Bet Toby Hoare never thought his last big job in advertising (assuming this is) would be as vice chairman of something called Wunderman Thomson – but it is. Hoare (below) is a former boss of Cordiant’s Bates group (once owned ...
Read More »HSBC and JWT issue Brexit year clarion call
HSBC (Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation as was) is doing its cheerleading bit for embattled Brits in this Brexit year by reminding citizens of the UK’s major towns what we’re supposed to stand for. A continuation of its ‘Together ...
Read More »Ex-JWT global creative chief Eastwood joins McCann Health
Matt Eastwood (below), the global CCO that JWT dispensed with in its last nightmare year of independent existence, has surfaced as global CCO of McCann Health, a growing part of the Interpublic empire. McCann Worldgroup global creative chairman Rob Reilly ...
Read More »Jimmy Nelson and JWT set out to save a disappearing world
Photographer Jimmy Nelson’s eponymous foundation seeks to preserve indigenous peoples and cultures and JWT Amsterdam and India (guess they’re still called that) have combined to lend a hand. The quick-cutting can be oppressive but all is revealed at the end. ...
Read More »WPP finance boss Richardson outlines changes to come – are agencies now part of the gig economy?
WPP’s outgoing CFO Paul Richardson (below) has been giving delegates at a conference in Barcelona a peek under the bonnet of the stuttering holding company limo. First off he’s confirmed that WPP plans to sell up to 80 per cent ...
Read More »What on earth did WPP do to JWT – and what’s it going to do next with its troubled network?
Time was when J. Walter Thompson was the epitome of the top-of-the-world ad agency; a big quoted company in the US and top of the heap in London, with posh account execs (said to have introduced Brook Brothers button-downs to ...
Read More »JWT Canada boss Choi is out in continuing creative exodus
Is something up at JWT? Everyone is expecting a big announcement from new WPP CEO Mark Read soon and, among the favoured candidates is a merger of one of WPP’s creative networks with a digital one, either Wunderman or VML. ...
Read More »Nestle’s Aero bounces back to TV with JWT’s Bubblophone
Are brands rediscovering the joys of TV in this tricky year for digital ads? Nestle’s Aero hasn’t been on UK TV for six years but it’s bouncing back with this perky number from JWT London, featuring the “Bubblophone” (as in ...
Read More »WPP in driving seat as Shell creates “agency of the future”
Shell has finally announced the results of its agency review resulting in the creation of an “agency of the future” no less. On the face of it it looks pretty good for longstanding partner WPP with group companies VCCP, VCCP ...
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