After announcing that he’s expecting his second child, Andy Murray received more giant news on July 3 – when Paddy Power erected the daddy of all tributes to the British No.1. The iconic Cerne Abbas Giant – recognised as a symbol of fertility – served up a tennis storm, in a stunt organised by the […]
Creative agency Space unveiled a new outdoor arrivals campaign for The Wimbledon Championships. Inspired by ‘In Pursuit of Greatness’ Wimbledon’s global proposition for The Championships, Space has created a campaign to welcome thousands of visitors to SW19 to build a sense of anticipation for the day ahead. The 2017 campaign celebrates the year-round efforts of […]
The All England Club, Wimbledon, is launching a series of content films created by McCann London to bring to life its ‘In Pursuit of Greatness’ campaign, focusing on what make the tournament so unique. The global brand campaign communicates the special characteristics of The Championships to audiences around the world. The two new content films, […]
The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has announced the appointment of an integrated team of Interpublic agencies, led by McCann London, to help build and grow the brand of The Championships, Wimbledon, in key markets. The IPG team consists of McCann London, Octagon and UM, drawing on all marketing disciplines. WME/IMG will continue to […]
The BBC has secured the rights to Wimbledon until 2020 after penning a new deal with the All England Club. Keeping the tournament free to air, BBC director general Tony Hall said he was “delighted†with the deal as Wimbledon “unites the nation”. He concluded: “In what are difficult financial times, the deal represents the […]
Jaguar, which signed as an official partner of Wimbledon, has kicked off a social media campaign using biometric sensors to analyse the mood of fans. It has dished out biometric wristbands to selected fans watching the tennis and has built in-ground sensors monitoring the energy around the courts, letting it track sentiment. It will measure […]
The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) launched a new campaign, created by Space, to welcome visitors to SW19 and this year’s Wimbledon Championships. Space has developed ‘Wimbledon Awaits’ to build excitement and anticipation by showing how the Championships have created headlines through history and continue to do so. The work uses inspirational imagery from […]
Space and the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) have launched a new campaign, ‘Wimbledon Awaits’ for The Championships 2014, building on the success of last year’s activity, designed to drive intimacy between The Championships and visitors to both the AELTC and its surrounding area. The campaign objective is to extend the brand’s footprint beyond […]
Tennis star Andy Murray has appointed Aesop to create a brand identity for him and his recently-formed management company, 77, following an eight-way pitch. The agency has been tasked with creating two identities; one for Murray, which will appear on his sportswear, and one for 77 which will appear on company collateral and touch points. […]
Hat-Trick Design has created a set of stamps celebrating Andy Murray’s Wimbledon victory using a template design reserved for the event of a national sporting success. In January the consultancy was asked by the Royal Mail to create ‘a flexible design that could be adapted to suit a range of potential sports to celebrate British […]