Fetch Appoints New UK CD; Jack Morton Signs New SVP, Director of Strategy

A couple of agency staffing changes hit our inboxes this morning.

First: Fetch, described as “the global mobile agency”, hired its first Creative Director in London. Paul Eric Lefebvre, pictured above right, will direct creative across the agency’s client list, which includes Hotels.com, StubHub, eBay, Sony Music and Krispy Kreme (unbeknownst to us, the chain apparently exists outside the Deep South and The Seventh Circle of Penn Station).

Lefebvre will report directly to Fetch CCO Greg Grimmer, who describes the hire as part of a strategic decision to focus more heavily on creative in addition to mobile strategy, planning, buying and analysis.

The new CD previously served similar roles at UK agencies Reflex, Katana and RSCG after working on the client side in design for L’Oreal and Louis Vuitton.

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Sorcher Films Gets Emotional for SpeakingPhoto

To promote the new social sharing app SpeakingPhoto (available on Android and iOS), which sets “itself apart from youth-based social sharing apps by offering a way for consumers and businesses to document, keep and share important stories with their communities and customers,” Sorcher Films was tasked with telling stories with a real emotional payoff. Sorcher Films and writer/director Peter Sorcher responded with a series of branded content videos.

Sorcher worked directly with SpeakingPhoto to create an “interwoven, multi-character narrative to drive home an emotional connection to SpeakingPhoto.” He took a feature-film approach, creating back stories for all the characters, despite knowing that most of the footage would be cut from the final edit. This, coupled with quality editing (also from Sorcher), makes for the impression that the characters are more fleshed out than what we see onscreen, allowing for emotional moments that speak to the SpeakingPhoto’s uses.

“People see spots for apps with people engaged with screens and just tune out, so I wanted to create something that really makes the viewer take an active role to figure out who these characters are and what they are doing with SpeakingPhoto,” Sorcher said. Stick around after the jump for credits and another SpeakingPhoto spot. (more…)

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Campaign Spotlight: Loyalty Program Declares, ‘Bacon Lovers, Unite; You Have Nothing to Lose but Your Sizzle’

The Farmland Bacon Club is part of a marketing campaign designed to bring consumers together to celebrate a favorite product.



Grocery Chain Confirms Bears Sh*t in the Woods

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ALDI, the discount grocery chain that’s sort of related to Trader Joe’s, is out with a new BMF-created campaign that answers the all-consuming question, “Does a bear shit in the woods?” Well, according to this ALDI SpokesBear, the answer is a resounding yes.

There seems quite happy with himself tsk tsking viewers for even asking the question. On the other hand, the wall-mounted trout in a second ad isn’t so happy having been snubbed for tuna.

Kiyo Offside: Behind the scenes of the Fifa World Cup 2014


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To show the dark side of the World Cup 2014, a huge screen was put on the reverse side of the screen that was broadcasting the match Belgium versus Russia.

Advertising Agency:Famous, Brussels, Belgium
Creative Director:Tim Driesen
Digital Creative Director:Laurent Dochy
Associate Cd:Iwein Vandevyver
Creative Team:Gaetan Gomez Garcia, Gregory Verheyleweghen
Project Leader:Marlies Neudt
Rtvproducer:René Vermeulen
Editing:Gunter Blokken + Sven Vanhee
Images:Gunter Blokken
Pr:Kathy Van Looy, Anne-Cecile Collignon

4O4 Super Glue: Organ Transplant


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Advertising Agency:Medina Turgul, ?stanbul, Turkey
Executive Creative Director:Kurtcebe Turgul
Creative Director:Gokhan Erol
Art Director:Necmi Mutlu
Copywriter:Gokhan Akca, Mehmet Güney
3D Illustrators:Tolga Toykoç, Robotika

Workshop9: Bootcamp de Mídias Sociais

“Vivemos numa era de transição. Como sempre.”
— Ennio Flaiano

Há quantos anos ouvimos que “esse é o ano das mídias sociais no Brasil”? Só que a tecnologia continua avançando, as pessoas mudam junto e as marcas ficam perdidas perseguindo a próxima grande novidade.

O workshop Bootcamp de Mídias Sociais irá mostrar como usar redes sociais como plataforma para gerar resultados de negócio para marcas, sob uma nova lente que este mercado vive há poucos anos: as redes sociais agora são mídia de massa.

Mais do que “falar com os influenciadores” vamos encarar cada pessoa como um influenciador para seu grupo de amigos, com as marcas contando as histórias certas para cada uma destas pessoas.

Cris Dias

Cris Dias, que ministrará o workshop, trabalha com comunicação digital desde a aurora da Internet.

Foi pioneiro nos blogs e podcasts e foi a primeira pessoa do mundo a twittar alguma coisa num idioma diferente do inglês: um profundo “testando!”, em 2006.

Já trabalhou em pequenas e grandes agências brasileiras, on e off, contando histórias para marcas como Google, Petrobras, Coca-Cola e Kit Kat. Atualmente trabalha como Creative Strategist no Facebook.

O workshop será realizado no próximo dia 2 de agosto, das 10:00 às 18:00, no Espaço Maestro, em São Paulo. Faça a sua inscrição.

Endereço: Rua Maestro Cardim, 1.170 – Paraíso – São Paulo/SP – Próximo ao Metrô Paraíso/Shopping Paulista.

Conteúdo programático

10:00 – 10:30: Apresentações, metodologia, o que vamos e o que não vamos falar.

10:30 – 11:00: Mídias sociais são mídia de massa. E agora, preciso mudar minha abordagem?

11:00 – 11:30: 7 coisas que seu chefe precisa saber sobre marcas em redes sociais

11:30 – 12:00: Perguntas & Respostas

12:00 – 13:00: Pausa para almoço

13:00 – 13:30: A vocação de cada plataforma para sua marca: o que fazer (e o que não fazer) com Facebook, YouTube e Twitter.

13:30 – 14:00: Não faça posts, faça campanhas: como estruturar o esforço de trabalho.

14:00 – 15:00: Você está aqui para ganhar likes ou para gerar resultados de negócio? Definindo a abordagem da sua marca com foco no funil de vendas e não nos indicadores sociais.

15:00 – 15:30: Coffee break

15:30 – 16:30: Definindo a personalidade da sua marca. Como ser consistente visual e literalmente para construir sua marca na mente das pessoas.

16:30 – 17:30: Mídia de massa com precisão de sniper. Entendendo as ferramentas de segmentação de cada plataforma.

17:30 – 18:00: Perguntas & respostas + abraço coletivo.

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Found in Translation usa ilustrações para “traduzir” palavras

Em qualquer idioma, existe aquela palavra ou expressão que, de tão enraizada na cultura de um país, é praticamente impossível de ser traduzida para outras línguas. É aí que entra a ideia proposta pela ilustradora e designer Anjana Iyer, da Nova Zelândia, em Found in Translation.

Ao longo de 100 dias, ela irá se dedicar a criar ilustrações minimalistas que ajudem a “traduzir” as palavras/expressões, acompanhadas por uma pequena explicação em inglês. Selecionamos alguns dos trabalhos abaixo.

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Panamericana School of Art and Design: Streets, 1

Courses in photography and drawing.

Advertising Agency: almapBBDO, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Chief Creative Officer: Marcello Serpa
Executive Creative Director: Luiz Sanches
Creative Directors: Renato Simões, Bruno Prosperi
Art Director: Caio Tezoto
Copywriter: Carol Nigro
Illustrators: Toni Caputo, Caio Tezoto
Photography: Getty Images
Photographer: Hugo Treu
Account Manager: Isabela Crestana

Panamericana School of Art and Design: Streets, 2

Courses in photography and drawing.

Advertising Agency: almapBBDO, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Chief Creative Officer: Marcello Serpa
Executive Creative Director: Luiz Sanches
Creative Directors: Renato Simões, Bruno Prosperi
Art Director: Caio Tezoto
Copywriter: Carol Nigro
Illustrators: Toni Caputo, Caio Tezoto
Photography: Getty Images
Photographer: Hugo Treu
Account Manager: Isabela Crestana

Panamericana School of Art and Design: Streets, 3

Courses in photography and drawing.

Advertising Agency: almapBBDO, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Chief Creative Officer: Marcello Serpa
Executive Creative Director: Luiz Sanches
Creative Directors: Renato Simões, Bruno Prosperi
Art Director: Caio Tezoto
Copywriter: Carol Nigro
Illustrators: Toni Caputo, Caio Tezoto
Photography: Getty Images
Photographer: Hugo Treu
Account Manager: Isabela Crestana

VH1: Paul

Advertising Agency: Grey, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Executive Creative Director: Diego Medvedocky
Creative Directors: Hernán Kritzer, Lisandro Cardozo, Alejandro Devoto
Copywriter: Darío Porterie
Art Director: Diego Alonso
Executive Account Director: Florencia Pereyra
Agency Producer: Sergio Bonavia

VH1: Tina

Advertising Agency: Grey, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Executive Creative Director: Diego Medvedocky
Creative Directors: Hernán Kritzer, Lisandro Cardozo, Alejandro Devoto
Copywriter: Darío Porterie
Art Director: Diego Alonso
Executive Account Director: Florencia Pereyra
Agency Producer: Sergio Bonavia

VH1: Billy

Advertising Agency: Grey, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Executive Creative Director: Diego Medvedocky
Creative Directors: Hernán Kritzer, Lisandro Cardozo, Alejandro Devoto
Copywriter: Darío Porterie
Art Director: Diego Alonso
Executive Account Director: Florencia Pereyra
Agency Producer: Sergio Bonavia

Mail & Guardian: Diana tunnel

Freedom of press. The difference between knowing what happened here and not knowing at all.

Advertising Agency: TBWA Hunt Lascaris, Johannesburg, South Africa
Executive Creative Directors: Matthew Brink, Adam Livesey
Creative Director: Justin Wright
Art Director: Thereza Norton
Copywriter: Natalie Rose
Art Buyer: Sharon Cvetkovski
Retoucher: Rob Frew
Business Director: Niki Cinnamon

Mail & Guardian: Napalm girl

Freedom of press. The difference between knowing what happened here and not knowing at all.

Advertising Agency: TBWA Hunt Lascaris, Johannesburg, South Africa
Executive Creative Directors: Matthew Brink, Adam Livesey
Creative Director: Justin Wright
Art Director: Thereza Norton
Copywriter: Natalie Rose
Art Buyer: Sharon Cvetkovski
Retoucher: Rob Frew
Business Director: Niki Cinnamon

Mail & Guardian: Mandela in prison

Freedom of press. The difference between knowing what happened here and not knowing at all.

Advertising Agency: TBWA Hunt Lascaris, Johannesburg, South Africa
Executive Creative Directors: Matthew Brink, Adam Livesey
Creative Director: Justin Wright
Art Director: Thereza Norton
Copywriter: Natalie Rose
Art Buyer: Sharon Cvetkovski
Retoucher: Rob Frew
Business Director: Niki Cinnamon

FX Pulls Disturbing Eye-Worm Billboards for The Strain

The worm has been turned away.

Billboards for FX’s The Strain, with creepy critters crawling out (or perhaps boring into?) human eyeballs, are apparently too much for some folks to bear, and the cable network says it is replacing the ads in several locations—the signs have run in Los Angeles  and New York—with less-upsetting imagery.

The series was hatched by director Guillermo del Toro and writer Chuck Hogan and slithers onto TV screens July 13. It’s a medical thriller about parasites that turn New Yorkers into monsters. 

So far, the eyeball campaign had generated its share of angry parents and motorists but hasn’t precipitated any lawsuits. The same can’t be said for last year’s eerie “Dexter” takeover in Grand Central Terminal, which generated a complaint from a Bronx woman who claims that the “shocking and menacing” promo caused her to slip on a stairway and sustain injury.

The Strain’s ad controversy is generating plenty of buzz for the show. So if you subscribe to the theory that there’s no such thing as bad publicity, these wormy posters have hit pay dirt.



Glue-Like Rubber Used to Build Super Phallic-Looking Water Pistol

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So how do you go about promoting a glue-like substance that can be molded like putty and forms into strong, waterproof rubber overnight? Why you use it to build the world’s most awesome water pistol, of course. And that’s exactly what Sugru did.

The brand gathered together a bunch of “scientists” (aka KID and Kream London) to craft a super-awesome, gatling gun-style water pistols that was then used to douse a few more “scientists” with colored water…in slow motion of course.

And, yes, it is very, very phallic.

Continental Self Supporting Run-Flat Tyres: Head Coaches


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Advertising Agency:Medina/Turgul DDB, Istanbul, Turkey
Executive Creative Director:Kurtcebe Turgul
Creative Director:Gokhan Erol
Art Director:Necmi Mutlu
Copywriter:Mehmet Güney
Illustrator:Necmi Mutlu
Digital Artist:Tolga Toykoç