-RPA, ShadowMachine and director Jed Hathaway “Go Deeper” to promote the Newport Beach Film Festival (video above).
-Havas Media appointed Peter Mears to the newly-created role of chief operating officer.
-Karmarama chief strategy officer and PrideAM founder Mark Runacus says agencies avoid featuring LGBT people in ads because “people fear the bigoted minority.”
-Pittsburgh’s Top Hat loves beer SO MUCH that it will work for any up-and-coming brewery without pay.
-Speaking of beer, BrewDog turned to the Studio of Art and Commerce for a global marketing campaign, marking the first time the 10-year-old “libertine craft brewery” has worked with an agency.
–Los Angeles-based freelance copywriter Eileen Matthews launched a “100 Days of Feminist Ads” Instagram project.
-Reel FX Animation Studios is launching a multi-platform content studio called Flight School.
-Shipyard, the agency launched by former Engauge CEO Rick Milenthal, spun off a separate practice called Smart Harbor that helps market insurance companies.
-ICYMI: Google wasn’t so crazy about that Burger King stunt.