Hasta La Creative!

Earlier in the month we let you know that Jon Hamm would be leaving his chief creative/innovation officer position at Momentum Worldwide to move back to his hometown of London — and now we know why.

Starting in November, he will occupy the newly created role of CCO at Geometry Global in the UK just over one year after the agency came to life via the G2/Ogilvy Action merger.

Some background: Hamm assumed the global CCO role at Momentum in 2009, one year after his own agency Greenroom Digital was purchased by IPG/Momentum (clients included Sony PlayStation, Nestle, TopShop, and Twentieth Century Fox). In his own words, he moved to New York “to transform an ‘analogue’ agency” by both directing creative for clients like AmEx, Coca Cola, Nestle, Sony and by leading new divisions like Momentum Entertainment Group.

No word on the sort of work Hamm will be doing in London, though he will report directly to Geometry’s Global CEO Steve Harding.

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From B-Reel and AMV BBDO, Mercedes-Benz’s Sound with Power experiential campaign brings music and video together by letting users create mash-ups that incorporate, among other things, the roar of a Mercedes engine. The project is an interesting way to bring creativity to a brand that can always fall back on a Jon Hamm voiceover, but since the best mashups will be used in upcoming commercials, the real kicker is that Mercedes will be able to crowdsource some of their future advertisements. Tinie Tempah and Sub Focus also provided samples that can be customized for the audio portion.

We last covered Mercedes at the end of September, when the South African branch put out a moody black-and-white downhill skateboarding video that just seemed too obscure to make any sort of publicity dent. But Sound with Power feels much more accessible. Mashups can be posted and shared on Twitter, and everyone from potential customers to aspiring DJs can take part. And best of all, the products are actually featured in the campaign, which doesn’t happen as frequently as it should. Jon Hamm should be proud.

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