Tag Archives: Neil Christie

W+K’s Christie routs Paxo in BBC Xmas ads debate

Agreeing to be grilled by Newsnight’s famous inquisitor Jeremy Paxman is a pretty good way to spoil your evening but Wieden+Kennedy London’s Neil Christie (left) bravely signed up to discuss Christmas ads last night (Wednesday). Paxo, as ever, was bluntly dismissive ...

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Sir John Hegarty of BBH picks his Desert Island Ads

Sir John Hegarty began his career as an art director at Benton & Bowles (he was later fired) and then moved to Cramer Saatchi and Saatchi & Saatchi before helping to launch TBWA in London. He founded Bartle Bogle Hegarty ...

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W+K London launches Gumulon game for Stride

Chewing gum is filthy stuff but Wieden+Kennedy London is trying its hardest to put a smile on the face of the unmentionable (especially if you tread in it) with a Gumulon app-based game for Mondelez International’s Stride. Mondelez has just ...

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Do you want to be an account exec at W+K London?

Well do you? Time was when you couldn’t get a job in adverts unless your dad was a senior account man or creative and even then you had to start in the post room. More recently, in London at least, ...

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Here’s what Wieden+Kennedy thinks about Campaign’s UK agency ‘school reports’

Forgot to buy the issue of Campaign with its ‘School Reports’ (sometimes questionable judgements of top UK agencies). Here’s what Wieden+Kennedy’s Neil Christie (left) thinks of them. Each year Campaign magazine does its ‘school report’ evaluation of the performance of ...

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