Leo Burnett announces the appointment of Chaka Sobhani to the role of chief creative officer. Chaka joins Leo Burnett London from Mother. Chaka brings with her 20 years of experience from both the Advertising and Broadcast industries, notably setting up ITV Creative and becoming their first creative director. She started her career as a comedy […]
Sky has launched a UK-wide digital out of home (DOOH) advertising campaign to support the launch of its new wireless home entertainment service Sky Q. The campaign will target commuters along popular routes with contextual messages that will be programmatically delivered. Using location and audience mapping data the ad campaign mirrors Sky Q’s message of […]
Hunterlodge Advertising has been appointed as the integrated marketing partner for Henley Business School following a competitive pitch. The scope of work will cover strategy, creative, advertising and digital to support the development of the School’s brand nationally and internationally through creative campaigns, targeted profile raising and effective use of media. As one of the […]
More than one in five British adults now say they use ad-blockers, according to the latest research from the IAB. The IAB’s Ad-Blocking Report, conducted online by YouGov, said 22 per cent of British adults are using ad-blocking software – a rise from 18 per cent in October. The highest level of ad-blocking takes place […]
Take a look at the sales figures of any national newspaper and it doesn’t look good. What you see could be described as a steady decline to oblivion, what some would call the death of print. So, what better time to launch a new daily national newspaper? The New Day is not only politically neutral […]
Genius Gluten Free, the number one bakery brand within the free-from category in Britain, is to become the first gluten-free brand to advertise in UK cinema, with the launch of its “Animals” advertising campaign. Live from February and running for a period of five weeks, the adverts, which first aired in May 2015 as part […]
Jeep, celebrating 75 years as the iconic 4×4 SUV maker, announced a partnership with Warner Bros. Pictures, becoming the official car partner of the hugely anticipated action adventure, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, in cinemas March 25, 2016. The link-up with Warner Bros. Pictures kicked off during production, when Jeep’s Renegade SUV model, which […]
[KGVID width=”600″ height=”338″]https://marcommnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Premier_CupASoupJoeyEssex.mp4[/KGVID] McCann London is bringing Joey Essex to the masses as the face of Batchelor’s new campaign for Cup a Soup’s new Deliciously Thick range. The campaign sees a topless Joey grabbing a shirt as he walks out of a bedroom and crossing into a smart kitchen to a classical soundtrack. Pulling the […]
For the first time ever smartphones and tablets accounted for over half of online sales in the United Kingdom. During the period November 2015 to January this year, 51 percent of UK online retail sales took place using smartphones and tablets. This is a significant increase on the 45 percent share recorded in the third […]
Perform Group, the digital sports content and media specialist, is creating a new structure for the UK sales operations of Perform Media. In a move designed to meet client needs, Perform Media is simplifying its structure to create two separate teams focusing on programmatic audience buying and on partnerships. Both teams will report into David […]