Miami - Conill, the Saatchi & Saatchi Network's 'Latino Ideas Company', has enjoyed a good month at the award shows. At the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) Multicultural Excellence awards held recently in Boca Raton, Florida, Conill and their client Toyota were among the five award winners. They took the grand prize in the "Campaign with Significant Results" category for…
London - Saatchi & Saatchi has launched a new game for T-Mobile to promote its newly launched price plan MyFaves, which offers unlimited calls and texts to your five favourite people. An interactive team at Saatchi & Saatchi London came up with the concept and partnered Brooklyn-based games specialists SMERC to develop the game. SMERC clients include film studios and…
Sydney - Saatchi & Saatchi Australia Chief Executive Simone Bartley today announced the appointment of Steve Back as the agency's new Executive Creative Director. Mr Back, currently Creative Director at DDB Sydney, is one of two new appointments announced today by Saatchi & Saatchi, the No. 1 creative agency in the Asia Pacific. He will replace David Nobay. David Bowman…
San Juan - Once again Badillo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi was the most awarded agency from Puerto Rico at the annual Advertising Age Hispanic Creative Advertising Awards, winning 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze. This is the third time the agency has been Puerto Rico's top award winner at this festival. The awards ceremony took place November 2 at the…
Torrance, CA - Talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres made history on a US daytime talk show last Friday when she broadcasted the first-ever live commercial on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", comparing the key features of the 2008 Toyota Highlander Hybrid to the key features of her own show. Ellen had always admired the live commercials in the old "Tonight Show" and in…
Sao Paulo - For the 5th consecutive year - and for the 7th time in 9 years - F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi in Brazil has been named 'Agency of the Year' at the Rio de Janeiro International Advertising Festival, organized by ABP (the Advertising Association of Brazil). F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi was the Festival's most awarded agency, winning an astonishing…
Guangzhou - While everyone was milking the remaining values of the brand, an inspiring, forward-looking concept that transcends brands was born - LOVEMARKS. Kevin Roberts, Worldwide CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi, created a new philosophy based on loyalty beyond reason, love and building relationships between brands and consumers. Lovemarks embody mystery, sensuality and intimacy. They do not belong to manufacturers,…
Manila - Ace Saatchi & Saatchi in the Philippines has hit the jackpot after coming out on top in a recent pitch for Save More supermarkets, a medium-sized supermarket chain owned by the market leading SM Food Retail Group. Their reward is to be assigned the full service account for not just this brand, but the rest of the Group's…
London - Saatchi & Saatchi London have gone with a viral approach for D&AD's 2008 call for entries. This year's campaign is themed, "But is it a Pencil?", inspired by debates that happen every day in agencies and studios as creatives evaluate the merits of a new idea. Three short films, designed to encourage entries to the D&AD Awards 2008, feature interviews with…
Auckland - Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand had a great showing at this year's Communication Agencies Association of New Zealand (CAANZ) Effectiveness Awards 2007. After topping the table at the finalist stage with 13 nominations, the agency picked up the following awards: Gold (Consumer Services) for Westpac Bank 'Grab Life' Silver (Consumer Services) for Interislander Ferries Silver (FMCG) for Tui…
Singapore - Saatchi & Saatchi Singapore has been named the IAS Agency of the Year 2007 by the industry's governing body, the Institute of Advertising Singapore. This coveted honour is measured by the quality of the creative work, new business, staff retention, corporate social responsibility, company standing and client results, and this is the second year in a row that Saatchi…
London - Saatchi & Saatchi X UK has announced two new hires to bolster its senior team after recent new business wins including Camelot, Ariel and Oral B. Sadia Siddiqui joins as Associate Director and Daniela Creak joins as Account Director. With more than ten years agency experience, Siddiqui joins Saatchi & Saatchi X from Dynamo Marketing where she spent…
London - Saatchi & Saatchi London scooped two awards at the 2007 Campaign Poster Awards. Anti-Slavery International won in the 'Campaign Readers' Award' category and Carlsberg Litter in the 'Most Innovative Use of Outdoor' category. The Anti-Slavery advertisement features the famous 18th Century image of the inhuman conditions on a transatlantic slave ship, The Brookes, superimposed onto a modern aeroplane. Creative…
Milan - Show us that you need a holiday. We'll give you one in Valle D'Aosta. With this invitation Saatchi & Saatchi launches the "My Stress Awards", an on line competition which will gather together testimonials to just how stressful entrants' lives are. The one receiving the most votes from the site's users will be rewarded with a "holiday therapy",…