Mailchimp’s mission and vision is to empower the underdog, which requires some unconventional thinking. In the latest episode of The Speed of Culture podcast, Intuit Mailchimp CMO Michelle Taite joins Suzy founder and CEO Matt Britton to discuss what makes Intuit MailChimp unique, how to create a fantastic brand experience, and how to build an…
AMC Networks tapped media company Known as its agency of record for all its networks and streaming services. That includes a brand refresh of the company’s streaming service, AMC+. While the logo stays the same, the streamer has a new tagline: above and beyond. “I came in basically four months ago, and one of the…
Meta detailed several updates to its Call Ads for Messenger, which enable brands to instantly connect with customers via a Call Now button in their ads on the platform. The company said in a blog post that it is testing a feature that lets businesses give customers the option to request a callback if their…
A vegetarian vampire? One will introduce himself during the premiere of Interview With the Vampire on AMC Oct. 2, as well as on Fandom, Instagram, Reddit, TikTok, Twitch, Twitter and YouTube. Heinz teamed up with “280 year-old vegetarian vampire, influencer and Tomato Blood activist” Toby, portrayed by viral TikTok star E.J. Marcus, on a “public-service-announcement…
In this week’s episode of Brave Commerce, Kalen Thornton, chief marketing officer of Gatorade at PepsiCo, joins hosts Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter to discuss marketing and product innovation. Thornton begins by explaining his atypical career, being a professional athlete and finance professional, and then applying those skills to his current work in marketing. As…
The challenge At Shutterstock, we faced the classic innovator’s dilemma: How to evolve the business for the future when we already have something that works. What I learned in the years working in management at other tech startups, before joining the company this spring, was the necessity of fine-tuning the pace and integration of transformation….
Meta Platforms Inc. has blocked thousands of “inauthentic” accounts, pages and groups from Facebook and Instagram that originated in Russia.
Buenos Aires native and executive creative director at We Believers, Santiago Luna Lupo, is careful to give credit where it’s due. When asked how he got into advertising, he explained that it was in no small part due to the guidance of a mentor while studying at Buenos Aires University. “I still remember that day…
DeVard discusses new skills for Web3 era and provides an update on equity initiatives.
(TrendHunter.com) The Nave Air Conditioning System has been designed by Yael Issacharov as a naturalistic air conditioning solution that harnesses the power of evaporative cooling in terracotta. The system is based…
For better or for worse, the world of brand communications shapes the way we think about the world. And when it comes to climate change, the industry has a rather spotty track record. Major oil companies learned about what extracting and burning their products was doing to the environment more than 40 years ago. With…
A survey from Dove found that 74% of women wish more female characters in games looked like women in real life.
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Adweek is highlighting the Hispanic and Latinx members of our industry who are defying expectations and elevating culture in advertising, marketing and media, while shedding light on the greater issues and lack of resources they face. Topics will range from highlighting agencies doing creative work across Latin America to…
Verizon tells the story of Christopher, a student enrolled in the Verizon Innovative Learning program.
When Covid shut down most public spaces, many businesses were left to figure out how to keep operating, quickly. Seattle-based restaurant owners Jen Lao and her husband, Caleb Wang, decided to pivot by moving their business online. They’re the owners of Xiao Chi Jie (XCJ), which started as a local restaurant. Now, the mission is…
The second annual edition of the conference, slated for Oct. 18-20, will add in-person elements to its largely streaming format.
For the Latinx community, the ad industry is still unwelcoming. Just 8.9% percent of ANA members are Hispanic, whereas Hispanics comprise 23% of the U.S. population, according to the organization’s 2021 advertising and marketing industry diversity report. The problem doesn’t start and stop at hiring. Agencies struggle to retain people of color, who switch roles…
The fast food chain partners with buzzy streetwear brand in its next big pop culture marketing play.
The first results from Google’s solution to prevent third-party browser tracking have arrived. Currently, three companies on the buy side–Google, Criteo and RTB House–are testing Fledge, an acronym for “first locally executed decision over groups experiment.” RTB House, in collaboration with 17 publishers including Caf? Media, ran Fledge testing from early April to Sept. 15….
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