Outstanding work and the creative forces behind it come together during the annual AICP bash at the Cultural Center Chicago will play host to the AICP Show and AICP Next Awards on November 15th at the Chicago Cultural Center. The AICP Next Awards will be screened, and a stellar panel of industry luminaries from Chicago, … Continue reading “2018 AICP Show comes to Chicago”
“I’m now excited to empower the next generation of leaders at the agency” Cari Bucci Hulings Cari Bucci Hulings has been promoted to President of MARC USA with full oversight of the agency’s offices in Boston, Chicago and Pittsburgh. She reports to Michele Fabrizi, who remains as CEO. Tony Bucci continues as Chairman of the … Continue reading “Cari Bucci Hulings is named president of MARC USA”
“Snake is a rock star (who) elevates the level of everything we do.” Joe Burke SVP/ECD (Chicago — 17 October 2018) MARC USA today announced the promotion of Snake Roth to Director of Integrated Production with oversight of all broadcast TV, digital video, radio, print and social content. Roth has been at the agency since … Continue reading “Snake Roth promoted at MARC USA”
BBDO’s ‘The Talk,’ the poignant Procter and Gamble TVC which just won the Grand Prix at Cannes, leads the nominees for Ad of the Year in the 2018 ADCOLOR awards. The honorees and nominees were announced Wednesday at ADCOLOR Live in the Facebook Live Studios. The announcement took place at the Facebook Live Studios and … Continue reading “2018 ADCOLOR honorees and nominees announced”
Congrats are in order for Chicago’s We Are Unlimited. After opening 18 months ago, the Omnicom agency is among the most awarded creative agencies in Chicago. We Are Unlimited has placed at every major award show and has been recognized for creating some of the best work in the industry. The agency has received more … Continue reading “We Are Unlimited is among most awarded agencies in Chicago”
Walton Isaacson, with offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas and New York announced today that former Deutsch ECD, Jim DiPiazza, has joined the agency as Executive Creative Director, effective immediately. DiPiazza will be based in Los Angeles and oversee the creative output of all agency offices. Over the course of his career, he has worked … Continue reading “Walton Isaacson names DiPiazza Executive Creative Director”
Going to London ain’t cheap. It is especially expensive if you happen to be a college students. That’s what the talented group at Creative Circus is currently facing. Winners of the D&AD New Blood Award, the group celebrated, then realized how expensive it would be to fly to London and collect the award. All of … Continue reading “Atlanta’s Creative Circus wins Reel Ad of the Week”
A campaign that was described by by one Cannes jury president as a kind of ‘cure of paralysis, has been awarded the Health Grand Prix for Good Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. TBWA\India’s “Blink to Speak” is believed to be the first eye language guide made in India to help the paralysed interact without speech. … Continue reading “TBWA\India awarded “Health Grand Prix for Good” at 2018 Cannes”
Earlier this week, the AICP announced the schedule for its week-long celebration of creativity and thought leadership. The Week is anchored by the premieres of The AICP Next Awards and the AICP Show: The Art and Technique of the American Commercial, the latter culminating with the most anticipated celebration in the industry: The gala at … Continue reading “AICP announces schedule for week-long celebration”
CAA’s Geoff Edwards to helm R/GA Ad Age reports that Geoff Edwards, co-creator of peace coalition Saturday Morning and former CAA Marketing co-head of creative, has joined R/GA as VP Executive Creative Director of LA. Edwards, who spent a good deal of time in Chicago at DDB, FCB and Element79, is said to have a … Continue reading “Geoff Edwards tops busy week of moves in LA”
Ron Bess, you would make AARP proud. I first met Bess when I joined FCB, Chicago. I knew at the time the ad vet, who was sporting a tan that could rival George Hamilton’s, was an advertising force who wouldn’t stop until buried. I was not wrong. The 71-year-older came out of retirement two years … Continue reading “Five Agencies. Three Cities. One Merge.”
Supporting its mantra that drinkers can stay fit and enjoy beer, Michelob Ultra has scheduled, for the very first time, two Super Bowl spots. The first, titled, The Perfect Fit, also starred Chris Pratt and featured The Guardians of the Galaxy star preparing for his very first Super Bowl spot. Its sequel, titled I Like … Continue reading “Chris Pratt sings “I Like Beer” in 2nd Michelob Ultra spot”
“These days, I’m trying to stay in top shape for work. So, when I see a beer I can’t help but squint my eyes and imagine a treadmill.” No, that’s not me talking. It’s Chris Pratt, who appears in a new Michelob Ultra Super Bowl spot that premiered yesterday from the fastest growing beer brand … Continue reading “Watch Chris Pratt in new Michelob Ultra spot”
One at Optimus, the production arm of the post house Optimus, announced earlier this month that Mary Ann Holecek has taken the reins as Executive Producer/Managing Director. For the past eight years, Holecek has freelanced at a variety of Chicago agencies including Energy BBDO, FCB, Rhea and Kaiser, SPM Marketing, The Escape Pod, Upshot and … Continue reading “The Reel Deal with Optimus’ Mary Ann Holecek”
Doner LA beefs up McDonald’s team Doner LA announced four senior hires following the recent consolidation of McDonald’s retail and local marketing, where Doner was assigned nearly 1,000 local partners to help bring big-agency strategic and creative firepower down to the co-op and franchisee level. Andrew Lamar joins Doner as a Multicultural Strategist, working across … Continue reading “New faces at Doner LA and Wonderful”
State Farm will have the McDonald’s agency business model with possibly a couple of co-op vendors on the side to go, according to a report in Adweek. Taking a page from the fast food giant’s playbook, the St. Louis-based the country’s largest insurance provider is reportedly in the process of consolidating a majority of its … Continue reading “State Farm to consolidate business with Omnicom”
It seems like 2017 began with the February passing of Ruth Ratny, the founder of Reel Chicago. The film, music, advertising and production communities honored her memory with remarkable passion, the whole time continuing to demonstrate the dedication, creativity, and support that made her so proud of the city. The ensuing months were full of … Continue reading “2017 Year in Review”
In 2017, we launched Reel Ad of the Week (RAW), a regular feature that showcases the commercials coming out of the Midwest and, perhaps more importantly, celebrates the people who get it done. When Reel Chicago expanded to cover agencies in LA, so did the content of RAW. In no particular order, here are a … Continue reading “Best of “Reel Ad of the Week””
On Monday, Reel Chicago awarded a special edition “Ad of the Week” to an out-of-state agency for the first time in the colum’s history. We felt the impact that Fox’s in-house digital agency, All City, created for Mars candies redefined branded entertainment by making really good entertainment. Titled, Bite Size Horror, these are a series … Continue reading “Meet the producers behind Fox’s “Bite Size Horror””
I never liked Tom Burrell that much. But to be honest I didn’t know Mr. Burrell (as I now affectionately call him) when I first moved to Chicago in August of 1994. All I really knew about him from my early days in advertising was that he was the guy who did all the Black … Continue reading “Getting to know Tom Burrell”
