] UNIQLO unveiled its relaunch campaign for their flagship store as well as their ambition for the store to become a cultural hub on Oxford Street through partnerships with the Tate Modern and NTS Radio as well as a series of exclusive events. Fast Retailing’s Creative President, John Jay, said, “London is a […]
The Open University, the UK’s leading provider of quality part time learning has appointed LIDA as its lead agency across all marketing channels. The shop won the integrated account following a competitive pitch led by the Crown Commercial Service that began in January this year. LIDA replaces AMV BDDO on the business. LIDA has been […]
Sam Walker and Joe De Souza, the former group ECDs and partners at Karmarama, have launched a creative shop called Faster Horses. The company is designed to help clients find standout creative solutions to business problems. Operating effectively as a lean “bolt-on” creative department, Faster Horses aims to deliver ambitious work for ambitious clients, providing […]
VML has promoted Chris Wood to Executive Director, Europe, and Amanda Farmer to Managing Director, London, as the agency expands its global operations. Chris has led VML’s London office for the past five years in his role as Managing Director, overseeing accounts such as Premier League, Whitbread, Xbox, Bridgestone and Virgin Active as the agency […]