'Tis the season to evaluate agency holiday cards. Adrants has not one but three such stories in the last day, alone. Here's one that's more creative than all the rest. Chicago agency, Hadrian's Wall, sent out a card within a card. That is, they included a card from me to them inside my card. I mailed it back to them yesterday. The most joyous time of the year is also the most hectic. That's why we at Hadrian's Wall …
More Proof That Great Work Doesn’t Mean Much When A New V.P. Takes The Helm
Lewis Lazare: After the ups and downs of the past couple of weeks, it looks as if the year will end on a decidedly upbeat note at Leo Burnett with Monday's news that the city's largest agency has won the $100-million-plus Washington Mutual advertising account. Burnett succeeds Seattle-based Sedgwick Rd., which had been Wa-Mu's agency of record for the past 14 years. That relationship came to an end with the arrival …
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Boone/Oakley Isn’t Just Looking At Books, They’re Holding A Casting Call
Charlotte ad agency Boone/Oakley is looking for a creative team. Literally. From their website: Think you have what it takes to work here? Before you answer yes, check out the entire site, it has numerous clues about the personality of the agency, and the people who work here. If you are still interested and have had a minimum of 5 years experience in advertising, forget about polishing your resume. Send us a …
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Dressing Down A Former Client In The Trades
I want to sympathize with the agency mentioned below, and support them for tossing a bad client. But it's bad form to vent when you're on a call with a reporter (although it makes for good journalism). Adweek: Citing "creative and strategic differences," independent G&M Plumbing and quick-serve restaurant chain Del Taco have parted ways, the agency said. G&M in Manhattan Beach, Calif., has handled the Del Taco …
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Wandering The Halls
Ad agencies are kown for their creative workspaces and interior design. Art director, Derek Nelson, shows us his work place, the Dallas agency formerly known as Temerlin McLain. See all the images from Nelson's t:m photoset. …
TDA, You’re About To Have Some Company
Adweek: MDC Partners' Crispin Porter + Bogusky is opening an office in Boulder, Colo., in July, said Chuck Porter, shop chairman, who disclosed the new venture at an agency-wide meeting this morning. The decision to launch in Boulder comes after the agency's addition this month of the $400 million North American Volkswagen account. However, Porter said the outpost is not intended to service a particular existing or …
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Green Is Good
Business Week: Can a car company really be called green? Sure, the notion may seem far-fetched. But if anyone can, it might be Toyota. The Japanese auto maker has gotten great mileage lately out of its Prius gasoline/electric hybrid. Toyota has sold over 400,000 of these fuel-sippers and is now expanding its hybrid lineup by at least 10 other vehicles. Less well known are Toyota's efforts to reduce emissions from …
I’d Still Vote For Chris Christmas Rodriguez
Other than Jordan Buntain's Copywriter Xmas Card, I haven't come across too many new agency/self-promo Christmas e-cards/virals/online movies this year. Maybe I'm just out of the loop. So, if I have to hear "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" this time every year when I go into Walgreens, I think it's fine to dig up some ghosts of Christmas virals past. Like my personal favorite, Chris Christmas Rodriguez. And …
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