Monterey Bay Aquarium: Share the Love—BART Station Domination, 5

For the month of July, the Powell Street BART station in San Francisco takes on an oceanic vibe, as the Monterey Bay Aquarium takes over the entire station with its “Share the Love” campaign by Oakland-based agency EVB. The large-scale takeover campaign, which features more than 200 printed pieces, 40 unique creative elements and 11 unique characters, creates a sense of wonder under the water, and taps the Aquarium’s beloved animals to personally invite BART riders to visit them face-to-face down the coast in Monterey.

With the total takeover of the Powell Street Station, EVB has created an immersive aquarium experience, complete with kelp forests and open ocean environments, and headlines delivered by the animals themselves. The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Powell Street Station takeover is one of the biggest, most extensive BART station takeovers to date.

With the “Share the Love” campaign, EVB seeks to make an emotional connection with consumers, as well as remind San Franciscans and suburban Bay Area residents that one of the world’s best and most admired aquariums is located just down the coast in their own backyard. The Monterey Bay Aquarium provides an unparalleled experience to nearly two million visitors each year.

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AB InBev has more confidence in Wieden+Kennedy than it did in Seth Rogen and Amy Schumer.

The multinational beverage giant expanded its relationship with the W+K network by choosing its Delhi office as strategic and creative AOR for the Budweiser and Haywards 5000 brands across the Indian subcontinent.

“The Indian market is growing rapidly amongst other Budweiser global markets, and Wieden’s drive, energy and expertise completely matches ours at this point,” said marketing director Kartikeya Sharma. “Combined with their creative excellence, we can only look forward to putting out some great work for both Budweiser and Haywards 5000, and further expanding our footprint in the country.”

W+K Delhi managing director Sidharth Loyal added, “It’s an exciting opportunity to get to work on two iconic beer brands that have helped define and shape culture in their own unique ways. We look forward to further strengthening their legacy within the ever-so-thirsty Indian market.” Thirsty!

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The&Partnership won lead creative duties in Europe for Toyota last November, tasked with creative, digital and content marketing responsibilities and subsequently opened up a dedicated hub for the client.

As executive creative director on the European Toyota account, Moreira will oversee creative on all work for the client, while working closely with creative leads and clients across 16 regions, CHI&Partners joint executive creative directors Micky Tudor and Yan Elliott and James Miller, head of CHI&Partner’s new production company, The Kitchen, as well as The&Partnership and m/SIX’s data analytics experts.

Moreira joins The&Partnership from Havas Worldwide London, where he has served as global creative director and head of art since 2011, working with brands including Chivas Regal, Peugeot and Huawei. Before joining Havas he spent three years with Albion London, serving as creative group head and creative director. He has also spent time with agencies such as BBDO Portugal, Y&R Portugal and 180 Amsterdam and worked with clients including eBay, Sky, Sony Epson, Nissan, Hyundai and Santander.

“We’re thrilled Andre has joined our team. He’s a brilliantly original thinker, an obsessive perfectionist and a thoroughly top bloke. We’re lucky to have him on board,” The&Partnership partner Nick Howarth said in a statement.

“The operation that The&Partnership is building for Toyota and Lexus is truly progressive and an incredibly exciting project to be part of. It’s a real hybrid of a network – part agency and part in-house team – all with a genuinely innovative data-driven approach at its core,” Moreira added. “I’m proud and excited to be a part of it – and look forward to proving that this new way of doing things really can lead to ground-breaking work.”

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