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Rob Sellers escaped Grey to set up Engine’s Growth Studio only a year ago, but he’s already left his CEO position there to join VCCP in a new role as head of retail. VCCP already has a big retail creative ...

Never one to miss an opportunity to promote WPP’s creative credentials, the group’s CEO Mark Read chose Milan fashion week to open La Matriz, the group’s new campus building in the city, which houses 35 agencies and 2000 people in ...

As COP26 rapidly approaches, the urgency around climate action has never been greater and is shared across the advertising sector by individuals and companies alike. Some 71% of people working across the industry are worried about the negative impacts of ...

WPP media agency Wavemaker has lured Verizon head of strategy Monica Majumdar (below) to be its UK head of strategy. Her responsibilities include new business. At Wavemaker she will report to CSO Verra Budimlija. Before two years at Verizon she ...

European hair and beauty booking platform Treatwell has appointed Joint as its lead creative agency. Joint will work on brand strategy and developing an integrated advertising campaign to launch later this year across key European markets. Joint won the business ...

Another in-house effort (the way the world seems to be going), this time from Lego featuring a Monty Python-esque ‘damp knight.’ You shouldn’t pre-judge such efforts but, somehow, expect the worst or something that isn’t as good as it’s trying ...

Perhaps we ought to file this one under: do you really need this? You can now buy Ray-Bans with built in Facebook so you can, well, accost people in the street and pretend to be covered in paint. Facebook, which ...

Many thanks to the many readers who have supported MAA over the past two years via your contributions. We’ve been overwhelmed by the support, from one-off to regular donations, and it’s been a real boon in the seeming never-ending pandemic. ...

Cannes Lions has released its annual global creativity rankings, and the UK has held up well, earning a top three ranking in four key categories. As a creative location, the UK ranks just behind the US and ahead of Brazil, ...