Tag Archives: Neil Christie

Long-serving Wieden+Kennedy London MD Neil Christie has been promoted to COO of the Portland agency’s network, effectively number two in the organisation to president Dave Luhr, COO until 2013. W+K, founded 35 years ago by Dan Wieden and David Kennedy, ...

To be honest, not many things immediately spring to mind as highlights from the last 12 months. And who knows what will appeal to the juries – hopefully not a load of scam case histories that have never been seen ...

It’s supermarket superbowl time in the UK, as the big high street names unveil their epic festive campaigns. You may not be roasting chestnuts on an open fire and Jack Frost has yet to nip anyone’s nose in this part ...

  The Cannes International Festival of Creativity, arguably the world’s premier ad awards, starts on June 21 and we’ll be asking some of adland’s finest to choose potential winners. Wieden+Kennedy London MD Neil Christie kicks off our series with his ...

With the recent appointment of 72andSunny to their roster, it sounds as if things may be changing at Lynx/Axe. So when asked to suggest a ‘modern classic’ campaign, I thought it was worth highlighting some of the great work BBH ...

We’re asking people to choose the best ads of 2014 and here’s a selection from Wieden+Kennedy London managing director Neil Christie (left). The Best Ads of 2014 Five ads from 2014 that make me jealous. None of these is wildly ...

Clearly there are more important issues than marketing to consider when thinking about Scottish independence, but being up in Scotland on business in the days before the referendum led me to think about what a yes vote for independence might ...

An obvious tip is the ‘My Name is Sweetie’ campaign to entrap paedophiles. It just won a black pencil at D&AD. Because – smart way of matching tech solution to the problem, worthy cause, seems to have actually worked, wish ...

‘Advertising troubles both sociologists and financial directors: the former because they think it works, the latter because they think it does not.’ (Bullmore 1999.) Professor Byron Sharp’s thought-provoking book ‘How Brands Grow – What Marketers Don’t Know’ aims to debunk ...