London agency St Luke’s has won another of the new fintech apps, HyperJar which lets people budget for separate things in “jars,” food, clothes, petrol etc. St Luke’s’ remit includes a new brand creative platform and a summer TV campaign. ...
Read More »VCCP’s first campaign for newly-merged Virgin Media O2
Only a couple of weeks after VCCP announced it had beaten adam&eveBBD to the merged Virgin Media-O2 business, a new campaign called “Volt” is already on air. It mashes the broadband and mobile brands together via an energy bolt symbol, ...
Read More »Charlotte Willcocks : why culture is the future of strategy
Traditional strategy, as we know it, set down by ‘the founding fathers’ of advertising is no longer enough to cut through the noise for marketing brands wanting to leave a lasting impression on their consumers. Traditional brand planning was created ...
Read More »Barclaycard abandons Droga5 for BBH
Barclaycard has dumped Droga5 for BBH in a sudden switch. BBH has been Barclays Bank’s main agency for 20 years. D5 continues on the Barclays Business account. D5 says: “We’re proud of all the Barclaycard work we’ve created over the ...
Read More »Adam&eveDDB up for an Emmy, Neverland spreads its wings
The International Paralympics Committee and agency adam&eveDDB have been nominated for a Sports Emmy, the 43rd time these have been held it seems. #WeThe15 launched with a film at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony broadcast around the world ...
Read More »MAA Ad of the Week: Lumo from Mother
Reassuring that there’s still an ad agency that can do ads (ads are so last year in certain quarters) and Mother rarely lets you down. This one’s for new client Lumo, an all-electric UK train service that answers the envoronmental ...
Read More »Expanding VMLY&R Health appoints Gillis as first CEO
WPP’s VMLY&R Health has announced a raft of appointments including Claire Gillis (below) as its first CEO. Other leadership roles are: Jason Gloye, co-lead North America and chief client officer; Christianna Gorin co-lead North America and chief experience officer; Walt ...
Read More »BETC crafts a poster classic for Canal+ hit BBC drama
One of the high points of broadcasting this year has been the BBC’s ‘This is going to hurt’ on the BBC, based on hospital doctor Adam Kay’s real life memoir. Showing the travails of a junior doctor in an NHS ...
Read More »AMV pushes Unilever’s Sure to new sweaty limit
Will this one appeal to Fundsmith’s Terry Smith, who famously belaboured Unilever for trying to find a purpose in everything – even Hellmann’s mayo? For Sure deodorant which has been telling us that ‘It won’t let you down’ since at ...
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