Havas Worldwide Creative Group has promoted Tracey Barber to the role of UK Chief Marketing Officer across Havas Worldwide, Havas Work Club and Havas helia. Barber, who was previously Chief Marketing Officer at Havas helia, will lead a marketing and new business team working across Havas Creative Group’s agencies. Since joining Havas helia in 2014, […]
McCann Worldgroup and AllofUs have jointly announced that AllofUs, the UK interaction design and user-experience studio acquired in 2011, has been sold back to its principals. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “McCann and AllofUs have enjoyed a terrific partnership over the last four years,” said Mark Lund, CEO of McCann Worldgroup UK. “But […]
Watchfinder, the online retailer of pre-owned luxury watches, has hired Hometown as its creative agency. Hometown, which won the business after a competitive pitch process, will develop a campaign to provide Watchfinder with a distinctive voice within the luxury market, finding a wider audience to buy or part-exchange its watches. The agency’s initial task will […]
Karma Nirvana, the UK Charity that supports victims and survivors of forced marriage and honour-based abuse, has launched a social media campaign to build public awareness of this little understood issue here in Britain. Leo Burnett London created the campaign for the charity which held the first National Day of Memory for victims of ‘honour’ […]
New research has revealed the changing face of the UK’s native advertising market: there is more confidence and budget, with programmatic and mobile seen as the two main areas for growth. The second annual independent survey into this market was commissioned by native advertising platform Adyoulike and covered all major agencies and agency trading desks […]
The Moment, the international content company, has appointed Will Glynn-Jones as Director of Experience from Arc Worldwide, part of the Leo Burnett Group, to strengthen its presence within the events and experiential marketing sector. Will joins The Moment’s management team, rebranded in June 2015 from ONE TWO FOUR. He will oversee the events team who […]
Socially led advertising agency Telegraph Hill has been appointed with immediate effect by Britain’s Beer Alliance to handle retained social media strategy, engagement, community management and influencer outreach along with social media buying via its ‘There’s a Beer For That’ channels. Telegraph Hill won after a four-way competitive pitch. The agency has been briefed to […]
AO.com, the online electrical retailer recently awarded Britain’s Best Retailer, has named Karmarama as its lead pan-European creative agency. The agency won the business after a four-way pitch process that was handled by the AAR. Karmarama will create a new brand platform to be rolled out across multiple channels including broadcast advertising and digital marketing. […]
Volvic Touch of Fruit is launching a dedicated new TV ad for the first time since 2013 as part of a £1.5m through the line campaign designed to appeal to a young, creative audience. The ad, created by RKCR/Y&R London, features a street artist whose work comes to life in an explosion of fruit graphics. […]
The Economist is offering Londoners a free sample of insect ice cream as part of a new experiential campaign designed to tempt new subscribers. Containing actual insects the tasty iced treat is perfectly timed to coincide with a recent heatwave and is intended to support the magazine’s long-standing enthusiasm for insect consumption as a ready […]