Mattie Yaco has returned to AKQA as Director of Production, based in the DC studio and will oversee the entire project management department. Mattie will report directly to Rachel Barek, General Manager and will join the leadership team. Mattie has over 10 years of extensive digital experience as a client partner, and team leader envisioning, […]
Young & Laramore, Sibling Rivalry’s Joe Wright and Echo Lab’s Gavin Little announce a national campaign for Trane to romance the world of HVAC. As the preeminent brand in the HVAC category, Trane has long been associated with its ability to run through anything. Young & Laramore was tasked with telling a deeper story […]
Rovio Entertainment, in partnership with its licensing and brand management agency, Evolution, has unveiled a sweeping program of premier licensing partnerships in North America for its flagship Angry Birds franchise. This extensive line-up of new, renewed and ongoing deals, uniting a diverse array of retail product manufacturers and categories, represents the next step forward for […]
A coalition of pioneering influencer marketing agencies, architects of the influencer marketing industry, announced the formation of the Influencer Marketing Association (IMA), designed to represent brands, agencies, networks and influencers. The national trade association will act as the voice of the industry, providing counsel around influencer marketing trends, measurement standards, transparency guidelines, and best practices for marketers […]
 launches From Dust to Gold, an original marketing campaign designed to embrace the demolition of its storied past, to celebrate the collection of new venues opening and to build anticipation for the progress unfolding every day. The multifaceted campaign presents the Palms’ vision of ushering in a new era of Las Vegas by destroying […]
After four months of collaboration with the help of their agency partner, Burns Group, geospatial intelligence portal URSA unveiled its refreshed brand identity and website. Looking for a new identity to help the company communicate its complex offerings in a digestible way to key audiences and stakeholders, URSA tapped BGIN, the branding and design accelerator […]
Schutz, one of Brazil’s largest footwear labels, has launched their new branding concept and “BECAUSE” marketing campaign, created in partnership with Yard NYC. With the upcoming opening of the brand’s largest pop-up shop to date in the heart of New York City, the campaign is designed to launch Schutz’s first major marketing push in the US […]
To support the launch of the Zyrtec Allergycast app on Google Assistant, Versus and Society created “Art of Allergies,” a social-focused spot that is part of the broader Allergycast campaign. The Zyrtec Allergycast app gives real-time allergy information, including pollen count, local weather and predominant allergens found in the area, simply by asking Google Assistant […]
China is on course to overtake the USA as the world’s leading source of foreign trademark applications by 2020 according to new research released by CompuMark, the industry leader in trademark research and protection solutions. Trademark-filing trends are a powerful indicator of economic activity. In the past two years alone, the number of Chinese trademark […]
Lake Erie Shores & Islands and creative agency Marcus Thomas, have created a new campaign titled “Start Coasting,” to promote tourism to the vacation region. Each spot focuses on a singular, peaceful moment, and concludes with drone footage to provide a bird’s-eye view of the region, emphasising that an authentic coastal experience awaits, perhaps somewhat […]