Ad Age Dubs Allen & Gerritsen Best Place to Work

For the second year in a row, Ad Age has bestowed its top honor on Boston-based Allen & Gerritsen for Best Pace to Work.


Recycled cotton collection

Advertising Agency: Kobeso, Dubai Executive Creative Director: Komal Bedi Sohal Copywriter: K.S. Gopal Art Director / Copywriter: Komal Bedi Sohal   Via [AdsOfTheWorld]

Volunteer

Advertising Agency: Y&R, Dubai Chief Creative Officer: Shahir Zag Art Director: Sajesh Pudussery Copywriter: William Mathovani Creative Director / Copywriter: Shahir Zag Creative Director/ Art Director: Kalpesh Patankar Agency Executive Producer: Amin Soltani Planner: Nadine Ghossoub Agency Producer: Leng Panganiban Photographer: Mojtaba Komeili Retoucher: Gitten Tom Via [AdsOfTheWorld]

Get Dizzy

Advertising Agency: LOWE MENA, UAE Creatives: Komal Bedi Sohal Photographer: James Day Retoucher: Dennis Tuffnell Via [AdsOfTheWorld]

Taxi

Advertising Agency: Impact BBDO Lebanon Via [mediaME]

Stop stains from settling in

Advertising Agency: DDB Dubai Creative Director / Copywriter: Zahir Mirza Executive Creative Director: Shezhad Younis Creative Director: Firas Medrows Art Director: Firas Medrows Agency Producer: Glory Fayyad Illustrator: Tarek Saman Via[AdsOfTheWorld]

Knowing your symptoms

Advertising Agency: Bates PanGulf, UAE Creative Directors: Prasanna Hegde, Richard Nugent Creative Group Head: Rajaram Ojha Art Directors: Abdul Shafeek, Vidhu Pv, Haja Mohideen Copywriter: Sheldon Serrao Via [AdsOfTheWorld]

Why Ad Agencies Should Act More Like Tech Startups

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As the agency world crumbles (a bit too dramatic?), everyone’s scrambling to determine how agencies should change to meet the shifting tides of consumer behavior and the radically altered methods agencies use to reach consumers.


Disintegrate

Advertising Agency: Bates PanGulf, UAE Creative Directors: Prasanna Hegde, Richard Nugent Art Directors: Abdul Shafeek, Vidhu Pv, Haja Mohideen Copywriter: Sheldon Serrao Creative Group Head: Rajaram Ojha Via [AdsOfTheWorld]    

The ultimate stain repellent

Advertising Agency: .DAY Dubai Creative Director: Dennis de Rond Art Director: Jeffrey Delatado Copywriter: Patrick Kos Via[AdsOfTheWorld]  

Meet interesting places

Advertising Agency: Y&R, Dubai Chief Creative Officer / Creative Director / Copywriter: Shahir Zag Creative Director / Art Director: Kalpesh Patankar Via [AdsOfTheWorld]

Tribute to a bathroom…

Advertising Agency: Blitz, Beirut Creative Director: Dalia Nahas Art Director: Joseph Hajj Assaf Copywriters: Dalia Nahas, Maia Bulbol Photographer: Steve Kozman Via [AdsOfTheWorld]

Spice up your relation

Advertising Agency: Adrenalin Communications, Riyadh Associate Creative Director: Paul Labban Art Director: Nasser Hulleza Copy Writer: Georges Maalouf Via [mediaME]

Sanity is overrated

Advertising Agency: Blitz, Beirut Creative Director: Dalia Nahas Copywriter: Dalia Nahas Production company: Beirut Visuals Director: Gaby Fernainé Via[AdsOfTheWorld]

Justice will be served

Advertising Agency: ImpactBBDO, Dubai Creative Director: Fouad Abdel Malak Art Director: Richard Lopez Copywriter: Michael Fillon Illustrator: Norman Seharsoji Additional credits: Amol Yadav Via [AdsOfTheWord]

What is Al Wataniya?

Advertising Agency: Impact BBDO Kuwait Via [Ads2Blog]

Webbys Announces Creative Director, Aegis Acquires Roundarch

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The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS) announced Thomas Kail and Andrew Fried have been named as Creative Directors of The 16th Annual Webby Awards Show.


AgencyFinder Says Marketers No Longer Seek Ad Agencies

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This is interesting but not at all surprising. An annual review of website traffic and search criteria at AgencyFinder shows people are more open to solutions from non-traditional marketing service providers than in prior years.


The road is no place to socialize

Advertising Agency: Livingroom Communication, UAE Creative Directors: Martino O’Brien, Mansoor A. Bhatti Art Director: Nisreen Shahin Creative Director / Copywriter: Martino O’Brien Copywriter: Priya Madhu Illustrator: Fil Dunsky   Via[AdsOfTheWorld]

Models in demand

  Advertising Agency: Livingroom Communication, Dubai Creative Directors: Mansoor A. Bhatti, Martino O’Brien Art Directors: Carlos Khoury, Mansoor A. Bhatti Copywriter: Martino O’Brien Photographer: Martin Beck Executive Producer: Danny Oneissi Retoucher: Faiz Dero, Toby Gomez Sr. Accounts Executive: Omar Bitar Craft Team: Toni Malt, Dina Yassin   Via[AdsofTheWorld]