High profile former Droga5 London CCO David Kolbusz is joining New York agency Lightning Orchard – to be renamed Orchard – replacing co-founder Jeff Kling. Orchard employs about 30 people in Brooklyn. Kolbusz teams up with co-founders CSO Laura Janness ...
Read More »David Droga outlines his vision for new Accenture Song
David Droga, CEO of newly-minted Accenture Song (formerly Accenture interactive) has been enlarging on the rebrand, saying the move the move was necessary to create a simpler model that clients could understand while also expanding the type of clients agencies ...
Read More »David Kolbusz to leave Droga5 – is this another sign of adland’s creative brain drain?
It hasn’t been the best of weeks for Droga5 London: it lost the Barclaycard account to BBH and now high profile CCO David Kolbusz (below) is leaving for pastures new. He is being replaced by Shelley Smoller. Kolbusz said: “I ...
Read More »Droga5 takes us for new trip into Meta’s mysterious verse
Facebook (Meta as it now is) is giving the metaverse its best shot, as is agency Droga5 New York. Here’s a newish one, with a plug for personalized ads – so that’s the cunning plot! Well there’d better be one ...
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 »Alexa’s latest shoot-out from Droga5 helps hard of hearing
Droga5 London is continuing its extensive tour of history for Amazon’s Alexa, this time it’s back to (a version of) The Wild West following forays to Pompeii among other places, with the indomitable Alexa helping a lady who’s hard of ...
Read More »Barclaycard Business baffles in new Droga5 campaign
Barclaycard business is trying to persuade SMEs that its services aren’t just about payments (with a commission to Barclacard presumably – except they don’t mention that) but a way of helping businesses manage their stock, improve cash flow, develop relationships ...
Read More »Amazon scores again with a prom through the ages
Amazon keeps knocking it out of the park: this time it’s Droga5 London for Alexa with a sweet film showing that romance ain’t dead, even if you’re getting on a bit. A subject close to Jeff Bezos’ heart presumably, as ...
Read More »Can Grace Jones shoehorn old-timer Barclaycard into ‘buy now pay later market?’
Credit cards have been draining our wallets for decades and now they have a new challenger the ‘buy now pay later’ gang which (it seems to us) offer a rather better deal. Barclaycard, the first credit card in the UK ...
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