Revolving Door No Wukkas: Chicago By Kaitlin Madden on Mar. 11, 2010 - 11:31 AM Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Cramer-Krasselt seeks an Account Executive in its Chicago office, as do Dotomi and DraftFCB. Details after the jump.
Awards Logorama: An Homage to Oversaturation By Kaitlin Madden on Mar. 8, 2010 - 12:10 PM Last night’s Oscar-Winning Animated Short Film, Logorama, proves just how pervasive modern advertising is. The entire 16-minute film was comprised solely of recognizable logos and characters from the ads of over 2,500 large ...
Agencies Draftfcb Has Dogs By Kaitlin Madden on Mar. 5, 2010 - 11:01 AM Draftfcb is the pro-bono advertising partner for The Shelter Project, the Humane Society’s pet adoption program, and they’re really into it. How into it, you ask? Well, the company actually has adopted three “off ...
Ad Biz Mr. Youth Takes Chicago By Kaitlin Madden on Mar. 4, 2010 - 11:08 AM New York-based social-marketing agency Mr. Youth has appointed a Fearless Leader for its newly created Chicago office. Ethelbert Williams will head up the company’s Midwest expansion and will serve as Mr. Youth’s Vice ...
What The?? Plan B: Hopefully There is One By Kaitlin Madden on Mar. 3, 2010 - 12:01 PM Chicago ad firm Plan B recently erected this masterpiece in the city’s West Loop neighborhood, apparently as an advertisement of their services. My first thought upon seeing this ad is: “Plan B? Isn’t that the mo ...
Agencies AdAge Takes its Shot at DDB By Kaitlin Madden on Mar. 2, 2010 - 9:35 AM The negative press hasn’t stopped for DDB. Over the weekend, AdAge joined the DDB dump-on, and let’s just say they gave it to us straight. Jeremy Mullman points the failure finger right at the heart of the agency, sayi ...
What The?? Chicago Agencies Won’t Work With The Chicago Portfolio School By Kaitlin Madden on Mar. 1, 2010 - 12:39 PM I recently got in touch with Maria Scileppi, the Associate Director of the Chicago Portfolio School, to find out a little more about the school’s Royale Rumble; a quarterly ad competition set to begin again in just a few wee ...
We Hear? We Hear: Verizon’s Got Crappy Service By Kaitlin Madden on Feb. 26, 2010 - 2:50 PM Apparently Verizon Wireless has been getting bad service from McCann Erickson. The cell phone provider has reportedly been talking brand-strategy with Chicago-based ad-firm McGarry Bowen. McCann is said to be in-the-know about its ...
Agencies Doyle Dane Bernbach: Advertising’s LiLo By Kaitlin Madden on Feb. 26, 2010 - 12:57 PM Like Ms. Lohan, DDB is at the center of so many anonymous tips that we now look past the “talent” that made the shop the a gossip-worthy sexpot it has become. In the last week, we’ve heard: DDB Chicago laid off h ...
Ad Biz UIC to Study Fat Kids and Food Ads By Kaitlin Madden on Feb. 23, 2010 - 1:22 PM The University of Illinois at Chicago received a federal grant this week to study the correlation between food advertising and childhood obesity. Once complete, the results of the four-year study could potentially affect the ad in ...