BEIJING - Dean Sciole, Saatchi & Saatchi’s Head of Planning for China, is taking on a new role as Executive Creative Director of the Saatchi & Saatchi Beijing office, effective June 1st. Dean began his career at Saatchi & Saatchi in 1994 as a copywriter in Taiwan, where he worked under creative giants including David Droga and Craig Davis. He…
LONDON - Saatchi & Saatchi has just released a short film as the final call to entry for this year’s New Directors’ Showcase at Cannes. The film begins as an ordinary home video, shot using a handheld camera and taken by a tourist wandering around London. But the ‘film-maker’ soon gets the directing bug as two Grenadier guards outside Buckingham…
TOKYO - Saatchi & Saatchi Japan and Fallon Tokyo offices are combining into one entity, to be known as Saatchi & Saatchi Fallon (SSF). Both agencies are currently part of the SSF (Saatchi & Saatchi Fallon) network reporting to Kevin Roberts, Saatchi & Saatchi worldwide CEO, which in turn is part of the Publicis Groupe. SSF has existed for more…
LONDON - Saatchi & Saatchi London was recently involved in a new initiative launched by the charity, User Voice, to give invaluable work experience to young ex-offenders and marginalised individuals. The scheme aims to reduce re-offending by motivating and encouraging young people who have more often than not been excluded from society and by showing them an alternative side to…
BUENOS AIRES - Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi enjoyed another very successful few days at FIAP 2009 (Festival Ibero Americano de Publicidad). Not only was it the Festival's most awarded Argentinean agency, but their five awards for Hospital Aléman - including the Grand Prix in Print - led to the client being named this year's 'Advertiser of the Year'.…
LONDON - As the official Creme Egg season has now drawn to a close, the time has come to focus on the eggs' badass older brother, aka Cadbury Creme Egg Twisted - the Creme Egg goo-filled chocolate bars. And so, this month Saatchi & Saatchi is launching its nationwide outdoor campaign for Twisted, showing the bars taking bad behaviour to…
BRUSSELS - The award season has kicked off in style for Saatchi & Saatchi Brussels with a major win at the AMMA Awards, as well as having their youngest creatives scoop "The best Young Creative Team in Europe" award at the Newspaper Association's Best Yet final. AMMA (Annual Masters of Media Awards) is the most important media award event in…
SAN JUAN - Badillo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi won four awards (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze) at FIAP 2009, making it the top winner from Puerto Rico. An additional 3 entries gained finalist status. The 40th version of the Iberoamerican Advertising Festival was held May 5-8 in Buenos Aires. FIAP is the most prestigious creative competition in the Hispanic…
TORRANCE, CA - Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA, Inc., along with its advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi Los Angeles, today announced the official launch of its marketing campaign for the all-new 2010 Prius - "Harmony Between Man, Nature and Machine". This fully integrated marketing effort explains how consumers can get virtually everything they want for themselves in a car -…
MIAMI - Conill, the Saatchi & Saatchi Network's Latino Ideas Company, extended its recent creative tear by winning more awards than any other U.S. agency at the Festival Iberoamericano De La Publicidad (FIAP) held May 4-8 in Buenos Aries. The agency took in a total of seven awards in four separate categories for work representing its three largest clients -…
SAN JUAN - Badillo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi enjoyed another hugely successful evening at the recent Cúspide 2009 advertising festival, sponsored by Puerto Rico's Advertising Agency Association. They picked up 15 awards on the way to the coveted Agency of the Year title - the fourth time in the seven years this award has been given that the agency has…
LONDON - For the latest chapter of T-Mobile's 'Life's for Sharing' campaign, Saatchi & Saatchi brought karaoke out of the traditional pub circuit we know and love and onto an altogether grander stage - London's Trafalgar Square. And the event drew a crowd of thousands who all joined in the mass-karaoke 'sing-along'. In response to a teaser campaign, 6pm yesterday…
SAO PAULO - Carrefour, the leader in the supermarket retail segment in Brazil, has chosen F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi, under the management of Fabio Fernandes, to handle its advertising account. The win, which comes as part of the global alignment into Publicis Groupe announced in January, includes communications for Carrefour's superstores, supermarkets, convenience stores and services business units, and will…
BRATISLAVA - MUW Saatchi & Saatchi in Slovakia has reconfirmed its uncontested creative leadership in the market by landing an unprecedented 17 awards out of a total 43 at the annual Golden Nails ceremony, held on Friday, 24th April in Bratislava. With 8 gold, 3 silver, 6 bronze, 27 shortlists, the Grand Prix and the Client of the Year trophy…