As the UK is totally obsessed with the royal family life in general and the first birthday of Prince George in particular, Samsung wanted to draw Brits’ attention to ordinary people around them. The tech brand teamed up with Cheil UK on a tongue-in-cheek outdoor campaign that celebrated birthday of George—not the royal baby, but George Jagger, a kid from a family living in Matlock, Derbyshire. 

Heineken USA is rolling out the “Best Tasting Light” campaign for its light beer starring American actor, three-time Emmy award winner Neil Patrick Harris. The concept of the effort derives from the high recognition of Heineken Light as the “Best Low Calorie Lager” at the 2013 World Beer Championships, promoting the fuller taste of reformulated, but still low calorie beer.

As part of its Art, Copy & Code program, designed to offer a fresh take on advertising, Google is partnering with Nike to re-think its traditional AdWords platform with a soccer in mind. Together, they developed a customized user-friendly mobile ad system that reacted to what was being shown on TV during real-time games.

SKYY Vodka is rolling out a new marketing campaign, West of Expected, that «rethinks and upgrades the perfect». The new effort, developed by San Francisco-based agency Venables Bell & Partners, is centered around the idea that nightlife conventions should be rethought with a fresh and bold voice. Transformation and challenging conventions is in the brand’s DNA, but with this SKYY always tries to avoid boring, mentoring approaches—these two distinctive features are reflected in the new effort.