Colombo - Customers at several city tea and snack restaurants had a unique experience on World Diabetes Day. They found several containers of sugar with a very distinctive set of spoons attached to them.Anybody who needed their daily fix of sweetness had to literally cut down on their unhealthy craving as the utensils in question had several strips of metal removed…
Auckland - To kick off the New Year and his plan for the Creative Collective at Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand, ECD Antonio Navas is announcing the hire of Mike Davison and Sam Stradwick to the Saatchi & Saatchi creative department.Mike has worked in the industry for over 20 years…
Bucharest - Centrade Saatchi & Saatchi is happy to announce the appointment of Johan Ohlson as Creative Director.A Swedish national, Ohlson can call on experience of over 10 years in advertising. Prior to joining Saatchi & Saatchi Romania, he has worked in 8 different countries in agencies such as BBDO Hamburg, Scholz & Friends Hamburg, TeamOne Warsaw and DDB Warsaw.…
San Francisco - Annie Longsworth has been named CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi S, North America. For the past nine years she has been President of the San Francisco office of integrated communications company Cohn & Wolfe, where she also founded the Global Sustainability Practice for Cohn & Wolfe. Annie, 42, has 18 years of communications experience and holds an Executive…
Colombo - Take a bunch of juniors - no previous agency experience, loud, energetic and bursting with fresh creativity. The young guns, if you will. Put them in charge of Christmas décor for the agency and what do you get? A giant gift that not even Santa could fit in his sleigh.It wasn't easy, but as per our agency code,…
London - Saatchi & Saatchi has created its first campaign for Weight Watchers UK since winning the account in August 2011. The fully integrated campaign - which is Weight Watchers' biggest marketing campaign ever - launches with a three minute TV ad on 1st January 2012. The ad sees Weight Watchers join forces with Alesha Dixon to create a pop…
Brussels - This Christmas, Saatchi & Saatchi Brussels created something really special for the anti-tobacco campaign initiated by the European Commission. The "Exsmokers are unstoppable"- campaign aims to show smokers the many positive ways in which quitting smoking can improve their lives.The Christmas action gives you the chance to give your friends a whole new life... a life without tobacco…
Shanghai - China's reputation as a global powerhouse has focused mostly on its economic growth, but the mainland's creative agencies are slowly earning credibility for producing good local ads. In a special year-end episode, ‘Thoughtful China' examined what it takes to create great ads in China that resonate with local consumers, and whether local agencies can match the best work…
Sofia - Saatchi & Saatchi Bulgaria and Publicis Consultants | MARC were winners at the Europe Excellence Awards for their "SoulHunters" campaign for Philips Bulgaria.The "SoulHunters" campaign was aimed at provoking buzz about Philips' new high-quality headphones among young people who are passionate about music and urban culture.In order to convince youngsters that Philips is a cool headphone brand the…
London - This Christmas Saatchi & Saatchi is giving an alternative kind of holiday greeting, which harnesses the creativity within the Network. We invited musicians and bands working at Saatchi & Saatchi offices around the world, to create original songs for a Holiday album, as our offering to clients and friends globally. In keeping with the Saatchi & Saatchi philosophy…
Buenos Aires - Creativity, one of the world's most prestigious advertising websites, has just published its annual report on ‘The Year's 10 Most Killer Pieces of Creative'. Del Campo Saatchi & Saatchi, led creatively by Maxi Itzkoff and Mariano Serkin, is among the agencies found on the list of the ten most exciting campaigns of 2011 for work it developed…
London - T- Mobile and Saatchi & Saatchi have scooped the top spot on YouTube's list of the UK's ten most popular video ads of the year. The list which was released today, ranks ads that were uploaded to YouTube throughout 2011 that achieved the highest number of views from the UK public. T-Mobile came out on top for its…
Torrance, Calif - As part of its popular annual December to Remember sales event, Lexus announced today that it will donate $5 to Toys for Tots for every big red bow shared via Facebook and Twitter. The campaign ends Jan. 3, 2012, with Lexus providing a maximum donation of $100,000 for the social media fundraiser.On Facebook, fans make the donation…
Sydney - Hot on the heels of the appointment of Damon Stapleton as ECD, Saatchi & Saatchi Australia CEO Michael Rebelo has lured long-standing planning partner Jason Lonsdale to join his leadership team as Executive Planning Director at the Sydney agency.Lonsdale worked closely with Rebelo at London's Charlotte Street where, in his capacity as International Planning Director, he was the…