Thursday Odds and Ends

By Erik Oster 


DDB Group Hong Kong launched a new campaign for VITA Hong Kong style Milk Tea with this What the Hell Did I Just Watch spot. 

-Beverage brand Sparkling Ice–which recently announced plans to expand into the U.K. and Ireland and introduce new lemonade and tea varieties–named Seattle’s Wexley School for Girls as its new creative agency of record.

New York agency We Believers worked with Saltwater Brewery to create edible six-pack rings made from spent grains.

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-W+K Amsterdam will help Corona become “more attainable” with new global platform “This is Living.” The stuff is already ubiquitous, but OK…

-Budweiser’s sponsoring a VR experience with the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers. Surely this will be the thing that makes VR mainstream, right?

-One Snapchat influencer thinks you should all stop talking shit about Snapchat influencers.

-The Drum talks with Publicis Seattle about developing a brand identity for the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games.

-Prod co Odd Machine’s co-founder Seth Henrikson just finished his directorial debut “Pottersville,” which stars Michael Shannon, Cynthia Hendricks and Ian McShane (yay Deadwood).

-Rosetta hired former Target head of social media Colleen McDuffe as its new group vice president of marketing and communications.

Code+Theory’s London office hired Scott Ewings (formerly of digital production studio ustwo) as its new managing director.

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