Tuesday Morning Stir

By Erik Oster 


-Canadian actor Jay Baruchel (Undeclared, This Is The End, Knocked Up) reunited with Canadian bank RBC in a new campaign from BBDO Toronto (video above).

-Sony PlayStation appointed adam&eveDDB as its global lead creative agency, following a review.

-Disney moved media responsibilities for 20th Century Fox to OMD following its acquisition.

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-YouTube wants to bring back 6-second ads but it seems advertisers are over it.

-Phillips 66 named 9th Wonder as its B2B agency of record.

-San Diego agency Mindgruve won an assignment to lead DTC digital for PCA SKIN, which was recently acquired by Colgate-Palmolive.

-Production company Picture Farm opened an office in Berlin led by executive producer Andreas Von Lintel.

-Another production company, Alkemy X, hired Rebecca Manning as compositing supervisor for its visual effects division.

-Twitch is expanding its sales team as it seeks more ad dollars, plus world domination.

-Millenials are “Born to Go” in Wunderman Thompson Belgium’s new ad for Sampsonite.

-Work & Co design partner Casey Sheehan joined the Cannes Lions Design Jury.

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