TikTok is now one of the UK’s most downloaded apps, according to Digital 2020: The United Kingdom – a report released today by socially-led creative agency We Are Social and Hootsuite, the global leader in social media management. The short-form video platform, which did not feature in last year’s most downloaded list, follows three Facebook-owned […]
Iconic footwear brand Dr. Martens has launched the next iteration of its Tough as You campaign for SS20, which aims to show how Dr. Martens’ rebellious past continues to influence and empower the next generation of freethinkers 60 years on. Rooted in the understanding that putting on a pair of Dr. Martens makes the wearer […]
We Are Social has strengthened its German operations with the appointment of Roman Jud as CEO. A Swiss native, Jud joins from the Berlin creative agency Granny. Before that, he held roles at the ad agency Heimat, including founding their Zurich offer in 2015. He has worked at Publicis, Wirz BBDO in Zurich, and VCCP […]
Social animals: Nearly half of the world’s population (3.8 billion people) now uses social media Internet increase: 4.54 billion people are now online: 298 million new people came online in the past year Down on data: 64% of internet users are concerned about how companies use their personal data and almost half now use ad […]
Global socially-led creative agency We Are Social has promoted group creative director Gareth Leeding to executive creative director in the UK. Leeding was the first creative hired by We Are Social in 2012 and has since won more than 40 awards with the agency. He now oversees a multi-disciplinary creative department of 50, working […]
Vodafone UK is demonstrating the potential power of 5G with a socially-led campaign featuring the brand’s newest 5G ambassador, Lewis Hamilton. The first two films in the #5Gamechanger campaign, created by global socially-led creative agency We Are Social, shows the six-time Formula One World Champion trying his hand at flying drones alongside some of the […]
Six young Tottenham Hotspur FC academy players were given the opportunity to ask their Spurs idols anything they wanted, as part of Audi’s ‘Dare to be Different’ sponsorship strategy. The campaign was created by We Are Social Sport to promote Audi’s multi-year sponsorship deal with the club. Tottenham Hotspur stars Lucus Moura, Eric Dier, Jan […]
Iconic British travel brands Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Holidays have launched a unique spin on the ‘12 days of Christmas’; a new social media campaign aimed at celebrating their staff over the festive season. Created by global socially-led creative agency We Are Social, the 12-part video series sees a cast of real-life Virgin employees coming […]
Socially-led creative agency network We Are Social is setting its sights on the Canadian market with the launch of its 15th international office, in Toronto, Canada. Led by managing director Coby Shuman, previously of Huge, the agency is already working with a number of global brands in Canada, including Yokohama, Intuit and Lorex.Canada has 25 […]
The internet has historically been the wild west of content and communication, exempt from many of the rules and restrictions of the physical world. But as internet users, creators, platforms and authorities alike wake up to the consequences this culture of lawlessness has created, brands must learn to operate within a range of new constraints, […]