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What happens when grandparents stop worrying that their grandkids spend too much time on social media and start connecting with them through it?

Cox Communications, the largest private telecom company in America, launches ‘Grandstories’ just in time for Grandparent’s Day, on Sunday, September 8. The initiative brings grandparents closer to their grandkids by teaching them how to make stronger connections with the people who matter most using social media. ‘Grandstories’ reinforces Cox’s new brand positioning- ‘Bringing Us Closer’ – by demonstrating how broadband connectivity is most powerful when it creates more human connection. The work was developed by180LA for Cox Communications.

“Our Grandstories campaign is the first of many with a goal beyond selling broadband, but rather reminding us all of the human connections that technology enables,” said Gaston Vaneri, senior vice president, brand strategy, Cox Communications. “The campaign  brings that brand purpose to life in a very touching way, as we watch real grandparents learn to use social media to connect, with their grandchildren. Those connections enrich the relationship on both sides and on a very personal level. We hope the stories inspire others to embrace technology to connect with loved ones, especially grandparents, on this year’s Grandparents Day.”

Cox launched their new brand positioning in November 2018, with a focus on enabling more human connection. The company’s new tag line “Bringing Us Closer” is rooted in a belief that life is better when we people truly connect. In a society where online connectivity has often replaced genuine connection, Cox Communications is looking for new ways to inspire people to both reflect upon, and strengthen, the human bonds in their lives and communities.

“Isolation and loneliness is a growing epidemic. Especially among seniors,” stated Mike Bokman, group creative director, 180LA. “Our grandparents have so much knowledge to share, so many stories to tell, so much love to give. They deserve our attention, but our attention is not easy to get these days. So we’re helping to bridge that gap by inspiring grandparents to connect with their grandkids in the place their grandkids are sure to notice — social media.”

About the Grandstories Initiative

Cox Communications trained and mentored seniors in the use of social media, documenting the process from the perspective of both grandparent, and grandchild, capturing authentic moments of connection. The grandparents used these new ways to communicate in order to share with their grandkids the things that matter the most to them.

The ‘Grandstories’ films and related assets will be featured in social media, and tips to help other grandparents and grandkids get connected are available on Converge, Cox’s content hub. This week the company is releasing ‘Seize The Day’ featuring a story about Larry and is granddaughter, Jessica. The additional short films will follow soon.

About the Grandstories Videos:

‘Seize The Day’ – Larry (79) and Jessica (33): After the passing of Larry’s wife, Pat, he realizes the preciousness of time. In order to reconnect with his granddaughter, Jessica, and make sure his wife’s memory lives on, Larry takes to social media to connect with his granddaughter, and share his most precious memories about Pat. He tells the story of how they met and fell in love while both serving in the Navy, and how they kept their relationship alive through letters while he was away at sea for nearly a year. Larry shares some of his favorite letters, many of which he still has to this day. To Larry’s surprise, Jessica also received a beautiful letter from Pat, which she shares with her grandfather in a powerful and emotional conclusion.

‘Family Recipes’ – Young(76) & Karen(21): Young is a traditional, non-English-speaking, Korean grandmother. She feared her granddaughter, Karen, is becoming too American, spending too much on her phone, and would soon forget her Korean roots. Young connected with Karen by sharing her family’s never-written recipes on social media. With the help of Cox, Young filmed herself making each cherished recipe, providing her granddaughter with step-by-step instructions. Young hoped not only to preserve her recipes, but also to pass down the family’s Korean culture and heritage, all while preserving a special bond with her granddaughter, but she had her doubts on whether her efforts were in vein. When Karen surprises her grandmother at home one evening before dinner with her attempt at Young’s kimchi recipe, her grandmother and grandfather’s reaction is not to be missed.

‘Making Up For Lost Time’ – Nadene(73) & Cody (26): 50 years ago, Nadene gave her newborn daughter up for adoption. She has been happily married since that time, but never had another child. Recently, she received a call – It was her daughter, who shared that Nadene has a 25-year-old grandson named Cody. Nadene was longing to have a personal relationship with her newfound grandson, but distance was an issue, as Nadene lives in San Diego and Cody in Oregon. She turned to social media to bridge the geography and connect with Cody. Nadene was concerned about coming on too strong, and scaring Cody away. The exact opposite occurred. Cody shared a wonderful, personal surprise with Nadene: he was getting married. Thanks to her efforts to connect, Nadene joined in Cody’s wedding celebrations.

Client: Cox Communications

Campaign Title: Grandstories 

Agency: 180LA

Agency Location: Los Angeles, CA

CCO: Al Mosely

Group Creative Directors: Jason Rappaport and Mike Bokman

Copywriter: Eric Scott, Will Sands 

Art Director:  Robinson Mattei 

Head of Production: David Emery

Producer: Michael Quinones

Group Account Director: Andrea Goldman

Senior Account Manager: Morgan Theis

Strategy Director: Maggie Speciale

Social Strategist: Lauren Murphy

Director of Photography: Daniel Hollis

Story Producer: Carlin Cwik 

Executive Producer:   Cedric Troadec of Etcetera

Director: Mike Bokman

Editorial Company: Therapy

Editor:  Ken Mowe

Audio Record & Mix:  Therapy

These automatic ad bans just keep getting funnier.

To all people who fear that AI will soon take over the world, turn into Skynet and then kill us all off if they won’t use us human batteries…. We have a while to go before it gets there. The program is only as smart as the programmer, you know, and it seems like every week we hear of yet another gaffe where an online ad is rejected because the automatic system doesn’t grasp the context. Context is a really cool thing, y’all should look into it. Just last week “vaginas” was the word that sent up the alarm bells at Facebook, but this time it’s the word faggots that has offended Google’s text ad system.

– “Faggots… you mean…”

– “No no no, not the bundle of sticks, the other faggots.

– “You mean… uh.. faggots?”

– “Yes! As in saucy little plump, yummy, and fresh, faggots.”

You see, there’s a little café called “Fanny’s Rest Stop” in Newport, which despite their terrible taste in fonts and eclectic 50-diner-ish furniture, serves all the classics that a proper greasy spoon in the UK should. The owner, Jo Evans-Pring, enlisted her friend Chris Barnbrook for help setting up her online presence, to promote her business and advertise. Things were going quite well, with new customers dropping in and business picking up, until one day an ad was unceremoniously rejected.
 

“I posted an advert on the website for Fanny’s faggots with peas and onion gravy, a pretty traditional meal and one of my favourites, on the 27th.” explains Chris Barnbrook.

Jo Evans-Pring received an email from Google the day after a new advert went live, telling her that her advert had been removed.

“Recently, a post was removed from your Business Profile,” the email said. “To help ensure your posts create a positive experience for users, please review our content policy.” Ah, that blasted content policy again. Content policies don’t care about context.

“Me and Chris had a look, and realized they’d moved the faggots one – and we couldn’t think it was for any reason other than it having the word ‘faggots’ in it.” 

Oy vey, wait until Google hears about the delightful spotted dick and other assorted names that don’t travel well.

“From September 2nd to October 6th, BURGER KING® sets up a new political meeting in France and launches Democratic Burger: the first 2€ democratically elected burger. “

There has been a lot of voting between brands in many advertising campaigns over the years. Why I myself am guilty of once presenting such an idea to my Creative Director. Mine was for AMA margarine, a name that was very easy to confuse with the main competitor OMA margarine, which doesn’t have the healthy omega 3,4 and 6 in it – so naturally, I conceived of a campaign where the Danish people would have to vote for a new name where all options reminded them of the Omegas. It was an election year in Denmark, and my Creative Director was so tired of “vote for product” campaign ideas, he practically threw me out of the office head first. “That’s the oldest idea,” he yelled after me “I see a hundred variations every four years!” 

It probably comes as no surprise to you that I flashback to that moment and giggle a little every time Adland receives a produced campaign, that hinges on the “vote for product” core concept. And there is indeed a lot of them. As my tutor and mentor John Gillard used to say: Beware of your first idea as it’s inevitably too good.

September 2nd is a founder day for the French democracy. Now Burger King France joins in, and asks the customers to decide which promotional product they want. They get to vote on it.

All French people can vote on the BK app in order to weekly elect the burger that will be available at only 2€ among 8 in the running (Crispy Chicken, Big King®, Big Fish, Whopper®, Chicken Tendercrisp®, Steakhouse, BBQ Cheese & Bacon et Bacon Lover).

With the posters, they also have this 45-second ad, showing a family arguing about burgers – rather than politics – over dinner. What a misdirect. “BURGER KING® – DEMOCRATIC BURGER”

President and Executive Creative Director Georges Mohammed-Chérif
Vice – President Thomas Granger
Managing Director Julien Levilain
Creative Director Julien Doucet
Creative Director Lilian Moine
Art Director & Copywriter Thibault Picot
Art Director & Copywriter Yvonnick Le Bruchec
Head of Account Loïc Coelho
Account Executive Fany Maupou
Head of Social Media Loris Bernardini
Social Media Manager Félix Brunot
Social Media Manager Arnaud Cherbonnier
Head of Strategic Planning Clément Scherrer
Head of PR & Communication Amélie Juillet
PR & Communication Manager Paul Renaudineau
Head of TV Production Vanessa Barbel
TV Producer Benoit Crouet
Rights Management Dee Perryman

Production Film Caviar
Director Cloé Bailly
Producer Céline Roubaud
Post-production FIRM
Sound Production Schmooze

oday, the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games Organizing Committee unveiled its original and unprecedented logo for the 2022 USA Games which was, for the first time in the organization’s 50-year history, inspired and designed by nine artistic and talented Special Olympics athletes. Athletes from across the country gathered for a three-day workshop in Orlando, where they joined forces with professional designers from creative ad agency partner, Publicis Seattle, to provide the vision for the 2022 USA Games logo, as well as the primary color palette that explodes with life. The mark represents the natural elements of Florida culminating in a fiery spark of the Special Olympics spirit.

“It is an honor to be part of the team that created the logo,” Special Olympics athlete Lee Savage said. “This was so important to us because Special Olympics is such an important part of our lives. We are proud of the logo and hope it can be an inspiration to society.”

“This logo tells a story of how a combined passion for sports, perseverance, and art can literally come to life on a blank canvas,” said Joe Dzaluk, President & CEO of the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games. “These incredible athletes used their unique talents to inspire and design an iconic image for the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games brand, and it proved to be more meaningful than any of us could have ever imagined.

Additionally, Iranian-American filmmaker Rayka Zehtabchi, who is best known for her 2018 Academy Award-winning documentary short Period. End of Sentence., directed a mini-documentary that was filmed during the three-day workshop. This unique approach to developing the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games logo served as the perfect platform to unlock the creativity and confidence of the Special Olympics athletes. Zehtabchi’s film beautifully captures the positive impact of the process and the undeniable spirit and talent of the athletes.

Melissa Nelson, President, Publicis Seattle, commented, “We’ve been privileged to partner with  Special Olympics for the 2018 Games and now again for the 2022 Games. This collaboration inspires our people to do what they do best: explore exciting new creative thinking and opportunities.

Pete Kearney, Executive Creative Director, Publicis Seattle, added, “We’ve always felt this was never our logo to create — it was the athletes’. We embraced that idea and empowered the talent, vision, and passion of these spirited artists. We’re in the business of changing perceptions, and with this work, we’ve shown that creative power exists in each and every one of us.”

The nine athletes included: Aarushi Pratap of Special Olympics Florida (Fashion Design), Andrew Weatherly of Special Olympics New Jersey (Abstract Painting), Caroline Shin of Special Olympics Florida (Web Design), Coby Fineran of Special Olympics Iowa (Tattoo Artist), Haley Waggoner of Special Olympics Nebraska (Cake Decorating), Lee Savage of Special Olympics Florida (Drawing), Mariah Gilbert of Special Olympics Washington (Drawing), Marta Páramo of Special Olympics Florida (Painting) and Patrice Jetter of Special Olympics New Jersey (Graphic Design).

About 2022 Special Olympics USA Games:

Orlando was officially announced as the host city for the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games in May 2018. Taking place from June 5-11, 2022, more than 4,000 athletes, 10,000 volunteers, 1,500 coaches and 125,000 fans from all 50 states and the District of Columbia will travel to unite and participate in one of the world’s most cherished sporting events. The Games will be comprised of as many as 20 Olympic-type team and individual sports and will take place at the 220-acre ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort, providing a premier venue for amateur sports in the nation. To learn more about the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games, please visit www.2022USAGames.org and follow the organization on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

About Publicis Worldwide:

Publicis Worldwide is a global creative agency network enabling our clients to Lead The Change in their own marketing and business transformation. We do this through a combination of strategy, creativity and technology. With over 16,000 employees in 110 countries, clients include Adidas Sports, Axa, Carrefour, Cartier, Citi, Diesel, Emirates, Heineken, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, L’Oréal, Nestlé, Orange, P&G, Renault and Sanofi.

Publicis Worldwide is part of Publicis Communications, the creative agency network solution hub within Publicis Groupe.

Client: 2022 Special Olympics USA Games

Campaign Title: 2022 Special Olympics USA Games Logo

Joe Dzaluk, President and CEO

Bill Schoonmaker, Chief Marketing Officer

Kyle Jaimes, Partnership Manager

Agency: Publicis

Agency Location: Seattle

President: Melissa Nelson

Executive Creative Director/s: Jason Lucas, Pete Kearney

Creative Director/s: Chris Campbell, Earl Wallace IV

Sr. Art Director: Chad Ford

Sr. Designer: Michelle Billings

Copywriter: Kai Nedderson

Head of Production: AJ Karim

Executive Producer: Jen Allen

Assistant Producer: Grace Gutierrez

Group Account Director: Garth Knutson

Account Supervisor: Pat Hutchinson

Account Executive: Brooke Songey

Project Manager/s: Nina Scarnici, Kurt Hartwig

Studio Director: Ricky Fisher

Sr. Print Producer: Molly Costin

Special Olympics Athletes/Artists/s: Caroline Shin, Haley Waggoner, Lee Savage, Aarushi Pratap, Marta Paramo, Coby Fineran, Andrew Weatherly, Patrice Jetter, Mariah Gilbert

Director: Rayka Zehtabchi

Director of Photography: Sam Davis

Editor: Sam Davis

Assistant Editor: Tim Deters

Design & Animation Company: Laundry

Executive Creative Directors: PJ Richardson & Tony Liu

Creative Director: Reza Rasoli

Managing Director: James Sweigert

Head of Production: Matthew Primm

Producer: Dean Marchand

Design: Reza Rasoli, Yoojin Seol, Teppei Maki, Ana Perez Lopez

Animation: Reza Rasoli, Teppei Maki, Ramzi Hogan, Samantha Maurer, Ana Perez Lopez

Audio Record: Push Button Productions

Producer/Engineer: Yeosh Bendayan

Producer/Engineer: Jon Ruhff

Mix / Sound Design: Bart Radio

Producer/Engineer: Bart Smith

Advertising agency Cactus launched its latest work for client CommunityAmerica Credit Union (CACU), an inspirational, integrated branding campaign that leverages its sponsorship of NFL team the Kansas City Chiefs and its quarterback Patrick Mahomes to highlight a shared sense of hometown pride.

The effort—launched mid-August during the Chiefs’ second preseason game and  includesTV, radio, digital, native and out of home media—meaningfully connects CACU to the Kansas City community by positioning it as the premier local financial institution for the nation’s most overbanked metro.

Kansas City’s collective momentum is moving forward—from its growing tech industry to its thriving small businesses to its NFL team. The new work supports this sentiment and the idea that there’s nothing locals can’t accomplish together.

In the inspiring 60-second execution, Mahomes rouses his team to victory in a locker room speech that doubles as an anthem for the people of Kansas City—and the town itself. It opens with Mahomes walking through the stadium one early morning and cuts to various members of the Kansas City community throughout. “Today is a new day,” the quarterback is seen telling his teammates. “A day we’ve been waiting for our whole lives.” As they cheer on the MVP, we see shots of people experiencing major life moments: a baby taking its first steps, an architect about to retire, a young couple moving into their new home, a woman opening her own business, a man gazing at the engagement ring he just bought.

“Everyone knows KC is on the rise,” Mahomes’ pep talk concludes, “but what they don’t know, is we’re just getting started” The spot tags with the message: “CommunityAmerica. Powering the rise of Kansas City.”

The 60 second ad, which is available in 30- and 15-second cutdowns, is a different tone for CACU, which has done two previous campaigns with Cactus. While those efforts also played up the credit union’s local pride, they were humorous and focused on specific products, such as Chiefs checking. They were also effective: In 2018, CACU surpassed its checking account target by 16% and added more than 1,000 more households than it expected.

“This fall, our focus is on highlighting local growth and reinforcing CACU’s commitment to the community of Kansas City, the credit union’s breadth of products and sophistication as a financial institution,” said Norm Shearer, Partner and CCO. “And strengthening our relationship with Patrick and the Chiefs, whose teamwork could not better illustrate the spirit of this town.”

New-member acquisition remains CACU’s primary objective in advertising, while encouraging deeper product engagement with current members is a secondary one. Cactus designed the TV and radio ads to create brand awareness, likability and a strong feeling of connection, and the OOH and digital executions to support product-specific messages and generate awareness for product relevance and benefits.

Advertising Agency: Cactus, Denver, CO (USA)

Brand/Client: CommunityAmerica Credit Union (CACU)

When approaching a campaign to launch the series DC Super Hero Girls, Warner Bros. and LA-based ad agency The Woo decided to flip an old superhero paradigm on its head. They discovered girls didn’t aspire to become like their favorite superheroes, the characters are beloved for qualities girls saw in themselves. Strength, kindness, intelligence – these were the powers that united and inspired. Enter “She’s Like Me.”

“DC Super Hero Girls” is a popular animated franchise that first found a devoted audience as a web-series and has recently been rebooted as an animated show on Cartoon Network. Featuring Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Bumblebee, Supergirl, Green Lantern, and Zatanna — not to mention other popular characters from the DC universe — these teenaged supers have to balance their lives as crime-fighters and as normal high-school students trying to figure out their place in the world.

In the spirit of the series and based on ample research about its viewers, The Woo and Warner Bros. crafted a campaign built upon a deep belief in empowering young girls and their families through entertaining, positive content. Featuring the photography of Josh Rossi (who rose to fame after photos of his young daughter dressed as Wonder Woman went viral), and three videos of young girls heroically facing everyday situations, they created moments that would appeal to both kids and their parents. And appeal they did – with the spots quickly achieving millions of views.

Knowing that what they did behind the scenes should reflect the message being shared, Warner Brothers and The Woo put together a largely female team to bring this vision to life. This included Warner Bros.’s internal staff, The Woo’s Executive Creative Director and Associate Creative Director-Writer, along with the Director, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography, Production Designer, and the entire cast.

“Empowering a younger generation of girls is not about changing perceptions. It’s about taking ownership of the transformative, powerful qualities our audience shares with the DC Super Hero Girls. When we exert the power to be strong, empathetic or helpful, the world is a better place and anything is possible,” says The Woo Executive Creative Director Valerie Moizel.

Client: Warner Bros.

Director, Franchise Management & Marketing: Ami Sandhu

Vice President, Worldwide Franchise Management and Marketing: Kevin Morris

Manager, Worldwide Franchise Management & Marketing: Adam Bodenstein

Agency: The Woo

ECD: Valerie Moizel

ACD/AD: Brock Pisciotta

ACD/CW: Amanda Wallace

Executive Producer: Lorna Paul

Production Manager: Ryan Anderson

SVP, Managing Director: John Gibson

Account Director: Erika Rosenwinkel

Head of Strategy: Andrew Cagan

Director: Maya Albanese

Director of Photography: Laura Merians

Production Designer: Melisa Myers

Editorial: Cosmo Street

Editor: Julie Kravitz Gannon

Animation Director: Mac Whiting

Composite: Baked Studios

Color: Baked Studios

Audio: 740 Sound

Anewspaper deliveres news, but that’s not the only job of a journalist. A journalist should find the facts of any event and report them without prejudice. 
Göteborgs-Posten, a large broadsheet in Sweden with headquarters on the west coast in Sweden’s second-largest city, Gothenburg, believe that a journalist’s factual reporting can help raise awareness, increase understanding and help crush preconceptions. 

As the agency explains; 

“Fake news, fast news and filter bubbles are big challenges within today’s media landscape. They all create a narrower, twisted view of our world and have led researches to warn against growing prejudice in our societies.

The solution, they say, is unbiased and well-researched journalism.

In order to create awareness of the growing prejudice in our society and the polarisation that it inevitably leads to, Stampen Media launched a social experiment in Gothenburg, Sweden called Visible Thoughts.”

Many of us are acutely aware of the rarity of unbiased journalism these days.

So the agency created this social experiment, “Fördomstolen”, which is a portmanteau pun meaning prejudice court, but also to pre-judge. 

The experiment was in a shop-window in the centre of Gothenburg. Brave participants were simply asked to sit in the window, and people outside would judge them based on their appearance alone. They could label the person by selecting words they thought fit, such as “middle class”, “feminist”, “highly educated”, “humanist”, “bisexual”, single”, “vegan”, “trainer” and so on. 

The answers were shown in real-time in the shop window and online. The agency thinks this is the way we can all break out of our bubbles. Bubbles, in particular, are everywhere these days when people will carefully select who to follow (and who to block) on social media, which in turn silos us all into different corners. 

“Over 6000 people took part in the experiment. It not only created awareness around the subject in Sweden, it made people realise how lack of knowledge feeds our prejudices. Because only real knowledge and a better understanding of the world we live in can prevent us from keep judging each other.

The goal of the campaign was to start conversations around prejudice and to encourage people to want to get to know one another, outside of their own bubble. If we can make people realise that we all carry prejudice, we can also increase tolerance for what is considered different.”

Client: Stampen Media

Agency: Stendahls, Gothenburg, Sweden

These are the two “behind the scenes” clips released to tease the new Sauvage campaign with Johnny Depp.

The launch commercial received immediate backlash on social media, as it was seen as cultural appropriation, and the ad was pulled. 

Here are the “making of” clips of this commercial anyway. In them, we meet the Native Americans who were consulted on this job, and the legendary dancer Canku One Star who created the dance and look that the director, Jean-Baptiste Mondino was seeking.

Clip 1: A dialogue between cultures.

In this clip, Johnny Depp who is a guitarist in his own band, speaks of the song he plays in the commercial. It is “Rumble“, an instrumental by Link Wray & His Ray Men. It also happens to be the only instrumental that was banned on radio back in 1958, because it was that wild, with the distortion and feedback. Well, that and because the term “rumble” was a slang term for a gang fight, which some US radio markets feared would inspire the crazy youth of the day. As Depp explains, there is another link to the Native American motif here, as Link Ray was native American, specifically, he was Shawnee. 

Dior describes this scent as “A new, highly concentrated interpretation of Sauvage, melding extreme freshness with warm oriental tones and wild beauty that comes to life on the skin.”

And even this, some people are finding offensive because of the use of the word oriental in the copy. The description continues: 

“François Demachy, Dior Perfumer-Creator, drew inspiration from unspoiled expanses of wilderness beneath a blue-tinged night sky, as the intense aromas of a crackling fire rise into the air.

The fragrance of a new frontier: an interpretation with a rich, heady trail that celebrates the magic of wide-open spaces.”

Clip 2: The song that changed rock n’ roll

Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have blocked adverts promoting a doctor’s book about vaginal health, sates the publisher KensingtonBooks. Several social media posts that were using the word “vagina” were rejected from the advertising networks on Facebook and Twitter. 

Numerous social media posts using the words ‘vaginal’ or ‘vagina’, advertising Dr Jennifer Gunter’s The Vagina Bible, were rejected. However, promoted content without terms like “vagina” and “vaginal health” were approved.

That has now become the social media campaign for the book, with the name they can’t even mention. Which is hilarious, because “vagina” has, with younger generations at least, become the catch-all term for everything downstairs be it labia majora, labia minora, cervix, vulva or even that cameltoe showing through your yoga pants. Vagina – which is a specific part and I’ll let the people who don’t know which part look it up – has lost pretty much all of it’s meaning, and dare I say, edge, with it. If an anatomical term even had an edge to begin with. We can say “penis” without anyone freaking out, right? We can also create hundreds of scantily clad porn-star accounts on Twitter that do nothing but spew out porn photos all day and spam-follow people, but ah, the word vagina is scary, I see.

We aren’t allowed to say the name of this book in the ad, but trust us you want it! https://t.co/71nkbWs8zP pic.twitter.com/SEqDIT9lG0

— Kensington Books (@KensingtonBooks) August 27, 2019

“We did not take action on Promoted Tweets from this account because of references to sexual organs, as those are permitted within our rules,” a Twitter spokesperson told BBC News

“The rejection of some of the promoted content was due to a combination of human error and violations, including the use of profanity and adult products.”

Just so you know my publisher is not allowed to use the word “vagina” to promote my book on @twitter. The image can have it, but they are not allowed to use “vagina” in the text.

Dear @jack,
Vagina is an anatomical term and not a “dirty” word.
Jen https://t.co/3bf6edZNQ8

— Jennifer Gunter (@DrJenGunter) August 27, 2019

Well, that’s Facebook’s and Twitter’s loss of advertising coin here, as the news about not being able to state the name of the book with travel quite far without having to be promoted. 

JR. Agency is a new agency founded by two of the hottest creatives in Sweden right now, Magnus Jakobsson & Evelina Rönnung. 

Two-time AdAge ”Creative Director of the Year” – nominee ( 2018 & 2019), Magnus Jakobsson leaves his position as Executive Creative Director at Swedish creative agency Åkestam Holst / NoA ( Adweek International agency of the year 2017) to start new creative shop together with senior creative, Evelina Rönnung from MDC owned agency, Forsman & Bodenfors.  

Evelina is one of The One Clubs ”Next Creative Leaders” (2018) and ”Creative to Watch” in AdAge (2018) and one of the quickest rising creative stars ever to come out of Sweden. 

The agency is an ”Ideas company & Creative partner” offering creative and strategic top talent to curious clients who not necessarily want to assign a crowd at a large agency to the task. 

”We create interesting creative ideas for brands who want to break free from the status quo of marketing. If we can’t make it interesting, we don’t make it at all.”

Before starting JR – Magnus and Evelina have created award-winning work for clients such as IKEA, McDonald’s, Swedish Armed Forces and many more. They have won multiple Cannes Lions Grand Prix and gold awards, and top honors in many other international award shows. And they’re nice to hang out with. JR. Agency is based in Stockholm, Sweden, but they say “Works all over the place.”