Hill Holliday Promotes Mike Proulx to Chief Digital Officer

Last week, Hill Holliday announced the promotion of Mike Proulx to the role of chief digital officer.

“Mike has been instrumental in growing our digital capabilities,” Hill Holliday president Chris Wallrapp said in a statement. “He’s led our clients to innovative, first-in-class solutions, and has always been driven by the intersection of creativity, media, and technology. He’s a proven leader, a tireless collaborator, and a proactive problem solver. I know we wouldn’t be where we are today without his contributions.”

“I love working with brands that are fighting the daily share battle because their marketing world-view goes beyond advertising to embrace customer experience in order to win,” added Proulx. “I’ve always believed that the best work comes from the mash-up of creative, media, and technology, and I’m incredibly grateful to be part of such a tightly integrated creative culture at Hill Holliday and Trilia where digital is in the DNA of everything we do.”

Proulx joined Hill Holliday as vice president, interactive marketing in June of 2008 and went on to roles as senior vice president, director of social media, executive vice president, director of digital strategy and executive vice president, director of innovation and tech before his most recent promotion. While with Hill Holliday he has worked with clients including Dunkin’ Donuts, Planet Fitness, Tempur-Pedic, Sealy, Chili’s, Bank of America, CVS, Cadillac and MLB. Before joining the agency he spent over six years as director of IT for Keane, Inc., followed by a year as vice president, social media marketing for Digital Influence Group. He is also the co-author of Social TV: How Marketers Can Reach and Engage Audiences by Connecting Television to the Web, Social Media, and Mobile and has offered an industry perspective in outlets including NPR, The New York Times and Forbes.

The promotion follows Hill Holliday being named AOR for Planet Fitness this past August and comes as the agency parts ways with longtime client John Hancock.

American Creative Chief, Global CMO Out at Havas as Agency Moves Toward Regional Leadership

Havas is shaking things up around the world.

This week, the independent network made several key changes to its global structure in a still-developing move designed to create a series of full-service divisions arranged by region. The news first ran in Adweek on Friday.

As part of the shift, chief creative officer of the Americas Toygar Bazarkaya was fired. The agency statement:

“Toygar Bazarkaya, Chief Creative Officer of the Americas, is leaving Havas. We would like to thank Toygar for his leadership over the last year and a half, as well as for the significant contributions he has brought to our agency and our clients. Toygar has been a valuable partner and trusted colleague to many of us at Havas.”

Havas Chicago CEO Paul Marobella and CCO Jason Peterson (who was promoted to president in 2013) will now be co-chairs of the U.S. Creative division while also retaining their positions within the Chicago operation. As of next week, creative leads in all North American offices of Havas and Arnold report directly to Peterson with Havas New York CEO Laura Maness and Arnold global CEO Pam Hamlin reporting to Marobella.

Instagram master Peterson will also oversee the search for Bazarkaya’s successor.

The news comes a few weeks after 13-year veteran Andrew Benett stepped down as global CEO of Havas Creative with chairman/CEO Yannick Bolloré assuming the role.

New York-based global CMO Matt Weiss and global chief content officer Vin Farrell also recently left in what we hear was an unrelated move. Their positions will not be filled because Bolloré has chosen to restructure the entire network around a group of newly named regional chairmen, thereby rendering such global roles less relevant. As the CEO explained in a small Thursday press briefing announcing the launch of a new Havas Village in London, “we believe we need to transcend traditional definitions of creative and media to better deliver for our clients.”

This means putting the creative and media sides of each region under one P&L and handing more power to the chairmen: European group CEO Chris Hirst in the U.K.; Havas Media global CEO Alfonso Rodés Vilà in Spain; Bolloré himself in the U.S. and France; Havas Creative Group CEO Mike Amour in APAC; and Jorge Percovich in Latin America. The U.S. reorg was the last in this group to be announced.

The rearrangement also sees former Havas Media global MD and Vivendi president Dominique Delport named global managing director and chief client officer for the entire Havas Group, overseeing “global clients relationships, marketing initiatives and New Business.”

According to the press release from London, Bolloré’s goal is to develop a more “client-centric and region-based organization” in order to “ensure agility and a seamless experience for clients.” It all sounds a lot like Havas’s own take on recent pivots by its larger competitors.

Expect more such changes to come.

SXSW 2017: Desmistificando o Watson, a inteligência artificial da IBM

Painel explicou como a famosa AI funciona e desconstruiu alguns mitos sobre o seu uso

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SXSW 2017: Hey, olhe pro lado!

O SXSW não é sobre saber tudo. É sobre tudo que você pode fazer a respeito do que sabe.

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Energy Company Phillips 66 Hires Carmichael Lynch as Lead Agency


Energy company Phillips 66 has appointed Carmichael Lynch as its consumer marketing and advertising agency partner just days after the agency tapped Marcus Fischer as its new CEO.

The Houston, Texas-based company, which previously worked with Venables Bell & Partners, issued a review for its Phillips 66, 76 and Conoco brands in December. Representatives from Venables Bell & Partners were not immediately available for comment.

Carmichael Lynch will work on brand strategy, creative, media planning and buying, cause marketing, analytics and digital services for the Phillips brands. Work will begin in mid-March, specifically on media, promotions and sports marketing, followed by new brand work for 2018.

Continue reading at AdAge.com

Poaching other’s ideas? / Pris la main dans le sac?

THE ORIGINAL?
Fundacion Vida Silvestre 2006
Source : NYF BRONZE Medalist
Agency : Ogilvy (Argentina)
LESS ORIGINAL
PETA Anti-poaching / Watch the Case-Study Film – 2016
Source : Cannes GOLD LION, Spikes Asia SILVER
Agency :
Ogilvy & Mather Bangkok (Thaïland)

An Ad Agency Designed This Crazy Cool Flagship Store in Austin for Yeti Coolers

Yeti is among the few brands that, even without a store, has cultivated a passionate community around an otherwise innocuous product–coolers. So, what more can its first flagship store bring to the conversation? Austinites found out Feb. 23, when it opened its doors at 220 South Congress Ave. Built in the 1930s, the building has…

A Jetskiing Hunk Rides Waves of Dr Pepper in Deutsch’s Cartoony New Ads

If you’re craving some highly caffeinated, self-consciously wacky commercials starring a human-cartoon pitch-dude riding a jet ski, Dr Pepper has the ad campaign for you. Dropping today, the ads introduce the brawny, feather-maned “CraveRider,” who channels the manically manly commercial personas perfected through the years by Terry Crews, Ric Flair and Randy “Macho Man” Savage,…

Seat: A race car set free

Video of The new SEAT Leon CUPRA. A Race Car Set Free.

Monday Morning Stir

-Droga5 London launched “A Race Car Set Free” for automaker Seat (video above).

-Adweek examines how “Ad Agencies Are Building Out Their Own Consultancies to Better Compete for Digital Dollars.”

-Campaign takes a look at “J. Walter Thompson: A year in the shadow of the Erin Johnson case,” notes “…there is no end in sight for the damn court case.”

-Tesco chairman John Allan faced backlash after commenting at Retail Week Live that white men are “an endangered species” in the boardroom. Allan claims the comment was intended to be “humorous” and “hyperbolic.”

-Brand marketers discussed how “AI and bots are changing the consumer conversation” at SXSW.

-Political campaigns have finally figured out that the future of advertising is digital.

-Sir Martin still loves print, though.

-Are you one of Digiday’s worst people at SXSW?

Naruhodo #64 – Salário maior significa mais felicidade?

“Dinheiro não compra felicidade: manda buscar.” Será mesmo? Várias pesquisas ao longo do tempo procuram estudar a relação entre ganhos materiais e percepção subjetiva de felicidade. Conheça um pouco sobre o assunto neste episódio do Naruhodo! — no papo entre o leigo curioso, Ken Fujioka, e o cientista PhD, Altay de Souza. OUÇA (15min 58s) ======== Download | iTunes | Android | Feed Edição: Reginaldo […]

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SXSW 2017: Avon expandindo fronteiras através da diversidade

Maíra Liguori, do Think Eva, Rafaela Gobara da Avon, Caco Antonio da Mutato e Jessica Tauane do Canal das Bee representaram muito bem o Brasil em um painel sobre marcas e diversidade. Começaram apresentando o país para os gringos: Misóginos. Somos o 5º país mais violento para mulheres no mundo – a cada 11 minutos […]

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Conheça a Jacquard, a jaqueta inteligente criada pelo Google e Levis

Nos dias de hoje, cada vez mais objetos inteligentes vemos nascer. Dessa vez, seguindo a linha dos wearables, a Levis mostra na SXSW sua nova jaqueta. Após dois anos de provocação, a primeira peça provinda da Project Jacquard deve chegar pelo preço de US$350. Você pode ver o produto no vídeo acima. O segredo da […]

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Old Navy: Hi, fashion

Video of Hi, Fashion – Spring into Old Navy’s latest collection

Campanha do Instituto Socioambiental traz à luz preconceito contra os índios

Em sua primeira campanha nacional, o Instituto Socioambiental, organização que luta pelos direitos indígenas no Brasil, questiona e traz à luz algo que não vemos com frequência ser retratado: o preconceito contra o índio. Assista acima ao vídeo da campanha, intitulado #MenosPreconceitoMaisÍndio. O vídeo é narrado por um velho líder da tribo Baniwa, localizada no […]

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Pouco Pixel 78 – O que esperar quando estou jogando?

Video game é só “da hora” ou pode ser algo mais? Adriano Brandão e Danilo Silvestre acreditam que, sim!, é possível usufruir mais dos jogos quando os compreendemos melhor. No quê precisamos prestar atenção para entender mais nossos games prediletos? Não é só pegar o joystick, ser rápido e ver a historinha? Quais aspectos de um jogo que um verdadeiro “nerd” de video […]

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The 6-Second Impact: Bumper Ads Explained


In a world of short-form content and ever-shortening attention spans, short-form messaging is also necessary. Last year, YouTube decided to test this theory when they introduced their six-second bumper ad to the platform. Almost a year later, as adoption takes hold, the results point to success for all parties involved. YouTube maintains ad revenue, consumers get a better user experience, and brands maximize awareness and reach by serving bite-sized ads in a mobile-first environment. It’s no small feat, and there’s a lot to be learned about the process and best practices.

A short history of ad rules

For more than 70 years, content creators and advertisers have functioned like partners in a marriage, playing off each other like parents creating rules for their consumer children. As their children, we never really bothered to question these rules. Did you know that traditional television seasons start in the fall because, back in the day, that’s when the auto companies would release a new line? Does the reason even matter? It’s just one of a thousand unwritten rules that we’ve all accepted: 8 p.m. is the family hour; comedies are a half-hour long, dramas are an hour; the ads we watch are 15 or 30 seconds long.

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Arcidiocesi Città di Milano: Pope Francis in Milan #welcomeme


Film
Arcidiocesi Città di Milano

The homeless, refugees, immigrants, prisoners, the youngest and the oldest, families, communities and all the people of Milan. One by one, they each say the Pope’s words:  “I want to accept with love and affection all of humanity. Especially the poorest, the weakest, the little ones, the hungry, the thirsty, the foreigners, those who are in jail”. You welcomed the words of the Pope, now let’s welcome Him. 

Pope Francis in Milan, 25th of March 2017.

Words and Voice by Pope Francis, (probably) the best copywriter in the world.

Advertising Agency:Alkemy Digital_Enabler, Milan, Italy
Author:Federico Ghiso, Giorgio Cignoni
Executive Creative Director:Federico Ghiso, Giorgio Cignoni
VP Communication:Matteo Menin
Senior Account Manager:Barbara Ruscio Levi
Account Manager:Valentina Gorla
Copywriter:Demetrio Chirico

Toyota: Unexpected journey


Film
Toyota

Production Company:Papaya Films
Director:Antoni Nykowski
Executive Producers:Kacper Sawicki, Pawe? Bondarowicz
Producer:Sebastian Jurczek
Production Coordinator:Antonina Scipio del Campo
Director Of Photography:Tony Brown
Production Designer:Samuil Ganev-Sami
Costume Designer:Eka Bichinashvili
Editor:Maciej Kozlowski
Post Production:Lunapark Motion Arts Collective
Post Producer:Anna Kalinowska, Lunapark
On set:Lunapark, Jaros?aw Szopi?ski
Post Supervisor:Lunapark, Jaros?aw Szopi?ski
On Line:Jaros?aw Szopi?ski, Lunapark
Colorist:Anna Sujka, Lunapark
Sound Design:Blazej Kafarski, Glosno
Music:Sylwia Kowalewska, Auer

Toyota: Unexpected journey

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