View Post Agencies | People Chicago CCO, Global Talent Director Leave Y&R By Patrick Coffee on Jan. 6, 2015 - 1:31 PM Today Young & Rubicam confirmed a reshuffling of its Chicago-based creative team: CCO Bill Cimino and Global Director of Creative Talent Michele Daly are no longer with the agency, and Creative Directors Jeremy Smallwood ( ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | People Hey, Bob Winter Has Landed a New Gig as Well By Kiran Aditham on Mar. 25, 2014 - 10:00 AM Yes, word is out that Bob Winter, former Y&R (what was then Chicago) CCO who left for Crispin Porter + Bogusky in late 2012, has found a new gig at VSA Partners. Winter, who helped create the Bud Light “Real Men of Geniu ...
View Post Ad Biz Wednesday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Dec. 11, 2013 - 5:12 PM So, what is Barbarian Group co-founder Benjamin Palmer’s creative process like? link -Biz dev consultant Michael Gass talks about how agencies should play consultant for new business efforts. link -Speaking of the above depa ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns Best Buy, CP+B Launch Final Back-to-School ‘Techfitter’ Spot By Ella Riley-Adams on Aug. 14, 2013 - 3:24 PM Continuing their back-to-school Techfitter campaign, Best Buy and CP+B are providing Tim Kong, an aspiring games designer, with the tech he needs to design and code his next action-packed adventures. Previously, Best Buy “techfi ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns CP+B, Best Buy ‘Tech-Fit’ Students with Windows 8 Gadgetry By Ella Riley-Adams on Jul. 31, 2013 - 12:59 PM And now, for something, er, lighter. These back-to-school posts almost make me wistful for the days when a new pencil case was the joy of my September. But as I have grown, so has the sophistication of academic shopping. To keep w ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | People JWT ATL Alum Wettstein One of Handful to Join CP+B Miami By Kiran Aditham on Jul. 1, 2013 - 2:15 PM It’s been a few months since we’ve heard the name Tim Wettstein, who last we recall spent approximately a year as senior partner/group creative director on Scana, Jiffy Lube and Xbox among others at JWT Atlanta. Well, ...
Ad Biz Wednesday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Apr. 24, 2013 - 4:05 PM -Big Fuel, which is now aligned with Starcom MediaVest Group, has appointed GlobalHue/Initiative alum Rob FitzGerald (that’s how it’s really spelled) as managing director, head of network services. -Sheeit, we slept on ...
Agencies | People Aha, So Bob Winter is Headed to CP+B By Kiran Aditham on Oct. 17, 2012 - 2:35 PM Well, it didn’t take Bob Winter long to find a new gig, as the former Y&R Chicago CCO, who was replaced this week by Bill Cimino, is headed to sunnier climates and taking the creative lead at CP+B’s Miami office. A ...
Ad Biz Wednesday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on Oct. 17, 2012 - 10:00 AM -SMG Dynamic Markets president Iain Jacob and Team Creatif CEO Sylvia Vitale Rotta will head up the Media and Design juries, respectively, for next year’s Dubai Lynx festival, which will take place March 10-13. -Following Ni ...
Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | TV Hotels.com Gets Animated Yet Again, Plays ‘Matchmaker’ By Bob Marshall on Aug. 23, 2012 - 12:15 PM Though Y&R Chicago took it back to “real-life” for a recent Hotels.com spot filmed during the Running of the Bulls (which a commenter that goes by Bob Winter assured us the agency’s creative team thought up b ...