Tag Archives: diversity

International Women’s Day tomorrow (March 8) is cranking up the pressure on agencies, not just in terms of their own employment but also the external talent they use. Hard on the heels of Free The Bid, which has already had ...

One of tennis star Naomi Osaka’s sponsors, Nissin, has come under fierce criticism after it released an advertisement featuring a cartoon representation of Osaka, who is ethnically half-Haitian and half-Japanese, with pale skin and wavy brown hair. The sponsor has ...

Much hot air around diversity and its sister equality – wot, you hadn’t noticed? – so it’s good to get some stats about people from BAME backgrounds (British, Black, Asian and minority ethnic – i.e. non-white) in IPA agencies, representing ...

M&C Saatchi international boss Moray MacLennan has announced that CCO Justin Tindall (left), who famously announced that he was “bored of diversity” in a Campaign article, won’t be fired. Because he didn’t say he was “bored with diversity.” Which is ...

Poor Justin Tindall (left), now CCO of M&C Saatchi after a long and distinguished stint at Leo Burnett, has written what can only be described as a grovel in Campaign (hope you can read this despite the paywall) for remarking ...

It was an important year for the 3% Conference. Not only because of their 5th anniversary, and highest attendance ever, but also the conference’s message of inclusivity and unity felt more relevant and urgent than ever before. In the face ...

Bumped into a still ashen adman on his way back from a NABS breakfast the other day (NABS is the UK’s advertising charity). One of the speakers had been MediaCom chairwoman Karen Blackett (below), a single parent. Blackett had been ...

US film and commercials director Alma Har’el (below) has launched Free The Bid, an initiative to ensure that at least one female director is included when an agency seeks triple bids on new projects. At present just under ten per ...

Has anything untoward happened to senior Procter & Gamble executive Roisin Donnelly? This piece in Campaign reads like an obituary. Actually she’s leaving the company after 31 years, presumably in good financial shape. The piece was accompanied by a ringing ...