| | | | | At Havas, It Takes a Village to Win So Many Accounts in So Little Time Adweek's U.S. Media Agency of the Year secured midsize clients like TracFone, Hallmark and Swarovski By Patrick Coffee The first "get to know you" meeting between Havas Media North America's incoming CEO Colin Kinsella and his new employees last May did not occur in the most glamorous of settings. "I met the team, essentially, in a hotel room in Miami working on the TracFone pitch," recalls Kinsella, the former Mindshare North America chief...
Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | DDB San Francisco Focuses on Talent and Capabilities With 2 New Hires A new head of talent and head of production By Katie Richards DDB announced two new hires in its San Francisco office today as the agency looks to invest in its talent and expand its production capabilities. Industry veteran Marla Ulrich has been appointed to head of production of the Omnicom Group agency, effective immediately. In this role, Ulrich will head up the agency's in-house production studio...
Read more » | | Y&R Launches Practice to Help Technology and Business Brands Grow and Adapt Joe Rivas will serve as president By Erik Oster Y&R announced the formation of a new practice catering to technology brands and related businesses after the network established a similar practice for Healthcare last autumn. Joe Rivas will lead Y&R Technology and Business as president while continuing his responsibilities as WPP client leader for Dell, a role he has held for the past five...
Read more » | | Rain, an Agency That Saw Early Success With Amazon Echo Apps, Names Nithya Thadani as CEO Aims to be 'a digital ally and guide' for clients By Erik Oster Rain, the New York-based digital agency/consultancy perhaps best known for building voice apps for Amazon's Echo, has promoted Nithya Thadani to CEO. "Our industry is facing a level of disruption that marks an era," said Rain founding partner Brian Edelman. "We have set ourselves up to embrace the changing nature of our ecosystem through Nithya's...
Read more » | | | | | Nissan Restructures Its $750 Million Relationship With the Omnicom Network Auto giant consolidates agency work on the East Coast By Patrick Coffee This week Nissan announced a new stage in its relationship with Nissan United, the dedicated Omnicom unit that handles its marketing business within the United States. The largest change involves consolidating all work on the East Coast in an effort to be closer to the company's U.S. headquarters in Franklin, Tenn., several miles outside of...
Read more » | | See Google Pixel’s Lovely Tribute to Prince, and Other Big Grammy Ads You May Have Missed Including Target's 'It Takes Two' remake, and Lincoln's special amp By Tim Nudd Coming a week after the Super Bowl, the Grammy Awards are also something of an advertising showcase, if a less expansive (and expensive) one. Sunday's telecast featured some previously released ads from major marketers--notably, Adidas. But it also had some cool new commercials, too. Check out some of the high-profile spots from Grammys night below....
Read more » | | Nike Just Released a Gorgeous, Powerful Campaign Dedicated to Equality Work from W+K debuts ahead of the Grammys By Kristina Monllos Nike is using its platform as one of the biggest sports brands in the world to tout a message of equality. The brand has launched a new 90-second spot, from Wieden + Kennedy in Portland, that "encourages people to take the fairness and respect they see in sport and translate them off the field," according...
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