01 Dec 2006
WINNER
Title: It Makes Business Sense
Media agency: Mediaedge:cia
Media director: Peter Colvin
Account director/media planner: Richard Astley
Creative agency: Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y R
Creative director: Claire Morris
Account director: Britta Posner
Account planner: Jon Tipple
Client:...
10 Nov 2006
The Financial Times has appointed Ben Hughes, its worldwide advertising director, to the new position of global commercial director and deputy chief executive. Frances Brindle, the marketing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, has been promoted to global marketing director.
10 Nov 2006
The combined services of ntl:telewest and Virgin Mobile will be rebranded as Virgin Media in the first quarter of 2007. Virgin Media will offer digital TV, broadband, mobile and home phone services.
13 Oct 2006
WINNER
Title: Sparks Mensa
Agency: Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO
Client: The Economist
Creative director: Paul Brazier
Art director: Mark Fairbanks
Writer: Mark Fairbanks
Typographer: John Tisdall
FINALIST
Title: Sick
Agency: Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y R
Client: Home Office
Creative directors:...
06 Oct 2006
Glue London has hired Wayne Brown as its client services director. He joins from Sara Lee, where he was the marketing manager for Brylcreem. He was previously an account director at TBWA\London and Lowe.
29 Sep 2006
BT Global Services has signed as the first sponsor of CNBC's coverage of major international events. BT will back programming around events such as the World Economic Forum annual meeting and the China Business Summit. The sponsorship deal was brokered by Starcom.
28 Sep 2006
| by by Kate Nicholson
LONDON - The Financial Times is set to ditch its iconic "No FT, no comment" strapline and is expected to replace it with DDB London's "We live in Financial Times".
22 Sep 2006
WINNER
Project: Mastercard keep it hidden
Client: n/s
Agency: Unit9
Writer: McCann Erickson
Art director: McCann Erickson
Designer: Athila Armstrong
This interactive game was developed by Unit9 as part of the "keep it
hidden" through-the-line campaign running for Mastercard around
Christmas...
22 Sep 2006
Since advertising was invented, agency heads have faced a number of recurring problems.
15 Sep 2006
| by James Hamilton
Financial ratings reveal difficulties for advertising agencies as three perform well.