Tag Archives: women

Marlene Hore (left), the Canadian grand dame of advertising, said that when she was executive creative director at JWT in Canada in the 1980s, she thought: “I’ve opened a door for women – lots will follow. But they haven’t.” Depressingly, ...

Actually there is one exception, Havas’s Mercedes Erra (left), a founder of BETC, in Business Insider’s list at 17 of the top-paid people in adverts. But what does that tell you about the nature of the advertising business? If you ...

Ah, the best-laid plans… Axe is advertising for 22 would-be astronauts to promote its new Axe Apollo line. It started off as an offer for blokes (well it’s Axe) but now two of the top names on its social ‘leader ...