View Post Revolving Door AKQA Loses Top Creative to MRM//McCann By Erik Oster on Nov. 11, 2015 - 1:13 PM Sung Chang joins the customer experience agency as chief creative officer.
View Post Revolving Door Former JWT Chief Creative Adam Kerj to Run McCann Stockholm By Patrick Coffee on Nov. 4, 2015 - 11:37 AM He will be chief creative officer for the entire Nordic region.
View Post People Gerry Graf, Rob Reilly, and Other Top Creatives Fast-Forward to 2050 By Patrick Coffee on Feb. 19, 2015 - 12:00 PM CCOs at BFG, McCann, Grey, Droga5, and co:collective participated.
View Post Ad Biz Wednesday Odds and Ends By Erik Oster on Aug. 27, 2014 - 4:45 PM -Halle Berry promotes her fragrance line, Wild Essence, in new ad (video above). link -McCann’s Rob Reilly to DigiDay: “I don’t claim to be incredibly smart, but I certainly outwork people.” link -Chicago-based ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Digital McCann Compares Internet to Escalators for Verizon By Erik Oster on Aug. 27, 2014 - 3:32 PM McCann, New York has a new campaign for Verizon FiOS, touting the brand’s “Speed Match” — matching download and upload speeds. To do so, McCann set up an experiment slowing down an up escalator. When riders ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | TV | What The?? McCann & MRM Taps Craig Robinson for Verizon By Erik Oster on Aug. 20, 2014 - 12:08 PM McCann & MRM enlist the aid of actor/comedian Craig Robinson (who also stars in a campaign for Dodge Dart) in the latest spot for Verizon FiOS. The spot is a mock infomercial, featuring Robinson crooning hits about VerizonR ...
View Post Agencies McCann Names New ECD By Patrick Coffee on Aug. 6, 2014 - 12:00 PM Today brings news that agency vet Mat Bisher has been promoted from GCD to ECD at McCann. His primary responsibilities in the new role will concern the global Microsoft account and New York-based Jose Cuervo. The release tells us ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | Campaigns | What The?? McCann NY Takes Unique Approach to Gun Safety PSA By Erik Oster on Jun. 27, 2014 - 11:07 AM You might not associate a sex toy battle with gun safety, but McCann New York ties the two together in a new 30-second video entitled “Playthings” that (finally) takes a different approach to the familiar gun safety PS ...
View Post Agencies | People McCann Promotes John Mescall to Global ECD By Patrick Coffee on Jun. 18, 2014 - 11:27 AM This morning McCann Worldwide announced that John Mescall will be its newest Global Executive Creative Director. Mescall, who currently serves as ECD at McCann Australia (but did not appear in this brilliant piece of satire), will ...
View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | People McCann Adds Pair of Global ECDs By Erik Oster on Jun. 5, 2014 - 1:21 PM Today McCann announced the addition of James Dawson-Hollis and Bill Wright as global executive creative directors, strengthening the leadership team under global creative chairman Rob Reilly. Dawson-Hollis and Wright join McCann f ...