Hasta La Creative!

Mr. Smith’s Scenes column in The Village Voice was the message board of the hippie counterculture in the 1960s.

The Atlanta-based Sparks Grove agency–itself a division of global consultancy North Highland–has hired Russell Heubach as the newest executive creative director in its New York office.

Heubach brings an extensive agency history to the role: he began his stateside career with stints at The Martin Agency, JWT and DDB before working as creative group head at Australia’s Publicis Mojo and regional ECD for JWT Dubai.

While he held the GCD title at mcgarrybowen in his last full-time in-house position, the past two years include freelance gigs with BBDO, DDB, CP+B, StrawberryFrog and, most recently, McCann Erickson, where he worked on the Verizon and Burger King accounts.

OK, then. As CCO Minsoo Park puts it:

“We are excited that someone with his background and industry recognition chose Sparks Grove. “

Heubach himself fills out the press release, writing:

“My goal is to help build and grow a company that services our clients and all of their possible needs with the highest creative excellence.”

He certainly has the track record.

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This week, Addison is hiring a digital producer, and GLOW needs a junior designer. Blue State Digital is seeking a senior strategist, and Unisono is on the hunt for an art director. Get the scoop on these openings and more below, and find additional just-posted gigs on Mediabistro.

• Digital Producer Addison (New York, NY)
• Junior Designer Glow (New York, NY)
• Senior Strategist Blue State Digital (New York, NY)
• Art Director Unisono (Manama, Bahrain)
• Experiential Marketing Manager BFG Communications (Los Angeles, CA)

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(TrendHunter.com) Once a person reaches a certain level of success, it is only natural that they would transition into a more luxurious way of life, the Harper’s Bazaar Latin America May 2014 cover shoot shows one…

Every weekday, we bring you the Ad Age/iSpot Hot Spots, new and trending TV commercials tracked by iSpot.tv, a company that catalogs, tags and measures activity around TV ads in real time. The New Releases ran on TV for the first time yesterday. The Most Engaging ads are showing sustained social heat, ranked by SpotShare scores reflecting the percent of digital activity associated with each one over the past week. See the methodology here.

Among the new releases, national chain Party City wants you to know it has stocked its 800-plus stores with cheap, delightfully tacky Cinco de Mayo accessories (think Mexican sombreros and such), Walmart is playing up its array of grocery items (“I went to Walmart and got everything I need to make my specialty, Cheesy Tuna Casserole”), and JC Penney — whose stock rose earlier this week when the CEO of one of its major suppliers, PVH Corp. (Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, etc.), said that his company’s sales at the department store have been strong — reminds you that Mother’s Day is coming up fast.

As always, you can find out more about the making of the best commercials on TV at Ad Age’s Creativity.

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“What the hell was that?” — That is our (and, we’re guessing, your) reaction to “Oranjekoorts (Orange Fever),” W+K Amsterdam’s 2014 FIFA World Cup spot for Heineken, the agency’s first work for Heineken Netherlands.

The campaign actually began earlier this year with the search for Heineken’s first Chief Orange Officer (you can’t make this shit up), described as a “legitimate [cough] full-time role that sought a representative as Dutch as Heineken, but who shared the same international outlook and would be committed to spreading Orange Fever in The Netherlands and across the globe.” Heineken advertised the legitimate position on their own recruitment channels and throughout the Netherlands. After reviewing more than 2,500 applicants, the position was awarded to Marco van Houwelingen, who will fill the year long role at Heineken’s Amsterdam headquarters.

The 65-second spot features a float representing “everything great about the Netherlands and the Dutch,” making its way through a Brazilian Carnival. Lead by Heineken’s Chief Orange Officer, the float includes a windmill, illusionist Hans Klok, and Dennis Bergkamp, among various other weirdness. Float participants all dance to a samba version of the song “No Limit” by 2 Unlimited, “one of the world’s favorite 90’s anthems” (which is not how anybody outside the Netherlands would describe the song). Watch the confusing mess for yourself above, and stick around for credits after the jump. Maybe you just have to be Dutch to get it.

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FCB Mayo recently showed us how a billboard can help purify the air…but can a specially designed paper book turn sewage into drinkable water?

This spot from DDB New York, supporting a project sponsored by nonprofit Water Is Life, adopts the same relatively straightforward documentary-style approach as other spots in the partnership.

While this particular ad presents less of a personal story than previous collaborations, it does allow for a glimpse into the development of a fascinating invention.

Credits when we receive them.

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Olá, antidesigners e brainstormers!
Neste programa, Ivan Mizanzuk e Luis Yassuda conversam com Álvaro Borba e Marcos Giovanella, dois dos responsáveis pela fanpage “Prefeitura de Curitiba” e de toda parte de comunicação virtual da mesma. Conversamos sobre a questão da presença de um órgão público no ambiente virtual, o contato com o cidadão, gestões de crise e, claro, as piadas e o sucesso que a página vem fazendo pelo Brasil.

>> 0h12min52seg Pauta Principal
>> 1h21min27seg Leitura de Comentários
>> 1h50min36seg Música de Encerramento: “Óbvio, Robin”, da banda Colorphonic

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Serve Marketing, the country’s only all-volunteer nonprofit ad agency, has launched a harrowing new public service campaign in Milwaukee in an attempt to combat both domestic and animal abuse.

The campaign, entitled the Spot Abuse Project, is based on research from the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys  which found that 76% of animal abusers go on to (or already) abuse a family member. By convincing more people to dial 911 to report animal abuse, Serve is hoping police will then uncover a higher number of domestic abuse cases. Since domestic abuse so often goes unreported and animal abuse is generally viewed as easier to report, Serve is hopes to benefit both animals and domestic abuse victims with the campaign.

The campaign kicks off today across television, outdoor, radio, and social media. Billboards for the campaign show pictures of abused pets next to young children with the troubling message “He’s next” or “She’s next,” imploring viewers to dial 911 to report abuse. The effort is already being lauded by domestic abuse organizations and local law enforcement, but has also met with some controversy. The outdoor campaign was originally planned to run at over 30 bus shelters in Milwaukee but was deemed “too vulgar” by the Milwaukee County Transit System.

“We’re not going to change people’s behaviors by showing warm and fuzzy pet pictures,” Serve Marketing executive director Heidi Sterricker said of the controversy. “Considering the images that are shown on magazine covers on newsstands and on the news every night what’s at stake here, I think people can handle seeing a picture of a dog with a bandage and a little blood on it if it saves a few lives.”

Credits after the jump. continued…

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