Friday Odds and Ends

By Kiran Aditham 

-After a nine-month review, Toronto agency Juniper Park and MediaCom picked up creative and media duties, respectively, for banking company, CIBC. link

-Oh yeah, while we’re on the subject, perhaps HSBC’s relationship with WPP is wearing thin. link

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-Bi-coastal VFX studio ArsenalFX has promoted senior VFX compositor Terry Silberman to Partner.

-Dutch design student Justus Burns has grand ambitions to turn Times Square from the world’s largest ad space to the world’s largest art exhibit. Via Kickstarter and a little help from Brooklyn Brothers, can he make it happen (above)?

-Yokohama Tire Corporation wants consumers to describe their “fantasy road trip” via a social media contest. link

-Minneapolis agency Martin|Williams has welcomed Swapna Desai as an account director and welcomed back Emily Almich as group media director.

-Will Ferrell takes his Old Milwaukee act to Sweden in a new series of spots. link

 

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