Cadbury: Match & Win

Cadbury has revealed a new campaign to support the return of its Match & Win promotion, featuring football superstar Thierry Henry. The initiative was developed in partnership with creative agency ELVIS. Now in its third year, Match & Win is Cadbury’s biggest on-pack activation, with more than 170 million branded packs in market. As part of Cadbury’s Premier League partnership, the promotion reflects the confectionery brand’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its brand values of generosity and goodness through its association with football. ELVIS has worked with Cadbury to develop a campaign to drive engagement and purchase amongst consumers, across on-pack, web, social, instore and Out-of-Home channels. As part of the campaign, ELVIS has created attention-grabbing social content featuring ex-Arsenal star Thierry Henry. The iconic face of Thierry Henry combined with the playful use of the physical and digital worlds is designed to stop users in their tracks whilst they scroll through their social feeds. Customers buying a special Match & Win pack are invited to visit the campaign site matchandwin.cadburyfc.com and enter their promotional code to get a score prediction for a Premier League match. If the prediction comes true, they can win a VIP match-day experience, Premier League tickets or Cadbury FC merchandise. This year, for the first time, an ‘instant win’ mechanic will also see up to 200,000 cash prizes worth £1M up for grabs through the Match & Win website.

21GRAMS: How to Fire an Oscar-Winning Actor

21GRAMS Digital Ad - How to Fire an Oscar-Winning Actor

An homage to the long-lost art of long copy, “How to Fire an Oscar-Winning Actor” is a theater-of-the-mind, self-aware, self-promotion ad by independent agency 21GRAMS. No ligers or Academy Award winners were harmed (or actually fired) in the making of this. But over a million dollars hypothetical dollars were saved.

ASTI: End Acid Violence

ASTI Integrated Ad - End Acid Violence
ASTI Integrated Ad - End Acid Violence
ASTI Integrated Ad - End Acid Violence
ASTI Integrated Ad - End Acid Violence
ASTI Integrated Ad - End Acid Violence

Our creative campaign seeks to change attitudes and tighten regulation on the sale of acids. Working closely with the Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTi) charity we created a series of films for this campaign to raise awareness around acid attacks as a international problem. ASTi, The Operators Creative, and Freeman & Le Tourneau teamed up with Belgian acid attack survivor and author Patricia Lefranc. The campaign highlights the impact acid attacks have on the lives of everyday people while bolstering Lefranc’s own ongoing campaign to change legislation regarding the responsible selling of acid. Every year thousands of people across the world are subjected to deliberate and premeditated attacks with nitric, hydrochloric or sulphuric acid. In 2017, the UK recorded over 900 attacks. However acid attacks are a worldwide epidemic that is not restricted to a particular race, religion or geographical location.

Il Makiage: The Leading Woman

Il Makiage Outdoor Ad - The Leading Woman

Il Makiage wanted a follow-up to their disruptive launch campaign. We found out that Il Makiage sells professional makeup priorly only accessible to the select few – the movie stars. This campaign rewrites film history, showing how famous film quotes could have been improved if said by an Il Makiage user.

For EA, In-Housing Was a ‘Fluid, Cyclical Journey’ Driven by Data Security

“In-housing” has become a regular buzzword in the ad-tech industry recently. But as Belinda Smith, head of global marketing intelligence at EA, told ad-tech reporter Ronan Shields at Adweek’s NexTech Conference, the term “marketing transformation” is a better fit. It also rolls off the tongue a lot better. Bringing media buying efforts in-house isn’t a…

Burger King Expands Impossible Whopper to All 50 States as Plant-Based Trend Booms

Burger King will make good on its plant-based sandwich promise sooner than the chain initially projected. As of Aug. 8, the Impossible Whopper–with its truth-in-advertising slogan: 100% Whopper, 0% beef–will be available at 7,000-plus outlets in the U.S. The move adds another layer of sizzle to an already smoking hot summer, as plant-based startups battle…

Has Your Local Newspaper Closed? Tell Us What Stories Aren’t Being Told

We would like to hear from readers living in “news deserts” about the void left by defunct publications.

Imagine Founders, With Eye on Legacy, Embrace Streaming Era

After splitting from Universal, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, who started Imagine Entertainment in 1986, find themselves making content for a host of streaming services.

A Paradox at the Heart of the Newspaper Crisis

Hedge funds have found that they are able to wring profits out of an ailing product: the print newspaper. But for how long?

Amazon Kindle Oasis Review: Now Is the Perfect Time to Buy an E-Reader

In an era of smartphone addiction, a single-purpose device like an e-reader may help you unplug and focus on content that will bring you joy.

Thane Festival by Ascend Adcom, Mumbai

Advertising Agency: Ascend Adcom, Mumbai, India
Chief Creative Officer / Copywriter: Adesh Navkudkar
Creative Director: Pranav Lele
Art Directors: Vinayak Bendre, Shirish Lalge

Thane Festival needed to stand out as a distinct congregation of artists than other art festivals. We designed the communication with an objective to connect with the elite and genuine art lover. The campaign was an instant hit and was successful in grabbing eyeballs.

Print advertisement created by Ascend Adcom, India for Thane Festival 2019, within the category: Recreation, Leisure.

No One Asked for This, But French’s Just Made Mustard Ice Cream

Have you been looking to discover the flavor of the future. Given the way the fate of the world is shaping up, this might just be it. French’s today announced its Mustard Ice Cream, created in partnership with Coolhaus Ice Cream and Atlanta agency Fitzco. The tart concoction was invented by the McCormick-owned brand to…

John Brown Media: Content Strategist

Competitive annual salary + benefits:

John Brown Media:
John Brown Media, one of the leading content marketing agencies with U.S. headquarters in Boston, is opening an office in San Francisco. We are see…
San Francisco, California

ICE Prison Contractor Accuses Edelman of Bowing to Political Pressure in Resigning Account

Less than one day after Adweek reported that the world’s largest PR firm, Edelman, ended its contract with private prison company The Geo Group, the former client fired back. The Geo Group is both America’s largest operator of private prison facilities and a top contractor for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Several of its…