Frankfurt - Karl Bates has been appointed Planning Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Germany and will lead the Agency’s strategic planning team from August 2009. Bates comes to Frankfurt from Saatchi & Saatchi’s London Agency, where for the past two years he has been responsible for strategic planning on Toyota Europe and Guinness Worldwide as Planning Director. Bates previously held positions…
New York - Saatchi & Saatchi New York announces that Benjamin Bittman has joined the New York office as Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer. Bittman most recently held the post of Global Network Director at M&C Saatchi in London. Previously, he was the Director of Marketing at TBWA Worldwide. Mary Baglivo, CEO New York & Chairman & CEO, Americas…
London - Saatchi & Saatchi London and Freud Communications have co-produced a global press advertising campaign that will directly target G8 leaders including British PM, Gordon Brown, US President, Barack Obama and Italian PM, Silvio Berlusconi, calling on them to fulfil their commitment to maternal health. As the G8 Summit opens in Italy this week the advert will run globally…
Dublin - On 1st July, 2009 GUINNESS, one of the world’s most iconic brands announced its first ever global advertising campaign in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the lease on St. James’s Gate Brewery. Saatchi & Saatchi EMEA is the lead creative agency behind the world-wide GUINNESS 250 campaign centering on the visionary founder Arthur Guinness,…
London - Saatchi & Saatchi London flew the flag for Britain at the 2009 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, as it outperformed all other UK agencies. The agency won a total of six Lions for T-Mobile ‘Dance’, the first piece of work in the ‘Life’s for Sharing’ campaign, which saw 350 dancers break into a ‘flash mob’ style dance routine…
London - Saatchi & Saatchi EMEA has enjoyed great success at the recent 56th Cannes Advertising Festival with a total of 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 4 Bronze Lions, as well as a Cyber Gold in the Young Lions competition. The United Kingdom’s T-Mobile ‘Dance’, a standout of the festival, was awarded Gold in Direct, a Gold and Bronze in…
In early 2009, Team One took a risk into uncharted territory with an idea to reinvent the magazine…and the risk has paid off. The agency has been recognized with two wins at the prestigious Cannes Lions 56th International Advertising Festival for its “Reinventing the Magazine” campaign, which was created for luxury automaker Lexus. Awarded two Media Lions - a Gold…
Today, Saatchi & Saatchi presents a line up of the world’s best new directing talent at the 19th Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors’ Showcase (NDS). This year’s Showcase answers the question ‘Who’s next’?’ A concise expression of the Showcase’s purpose to identify, nurture and spotlight new creative talent. Past Showcases have featured directors such as Michel Gondry, Tarsem, Jonathan Glazer,…
Saatchi & Saatchi New York has announced the appointment of Claudine Cheever as Executive Vice President, Director of Strategic Planning. She will report to Mary Baglivo, CEO at Saatchi & Saatchi New York; CEO & Chair Americas. Cheever was previously Executive Vice President, Executive Planning Director at McCann Worldgroup in San Francisco. Baglivo notes: “Claudine is a tremendous talent who has…
Bucharest - Centrade Saatchi & Saatchi in Romania has won Gold and Bronze medals at this year's New York Festivals, the second year that the agency has been awarded there. The "Gold World Medal" went to the ‘Unsewn Stains’ print campaign for Procter & Gamble's Ariel in the Home Products/Services category, while the Greenpeace ‘Bomb’ poster picked up an Outdoor "Bronze…
Saatchi & Saatchi took the inaugural 'Network of the Year' award at the 10th Golden Hammer International Advertising Festival, held last week in Jurmala, Latvia. Thanks to another excellent performance from MUW Saatchi & Saatchi Slovakia and their ‘Messages’ campaign for T-Mobile, the Network outpaced OMD to come top of the table with 80 points. Entries from 19 European creative…
In 2009, the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement is commemorating the 150 year anniversary of the battle of Solferino, when the concept of the Red Cross Red Crescent was born. This year also marks the 90th anniversary of the founding of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the 60th anniversary of the Geneva…
Argentine agency Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi continues to add to its impressive awards tally, this time positioning it in the top ranks of the most renowned Spanish-speaking agencies. At the 24th edition of El Sol (The Sun) – the Festival Iberoamericano de la Comunicación Publicitaria - in San Sebastian, Spain, the agency came home with 3 Gold, 1…
DUBAI, UAE - Elias Ashkar, Saatchi & Saatchi’s Regional CEO for Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has been named one of the 50 most influential expatriates in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) by Arabian Business magazine. Saatchi & Saatchi was the only ‘Top Ten’ Regional advertising agency to have made the power list released this week. The “Expat Power 50”…