-Yes, it’s more Trump. Mercado McCann used the man’s words to promote TyC Sports’ coverage of this summer’s Copa America Centenario. (Trump presumably responded by saying he loves soccer and he has the best soccer.)
-180 LA is using Snapchat geofilters targeting West Coast ad agencies in an attempt to poach rival talent for a social media manager position.
-Bajibot sent a bunch of “yo mama” jokes like this one and this one to other agencies on Snapchat today. Where is Wilmer Valderrama when you wish you’d never remembered that he exists?!
-Employees at Harrisburg ad agency Pavone staged a “Sinkhole de Mayo” party. It was maybe funny?
-Writer/creative director Guy Bommarito lists “The 11 stages of being an advertising creative.”
–What does a chief content officer do all day? In the case of Complex, he checks Snapchat and writes emails.
–Ad Contrarian is very eager to talk shit about McDonald’s.
-Freelance copywriter Jared Davis suggests, “For an unbiased assessment of what’s wrong with your advertising agency, hire a freelancer.”
-Park Pictures signed director Keif Davidson, who was nominated for an Oscar for a doc “which centers on eight Rwandan children who embark on a life-or-death journey to Sudan,” wow.