Creative

Mat Goff is joint CEO of adam&eveDDB Top Tips for Cannes Here comes Cannes, our yearly chance to measure the UK creative scene against the rest of the world. So who and what will be flying the flag this time ...

The UK’s high-earning Premier League has appointed FCB Inferno to handle its ad account. FCB takes over creative duties from Y&R (now VMLY&R) which, strangely, didn’t repitch. Y&R’s work highlighted the League’s various community support programmes, which seems set to ...

Ouch. This ad for TimeTo by Lucky Generals is uncomfortable viewing, but it’s a very effective reminder to the more senior men of the ad industry that it’s not OK to prey upon younger women. The woman’s powerlessness and discomfort ...

Another day, another WPP AGM and a release pings in from old boss Sir Martin Sorrell’s spanking new S4 Capital. WPP AGMs seem positively soporific these days, compared to the good/bad old days of SMS. There isn’t even a shareholder ...

Iain Hunter is ECD of Stack. My Top Tips for Cannes It’s big, bold, brash, in-your-face Cannes, so I hope the campaigns that win are the ones that nod to the occasion. Ambitious, smart ideas that can be simply sold-in ...

Anyone who watches UK daytime TV (full disclosure, your correspondent sometimes does) will be familiar with van rental firm Vanarama’s chirpy staff hymning Van-A-Rama. Compared to much of the stuff (endless funeral plans, equity release schemes) it’s not the worst. ...

M&C Saatchi and media agency the7stars are reported to be launching a new agency M&C7: “to help clients align their media and creative thinking.” M&C London CEO Giles Hedger and the7stars co-founder Jenny Biggam are in charge. Creative agencies have ...

Sychronised orgasms are clearly a good thing (read the other day that ladies take 13 minutes on average, men rather less) so BETC/Havas in Brazil has created a campaign for Jontex’s new condom promoting this desirable end. Using various animals: ...

With Cannes Lions 2019 on the horizon, YouTube has released its Cannes YouTube Ads Leaderboard celebrating the most popular global video ads since last year’s festival. The Cannes Leaderboard shows a distinct trend towards long-form content, with winning ads averaging ...