Alfa Romeo awards digital account to R/GA

LONDON – Alfa Romeo has appointed R/GA to its euros 1.5m pan-European digital account, with Work Club losing out in the final stages last week.

DraftFCB appoints Jaye as executive vice-president digital

LONDON – DraftFCB has appointed the Digitas senior executive David Jaye to boost its interactive capability across Europe and the Middle East.

Unilever enters premium haircare market with TIGI saloon acquisition

LONDON – Unilever has agreed to buy the TIGI professional hair product business and its supporting Advanced Education Academies for $411m in cash.

Y R Creative Director Makes Portfolio Review House Calls

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Apparently word isn’t getting out that Y&R San Francisco is having a portfolio review night January 28th nor is anyone watching the several videos to promote the event.

Mark Phillips to head commercial operation at Net Communities

LONDON – Mark Phillips, former head of premium and network sales at Channel 4 online sales house 4DS, has been appointed commercial director at Net Communities.

Virgin Media scouts for first retained digital agency

LONDON – Virgin Media is holding agency pitches with the aim of appointing its first retained digital agency.

Skoda Octavia: Controle um carro pela internet

Uma ação para o novo Octavia, da Skoda, está chamando a atenção de pessoas na rua com um carro que buzina, acende os faróis, aciona o para-brisas e acelera sozinho. Ah, e claro, ele também fala.

O carro é controlado remotamente através do site octaviarc.nl, e qualquer pessoa pode escolher que tipo de susto dar em quem estiver passando na calçada. Tudo ao vivo, com opção de dois ângulos de câmera.

Quando você entrar no site, vai se deparar com um aviso dizendo quantas pessoas estão na sua frente, querendo controlar o carro. Se tiver paciência para esperar, poderá até gravar um vídeo da sua pegadinha.

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Paul Tondeur, um dos responsáveis pela operacionalização da idéia, conta em seu blog um pouco da parte técnica. Incluindo um esquema de todo o processo de comunicação dos dispositivos, e fotos dos três notebooks no porta-malas que controlam todo o carro.

A criação é da agência holandesa Achtung!, em parceria com a DNBmedia. O vídeo abaixo mostra um pouco do que está acontecendo no local. A ação acontecerá por duas semanas.

Subtv and Gym Screen merge to form Media 42

LONDON – Outdoor digital media owners Subtv and Gym Screen Media have merged to form a new outdoor company, Media 42, in a cash and shares deal worth £4m to the shareholders of the two original companies.

eBay marketer leaves in UK office shift to Switzerland

LONDON – Minal Shah, eBay’s head of internet marketing in the UK, has left the business following the consolidation of the internet auction site’s marketing teams into its Zurich offices last month.

Garters on Guys – John Galliano’s Gender-Bending Fashion Show (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I think some of us are so used to this fashion designer’s extravagant and over-the-top but fun sets that this shocking Men’s Fall 2009 show screams: John Galliano!nbsp;

The eccentric designer’s catwalk…

Careerbuilder.com | Tips

O site Careerbuilder.com vai usar o seu espaço durante o intervalo do Super Bowl 2009 dar dicas sobre trabalho. Mas não são dicas quaisquer, e sim estampar alguns motivos de qual seria o momento certo para você mudar de emprego.

Se você odeia ir para o trabalho, se os seus colegas não te respeitam, se você sempre deseja estar em qualquer outro lugar, se você chora constantemente…

Muito bom ver esse tipo de humor no Super Bowl, que sempre traz diversos comerciais que fazem piadas com sons biológicos e animais que falam.

A criação é da Wieden + Kennedy, com produção da MJZ.

Rinn to lead new eBay advertising hub

LONDON – EBay Advertising has appointed Phillip Rinn to the role of director of advertising partnerships UK, Ireland and EMEA, as the online auction giant creates a single London-based hub.

ING puts the breaks on advertising and F1 sponsorship

LONDON – Dutch bank ING is pulling back on global marketing expenditure and is reassessing its sponsorship of the Renault Formula 1 team, as it attempts to cut its operating expenses by one billion euros this year.

KFC introduces eco-friendly packaging

LONDON – In a bid to reduce its annual rubbish output by 1,400 tonnes, KFC is ditching its cardboard box packaging in favour of environmentally friendly paper wrappers.

EBay Advertising promotes Phillip Rinn

LONDON – EBay Advertising has appointed Phillip Rinn as director of advertising partnerships for the UK, Ireland and EMEA.

Classifieds website Fish4 partners with FHM.com and handbag.com

LONDON – Fish4, the classified website for jobs, homes and cars, is trialling promotional partnerships with a new ad deal with men’s lifestyle portal FHM.com.

Her Morning Elegance

Véritable coup de c?ur pour ce stop-motion sur le titre d’Oren Lavie : Her Morning Elegance. Un travail riche en idées et extrêmement bien exécuté, en collaboration avec Yuval et Merav Nathan.

Corporation Pop wins Creamfields account

LONDON – Manchester design agency Corporation Pop has won the brief to update the logo and develop a campaign for dance festival Creamfields, after a four-way pitch.

Top Ten Super Bowl Ads, Research Called Bullshit

MSNBC has put together a list of the top ten Super Bowl ads of all time

VW Caravelle: Hyena

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“The family 4×4. Caravelle.”

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy, Cape Town, South Africa
Executive Creative Director: Chris Gotz
Creative Director: Gordon Ray
Art Director: Jamie Mietz
Copywriter: Gordon Ray