Cannes Lions has lined up a remote judging system and named its jury presidents for summer 2021. Two UK creative chiefs are among the presidents: adam&eveDDB CCO Rick Brim will oversee the Film Lions, and Havas UK CCO Vicki Maguire ...
Read More »Post-lockdown creativity: hibernate with IKEA and do-it-yourself with B&Q
IKEA is continuing its campaign to own sleep via agency Mother – ‘Tomorrow Starts tonight’ – with a print and out of home campaign comparing the benefits of (IKEA-induced) sleep with what it calls ‘fad’ products including energy drinks, anti-ageing ...
Read More »Virgin Hotels offers to save your marriage, post lockdown
This campaign from Joan Creative in New York is a tongue-in-cheek sales pitch for post-lockdown escapes, featuring some funny references to the trials we have all been put through by Covid-19. A plummy British voiceover tells us that, whether you’re ...
Read More »Apple captures the chaos and tedium of working from home
This film is a comprehensive overview of every work-from-home scenario going. It could only have been made after months of social distancing — pretty much everyone in it seems to be slowly unravelling. A mismatched team of colleagues, who we ...
Read More »Grace Blue launches free global job hunting platform for talent displaced by Covid
Headhunting firm Grace Blue has set up a free-to-use online platform called Transition, designed to help people from the advertising, media and marketing industries who have lost their jobs during the Covid-19 crisis. Transition launches with job listings from Amazon, ...
Read More »Too many athletes get in the way of Nike’s covid-19 message
Nike ads have had more than their fair share of epic moments over the years. now, with LeBron James in the chair via agency Wieden+Kennedy, it’s advising us that “you’re never too far down” in moments of crisis – to ...
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