Kids Help Phone: Grown-up problems aren’t just for Grown-ups

Adults are taken more seriously than kids, and so are their problems. But here’s the thing: kids have adult-sized problems. Anxiety, depression, grief – their problems are big and need to be heard. That’s why Kids Help Phone is giving them an adult voice to make sure they’re taken seriously too.

In their first campaign for Kids Help Phone as agency of record, McCann Canada created a series of films featuring esteemed Canadian actors performing monologues about anxiety, grief, coming out and other real obstacles, only to find out that these conversations were actually from kids who have reached out to Kids Help Phone in times of need.

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Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana: No Limits

Limitations are in people’s heads. Let’s take them out of there and show them what they can do.

The Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana is one of the most important and innovative educational institutions in Colombia, which through the concept of Sin Límites (No Limits) invites people to believe that thanks to their talents and imagination they can go wherever they want. In this piece we made a connection between what might seem like a simple action and the result and impact it can have on the world, showing people how the institution’s classrooms, workshops and laboratories and what people learn and do in them can become a door to universes where extraordinary things happen.

‘Work Your World’—Publicis Helps Relocate Staff Internationally for Six Weeks a Year

With the changes to working environments enforced by the Covid-19 pandemic’s restrictions, the world of hybrid working has become standard for many within the advertising sector. Recognizing that change, beginning next year, Publicis Groupe will introduce an initiative to allow staff to work anywhere in the world it has an office for a period of…

How Data Is Rewriting the Super Bowl Marketing Playbook

Super Bowl 56 starts with a coin toss. But marketing strategy in advance of the Big Game can’t leave that kind of spending to chance. As privacy concerns diminish the value of third-party cookies, it’s increasingly difficult for brands to predict the return on Super Bowl ads by connecting online fan behavior to real-world engagement…

Twitter’s Best of Tweets List for 2021 Salutes 8 Brands

Twitter shared its annual Best of Tweets list for 2021, calling it “the crowning achievement for brands that made us laugh, cry, retweet and reply.” The social network said in introducing the winners, “It’s one thing to be trending–another to leave a lasting impression. From groundbreaking launches to campaigns driving cultural conversation, here are the…

TikTok Entertainment Hub Flighthouse Is Now Acting as an Agency for Brands to Reach Gen Z

Flighthouse is the most followed brand on TikTok thanks to a simple content model that has catapulted the account to 28.2 million followers: invite a few influencers into a studio and hit record. The studio engages them in trivia games like “Name Those Abs” and “Finish The Lyric,” and condenses the best moments into platform-friendly…

The Office’s Brian Baumgartner Paced Cameo in 2021

Personalized video messaging platform Cameo was behind more than 27,000 hours of connections worldwide in 2021, as well as roughly 2.5 million of those moments since its 2017 debut. Cameo boosted its talent roster by nearly 10,000 this year, bringing its total to almost 50,000. Cameo’s most booked talent in the U.S. in 2021: Brian…

Publicis Groupe allows employees to work from anywhere in the world for up to six weeks

The holding company’s ‘”Work Your World” initiative is designed as retention tool for talent.

Pinterest Predicts 2022 Provides Advance Look at Next Year’s Trends

The Pinterest Predicts crystal ball is out again, as the platform is aiming for the same success rate in predicting 2022 trends as it achieved in 2021. The company said in a blog post Tuesday, “Pinterest Predicts isn’t your typical roundup of what was trending–it’s a not-yet-trending report of what is to come.” Pinterest will…

FaZe Clan, MoonPay strike deal to bring crypto, NFT and esports together

The deal with Faze Clan is MoonPay’s largest partnership to date.

Yelp, Kelton Review People’s Thoughts on Online Reviews

Business directory and crowdsourced review forum Yelp commissioned a survey of 1,500 people by Kelton to determine what makes reviews trustworthy to them. Yelp said seven out of 10 respondents who read reviews indicated that it was rare for them to go to a new business without checking out its reviews first, while three out…

Community Commerce on TikTok: A New Kind of Shopping Culture

Propelled by the seismic changes caused by the pandemic, the past two years have dramatically changed the way people interact, shop and consume content. TikTok is leading the revolution of how purchasing decisions are made and carried out, giving brands a chance to unlock the power of this emerging social platform and connect with engaged…

Index Exchange Hires to Cement its CTV Future

Advertising marketplace Index Exchange has appointed Ray Ghanbari as its new chief technology officer, replacing former CTO Marc Staveley, who will retire at the end of 2021 after serving for three years. Currently, Index has nearly 50 open technical roles, including 45 in engineering, which will manage its recently revamped exchange. Ghanbari is based out…

Millions of Followers? For Book Sales, ‘It’s Unreliable.’

Social-media fandom can help authors score book deals and bigger advances, but does it translate to how a new title will sell? Publishers are increasingly skeptical.

Rethink expands to the U.S. with New York office

The Canadian shop behind buzz-creating campaigns for Kraft Heinz and more is also joining the Dawn independent agency collective.

The 5 most unexpected ads of 2021

From Springsteen’s Super Bowl turn to Adidas’ swim billboard, advertisers still have the power to surprise us.

How TV advertising can fulfill its promise as a full-funnel marketing solution

TV publishers, distributors and advertisers must overcome challenges with media data as well as household and consumer identifiers.

Legends we lost in 2021

From co-founders of Wieden+Kennedy and McGarryBowen to the coiner of the DRTV lexicon, the ad world lost many influential figures this year.

Tracee Ellis Ross on running beauty brand Pattern and what marketers can learn

Tracee Ellis Ross, actress and CEO of beauty brand Pattern, talked to Ad Age about building a brand for people of color and how she thinks about marketing.

Booming Agency Rethink Opens New York Office, Its First Location Outside Canada

After adding 100 staffers to its Canadian offices this year as revenues rose 45%, independent agency Rethink is making its move south of the border and establishing its first New York location. The agency has experienced strong growth in recent years as it produced high-profile, often award-winning work for clients such as Heinz, Kraft Mac…