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Wendy Clark Hires Coca-Cola Veteran as DDB North America's First Chief of Staff
This week, DDB named Catherine Locker to serve as its North American chief of staff, a newly created position. She began the role on Monday. Locker, who spent more than a decade with Coca-Cola, joins...
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Ad of the Day: Nick Offerman Narrates an Ode to HomeAway Not Screwing Up Your...
Goodbye, to-do list. Hi, rum and cool mist." Nick Offerman, just off his visit to CES, returns to narrate another ad for holiday rental company HomeAway, a year after making his debut with the brand....
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Microsoft Finds Its Latest Inspiration in This All-Deaf High School Football...
During this weekend's NFL playoffs on NBC, Microsoft debuted "Football, Teamwork and Technology," an ad featuring the Eagles, the California School for the Deaf's football team. "We're a brotherhood,...
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ESPN Anchors Can't Pull Off This NBA Star's Signature Style in New...
ESPN takes note of the trend toward outlandish pre-game outfits in the NBA with the latest spot in its "This Is SportsCenter" series. The ad opens with Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green...
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Angel Soft Continues to Build Ads Around Quiet, Relatable Moments in People's...
There's a grown man loitering outside the women's room, but he's no creep. He's a single dad waiting for his young daughter. And a few years later, that same guy is getting a different bathroom door...
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Anti-Violence Ads Pop Up in Specific Helsinki Neighborhoods Within Hours of...
If domestic violence seems like an abstract phenomenon, this TBWA campaign from Finland will remind people that it's happening right on their doorstep. TBWA launched an outdoor campaign for the...
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Ad of the Day: See the Sweet Samsung Ad That's Become a Major Hit in India
In rural India, people sometimes have to travel up to 50 miles just to have minor repairs made on a cell phone. Samsung is addressing this by rolling out a fleet of 535 vans to visit people who need...
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New York Lottery Winner Walks Rescue Dogs in McCann's Goofy, Goodhearted Pitch
Winning the lottery doesn't just mean you can live that gaudy and gilded lifestyle you've always wanted. It means you'll finally have time for all that super-important charity work you've been...
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Thrilled With Its Super Bowl Debut Last Year, Buick Returns for an Encore
Buick is officially a fan of the Super Bowl. The General Motors nameplate told Adweek on Wednesday that it has bought a 30-second spot on Super Bowl LI. The decision comes a year after the brand made...
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JWT and Gustavo Martinez Deny Racist, Sexist and Anti-Semitic Claims in New...
In documents filed this week in Manhattan federal court, former J. Walter Thompson global CEO Gustavo Martinez and his onetime employer formally denied almost every claim made against them in a suit...
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Eat a Snickers or Risk Becoming a Frozen Husk of Your Former Self, Candy Bar...
When your scruffy, half-frozen future self travels back in time with a message of life-changing import, what are you going to do? Scarf down a Snickers, of course! That's the plot of this ad for the...
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Elton John Wants You to Make the Official Music Video for One of His 1970s...
What if Elton John asked you to make the official music video for "Rocket Man," "Tiny Dancer" or "Bennie and the Jets"? That's exactly what just happened. Except he's not just asking you—he's asking...
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This Documentary About Rick Ross Is Actually a Pretty Impressive Ad for Checkers
It's not often you get to realize a childhood dream. And rapper Rick Ross just bought his—a Checkers franchise in his hometown, Carol City, Florida. Curiouser still, the purchase has led to the...
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Colonialism Is a Massive Beach Party in Australia's Latest Epic, Provocative...
In its ongoing quest to remind us that nothing says Australia Day more than lamb barbecue, Meat & Livestock Australia gives us "Celebrate Australia with a Lamb BBQ." That title is probably the...
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Hyundai Takes Unboxing to a Whole New Level in This British Commercial
See you in hell, soul-sucking car-dealership experience! Last week, Hyundai launched an Amazon-style "Click to Buy" website in the U.K. that lets you purchase various Tucson and Santa Fe models at...
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Wunderman Is Stepping Out of WPP's Shadow in 2017 With New Hires and Clients
In the traditional holding company hierarchy, creative shops bask in Cannes glory and media agencies handle the big budgets while the utility players labor away, largely unnoticed by both the public...
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Here's Proof You Can Get Away With Pretty Much Anything in a Radio Ad
It's no great epiphany that radio can be a more forgiving format than video. But you may not have considered the full range of horrific opportunities that liberation from a camera can afford you. You...
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Can Pizza Hut Outdo Itself With These Sitcom-Style Ads From Viacom?
Maladjusted millennial braggarts choose Pizza Hut. Let's all go there today! Running on Viacom's cable-TV networks, this goofy campaign for the restaurant chain targets young adults, presenting folks...
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BBDO New York Builds Its Strategy Team With a New Chief Marketing Officer
Today BBDO hired Tara DeVeaux as chief marketing officer in its New York headquarters. Director of business development Crystal Rix has also been promoted to chief strategy officer, a newly created...
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The World's Rudest, Most Passive-Aggressive Billboard Coughs at Nearby Smokers
If anything is going to convince a smoker to quit, it's a judgmental, passive-aggressive, coughing billboard. At least, that's the ostensible premise of a new campaign from Swedish pharmacy Apoteket...
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