McCann NY Adds Senior Creatives, Teixeira and Andrade Join Work & Co


McCann New York has tapped Maru Kopelowicz, Jeff Anderson and Cam Hoelter as executive creative directors, and Holly Hessler as a group creative director. Kopelowicz joins McCann from Ogilvy & Mather, where she most recently led global creative for brands like Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, and Crowne Plaza. She began her career as a copywriter in Buenos Aires, Argentina, later moving to agency positions in Miami and New York, and her work for Tide/Ariel and Glade has won five Cannes Lions. Anderson joins most recently from CHI & Partners New York, where he was an executive creative director. He has worked at TBWAChiatDay in New York, Droga5 in New York and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco on brands such as PBS, HBO, Hewlett Packard, and Chevrolet. Hoelter, who moved to New York from Australia in 2016, was most recently an executive creative director. at DDB New York. Hessler joins from TBWAMedia Arts Lab in LA where she worked as a creative director and copywriter on Apple for several years.

Work & Co is appointing two new design directors, Fabricio Teixeira and Vitor Andrade, both from R/GA. Both are originally from Brazil. Teixeira, who also worked at CPB earlier in his career, has led projects for a number of tech clients including Google, Samsung and Intel. A former Miami Ad School instructor, he is also founder of UX Collective, a resource for advice and articles on user experience, usability and product design. Andrade –who specializes in brand and experience design–spent seven years at R/GA. His client experience includes Nike, Google, Converse, Fossil, Lincoln Center, Samsung, Coke, Absolut Vodka, Logitech, Bradesco and TIM Brasil.

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Facebook launches campaign championing small British businesses

Facebook has launched an integrated advertising campaign with Wieden & Kennedy Amsterdam aimed at championing Britain’s small businesses.

Co-op and Costa come to Coronation Street in ITV's biggest product placement deal

Both Co-op and Costa Coffee will open storefronts on the famous cobbles of Coronation Street, after ITV signed what it said was its biggest product placement deal to date.

Redscout Names New CEO for First Time in Agency's 18-Year History


For the first time in Redscout’s 18-year history, Founder Jonah Disend is passing over his CEO baton, appointing West Coast Managing Director Colin Chow as the new chief executive of the MDC Partners agency.

Disend will assume the role of chairman, which he says will allow him to take a step back from day-to-day responsibilities, and focus more on client work and Redscout’s talent, culture and internal creative projects. He adds that he has no plans to leave Redscout and hopes to continue working at the shop for a long time.

Chow, who joined Redscout in 2016, will continue working out of the San Francisco office. Last year, Chow helped Redscout’s West Coast operation see nearly 60 percent growth, building relationships with brands like Airbnb, PepsiCo, Fox Sports, Gymboree, TGI Fridays and Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment.

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Haymarket's operating profit rises to £16m

Haymarket Media Group increased operating profit to £16m from £4.3m a year earlier after slashing net debt to almost zero and selling several brands.

It's time for bloggers and brands to up their game

“Blogger-gate” should be seen as a yellow card to influencers and brands everywhere – both need to up their game, writes MullenLowe Profero’s social media strategist.

Twitter is handing out prizes for top brand Super Bowl tweets

The social media platform is also ensuring consumers don’t miss any commercials during the big game.

Graham Fink to depart Ogilvy China

Ogilvy China will not be refilling Fink’s chief creative officer position.

Blackstone in Talks Over Deal With Thomson Reuters Unit

The financial information and news company said it was discussing a potential partnership with the private equity giant in its financial and risk business.

CHI rebrands to The & Partnership London

CHI & Partners has today rebranded as The & Partnership London in a move the agency claims underlines its focus on innovative and data-driven work.

TRO launches creative tech shop Cassette

Experience agency TRO has evolved its creative tech division TROi into a separate business entity called Cassette.

The relationships that matter in business

When you’re looking into the business abyss, relationships suddenly become more important than ever, says Now’s chief executive.

? Customização: muito além da mera tendência de mercado

Os avanços da tecnologia e a popularização das mídias digitais estão criando um novo perfil de consumidor

> LEIA MAIS: ? Customização: muito além da mera tendência de mercado

Além de povoar marte, Elon Musk agora produz lança-chamas

Novo produto da Boring Company: um lança-chamas sem função aparente que já lhe rendeu US$4 milhões em vendas

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Take a Tour of the Sponsors of U.S. Bank Stadium, Home of This Year’s Super Bowl

Why Travel Brands Are Particularly Ripe for Digital Innovation

In November, Marriott International installed an internet-connected mirror within a shower in the Irvine Marriott hotel located in Orange County, Calif., putting a new spin on “shower thoughts”–the idea that people’s best creative ideas and brainstorming take place in the shower. Steam from the shower first fogs up the mirror to create a digital whiteboard…

5 Tips for Retail Brands Trying to Get More Personal With Their Customers

Every retail brand is trying to get more personal with its customers, but very few are doing it right. Here are five ways to win at the personalization game. 1. Collect good data Retailers need to collect both user-level data–like site traffic, shopping cart abandonment and basic analytics–as well as customer-specific data, such as shopping…

Q&A: Meliá Hotels’ Marketing VP on Transforming the Brand, Along With Its Digital Strategy

Like many hotel chains, the Spanish global brand Meli? Hotels International is rapidly evolving not just its digital marketing, but also how it interacts with customers once they’ve booked. Manuel Riego Corujedo, vp of global digital sales and marketing at Meli? Hotels, talked about how the company is building its digital channels while transforming the…

A year on from Pritchard's 'rallying cry' – how does the industry score?

On January 29 in Florida, P&G’s Marc Pritchard threw down the gauntlet at the US IAB Annual Leadership meeting and demanded full media transparency.

Monday Odds and Ends

-Droga5 London reminds a U.K. audience that “The average British person’s DNA is 60% European” in a new spot for Ancestry.com (video above).

Chris Pratt will star in a pair of Super Bowl LII ads for Michelob Ultra by agency FCB Chicago.

-30-year DDB Chicago vet Barry Burdiak is leaving the agency to lead an Epsilon team in Chicago.

-The Drum has ten questions for Omnicom CEO John Wren.

-72andSunny Singapore hired Lisi Davis as managing director.

-Los Angeles agency Mistress launched a “#LetsDigDeeper” social media campaign for Campbell’s Fresh Bolthouse 1915 Organic Cold Pressed Juice. The campaign is particularly focused on millenial women and highlights the brand’s farming heritage.

– Independent mobile data platform zeotap welcomed GroupM vet Rob Norman and former The Travelers Companies CMO Anne MacDonald to its global advisory board.

-DapperTV added Lindsey Wade and Lyndon Wade (the Wade Brothers) to its directorial roster.