Who's doing what in the world of commercial creativity.
Don’t tell me you’ve never daydreamed about quitting your average life and following a wilder dream. The grass is always greener. Community Films’ new directing trio, Jean, (aka Natalie Prisco, Armand Prisco and Eric Eckelman), …
VOWSS, the initiative by SheSays and The Voice of a Woman (VOW), which features the work of filmmakers, creative leaders and risk-takers from around the world, made its debut at Cannes Lions last year. VOW and …
72andSunny and Australian investment, hotelier and property group, Visionary Investment Group (VIG), have entered into a strategic partnership to facilitate VIG’s continued expansion in and beyond Australia. VIG's activities include end-to-end funds management and investment, property …
J. Walter Thompson Perth has been growing, so it has added Joe Hawkins to its creative manpower, as creative group head. Hawkins has been creative group head at Marketforce for the last eighteen months. Hawkins …
Makemepulse has become an official Snapchat Lens partner. To celebrate (or without the cliché, promote) that, the interactive production company is helping Cannes Lions festival-goers to celebrate (promote) their attendance (status). “With millions of selfies uploaded …
Advertising for good causes. This has become an incubator for great ideas and remarkable innovations. And this year Advertising Community Together – Responsible (ACT Responsible) is showing off the best of them again at Cannes. Its …
AKQA has expanded again, acquiring a majority stake in Universal Design Studio and industrial design consultancy, Map Project Office, which will extend its capabilities into space design and product design. The two new agencies currently …
Great ideas can come from anywhere, but in the creative industries they have been coming from a sliver of the population. In 2016, D&AD did something concrete about changing that. It created, what is for so …
For Jordi García and Bor Arroyo (Jordi&Bor), directors of the Spanish animation studio 23lunes (formerly known as post23), winning the work for Proximity Barcelona’s Christmas campaign for Audi in 2016, The Doll that Chose to …
The 19 Portfolio Night All-Stars city hosts have chosen their top young international creatives. They are: Amsterdam (hosted by ADCN) — Jochem van Schip, 24, creative Atlanta (hosted by Edelman) — Cassandra Cheng, 27, designer Beijing (hosted by …
Digital marketing and technology agency, Valtech Australia, has won the competitive pitch for Ego Pharmaceuticals. Valtech will design and build Adobe platforms, marketing tools and components that will become a central point for global digital marketing …
The Communications Council has chosen Mark Green, group chief executive officer and co-founder of The Monkeys, as its new chair. Green’s primary focus will be on demonstrating the value of commercial creativity, building the talent within …