View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Sports | TV W+K NY Celebrates Arrival of College Football Playoffs for ESPN By Erik Oster on Dec. 16, 2014 - 12:53 PM W+K New York has been hyping the new College Football Playoff for ESPN since July. Now, with the inaugural edition of the contest impending, W+K New York is launching the conclusion to its “Who’s In?” campaign &# ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | Brands | Campaigns Publicis Wishes You ‘Merry Beeping Christmas from Oral-B’ By Erik Oster on Dec. 8, 2014 - 11:36 AM Publicis London turns to beeped out cursing in its irreverent holiday ad for Oral-B, entitled, “Merry Beeping Christmas from Oral-B.” The spot opens on a woman stepping on an angel ornament while tip-toeing around the ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Digital | TV Let Us ‘Join Together’ for W+K’s Celebration of Sony Artistry, Engineering By Erik Oster on Jan. 13, 2014 - 5:19 PM If you were watching the Golden Globes last night, you may have caught the debut of W+K Portland’s “Join Together” spot for Sony, which will run for the next six weeks. The new work (perfectly set to The Who̵ ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Sports | What The?? NFL Season: Another Reason for Old Spice to Do Old Spice Things By Jordan Teicher on Sep. 4, 2013 - 12:30 PM There’s a very fine line between stupid funny and annoying, a line that Old Spice is willing to tightrope for miles and miles. Their “Unnecessary Freshness” campaign, created by W+K Portland, will hit screens sta ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns Commonwealth Drives Out New Chevy Campaign During Grammys By Jordan Teicher on Feb. 11, 2013 - 11:30 AM John Cusack wants to know: “Why just go from A to B when imagination can take you everywhere?” It’s a valid question, especially coming from the guy who played Lloyd Dobler. Would the boombox move from Say Any ...
View Post Ad Biz Friday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Jan. 4, 2013 - 4:27 PM -Crispin Porter + Bogusky hired R/GA alums Ben Smith and Becca Schepps as ACD and senior copywriter, respectively. Both new hires will based in the agency’s Boulder HQ. -A couple of football-playing high-school chums reminis ...
Ad Biz Tuesday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on Dec. 13, 2011 - 9:36 AM -Report: Ogilvy picked up global creative duties for Philips. link -Watertown, MA’s own Allen & Gerritsen was named AOR for New England restaurant brand, Papa Gino’s. -GOOD is ready to take on L.A.’s traffic ...
Campaigns The Russian Returns for DirecTV, Guns Blazing By Kiran Aditham on Mar. 15, 2011 - 10:17 AM Ask and ye shall receive we suppose. The Russian oligarch (played by actor Tim Murphy) returns, thick accent, opulence and all in a follow-up to Grey New York’s well-received campaign from last year for DirecTV. Now that the ...
