Hasta La Creative!

-Happy Friday. We have no idea why we’d never seen this amazing 1986 ad for the National Dairy Board.

–Ads on NBA jerseys also somehow feels like a mid-80s idea, doesn’t it?

-Mother London’s latest ad for IKEA includes a twist that will warm even your black heart.

-BREAKING: you will be absolutely shocked to learn that most agency innovation labs are pure bullshit.

-ICYMI, Bullish “dropped” its struggling client GNC, whose comeback Super Bowl spot got slapped down by Fox Sports. Hmm.

-More leadership changes at Omnicom’s 180: former Amsterdam head of project management Joanna Borton left to become the first creative services director at London’s Above+Beyond.

-DDB Sydney convinced Tara Ford to leave TBWA Melbourne for the newly created ECD role.

-72andSunny Amsterdam CD Matt Heck talked to Little Black Book about our favorite topics: haircuts, Axe and “toxic masculinity.”

The San Francisco office of FCB has hired Rodrigo Linhares as its newest creative director.

His is the latest hire following the IPG network’s big win in last year’s Clorox review. According to the press release and a statement from VP/CCO Karin Onsager-Birch, he will be leading the team on that account and Levi’s.

“Rodrigo’s laser-sharp focus on great creative, media-neutral approach and overflowing positive energy make him a fantastic addition to our team and an excellent mentor for our younger creatives. His international mind-set is critical for our global work as we continue to attract clients whose brands and products need to connect with consumers across borders,” said Onsager-Birch.

The Brazilian native and Miami Ad School graduate (portfolio here) most recently served as VP/creative director at DigitasLBi Chicago, where he worked on the KitchenAid and Miller Lite accounts. He started his career in Brazil as a TV script writer, later becoming a partner in a production company before working as a copywriter at several agencies around the world including Duval Guillaume Brussels, Leo Burnett Moscow, DDB Berlin and DM9DDB Rio de Janeiro. Before joining Digitas, he worked across several accounts at BBDO New York including AT&T and Pepsi.

His Cannes-winning projects include Lego’s “Build Beyond,” Volkswagen’s “Pedro” and last year’s Snickers “Photoshop Mistakes” by BBDO New York.

“I’m inspired by the simplest interactions, because, more often than not, the simplest ideas are the head turners,” he said when asked to described his creative process. “Karin and [group creative director Mike Long]’s boutique approach and global vision are really what brought me here. The opportunities at FCB West are truly a creative director’s dream.”

This news marks the first major creative hire since Long moved to FCB West from GS&P in January. This April’s “Shine On, Klutzes” was some of FCB’s first work for Clorox.

Happy Summer Friday to all in the agency world.

Today we return to the old reliable “blind items” in which we share unofficial news that’s simply too good to pass up.

• First, a certain New York agency led by a very visible executive has lost some accounts and let a few people go in recent months … but this week its employees are most upset about a big change to the annual company party. Instead of the usual branded bash, 2017’s event will consist of a modest gathering in a nearby park at which employees are required to bring their own food and supplies. Perhaps most importantly, there will be no alcohol provided. Ain’t no party like a sober party, but the agency’s CEO says things are great, nothing to see here…
• Speaking of reputations, another U.S. network offering PR, creative and marketing services faces a challenge called Glassdoor. According to our sources, the company has gone so far as to “offer prize incentives for employees to leave positive reviews” on the anonymous job site. The nature of those incentives are not clear at the moment, but given the fact that current employees describe the atmosphere there as “political,” “combative” and “downright ugly,” it might be a smart investment.
• In more serious news, it’s 2017 and gender relations are still a big problem in certain parts of the agency world. One creative leader recently left his job after a somewhat lengthy tenure, and several current and former female employees who worked under him have since reached out to tell us why. According to six different women, he got fired due to “multiple sexual harassment claims” and accusations regarding an inappropriate relationship with one or more younger women on his team. A source was offended by the idea that he may have left the job on his own terms, but declined to comment on the record.
• Another creative leader at a big-name agency has allegedly been suspended after “showing up high at awards shows” and behaving erratically at other company events. According to our sources, this executive—who has been the subject of at least one legal case filed by a now-former female employee—responded to another woman’s recent questions about a potential promotion by reciting details from her online dating profiles like your friend’s creepy uncle.

-In case you’re not already sick of GoT promos, Olson Engage created a 7-foot throne of cones for client Blue Bunny, to be displayed in Manhattan’s Big Screen Plaza today.

-Indianapolis agency Bradford and Montgomery (BaM) hired Berstein-Rein and Barkley veteran Jules Boasberg as its chief marketing and growth officer.

-Global CEO Shane Atchison and U.S. president Jason Burby announced that they will be leaving WPP’s Possible for an unnamed tech startup.

-On that note, are you sure you want to trade advertising for tech? Today saw yet another sexual assault lawsuit, this one filed against BetterWorks and its CEO.

–Paul Venables of VB&P is hiring, and he wants job seekers to tweet at him with “one good thing you’ve done.”

-London agency Don’t Panic created some self-promotional “Team EPO” jerseys ahead of the Tour de France, because EPO is a banned drug, get it?

-FCB promoted Jane Lim to CEO of its Singapore office as part of an effort to relaunch that operation.

-Here’s a fun project addressing gender inequality in Latin America by way of a pink staircase and a blue escalator created by art director Kazunori Shiina and copywriter Chandani Karnik.

David Droga poured his heart out during The Lion of St. Mark interview at Cannes this year. He cares and he wants you to care too. Do you care? Adweek picked up on his call to action, and captured the essence of the hour-long chat with this pull quote: I would put down everything in […]

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So it turns out the president of the United States can exercise some restraint when it comes to Twitter.

As his son Donald Jr. got pulled deeper and deeper into the Russian collusion scandal, with The New York Times publishing a series of explosive, incriminating stories, the president went curiously silent on Twitter about Don Jr.’s predicament. For more than 48 hours. Which is an eternity in POTUS Twitter Time.

Sure, he tweeted about other stuff — like the Olympics … and his DAUGHTER … but nada about his oldest boy.

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