Facebook Inc. has announced the inaugural Facebook Creative Council, which will gather for the first time this week in Cannes.
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Landor Associates, a global WPP-owned branding and design firm, announced the opening of its 22nd office, located in Moscow, Russia. Following several years of experience with both global and local clients in the region, the rapid development of the Russian market made this the perfect time to expand the firm’s presence on the ground.
While for some, Identica is sort of perpetuated as ‘the empire of Michael Peters’, which created the famous Russian Standard Vodka, the company nowadays has evolved to become a dynamic and diverse growing structure with rich multidisciplinary offer and refined positioning as guru of brand icons. Richard Morris, Managing Director of Identica, tells about what the agency is strategically up to, explains what is a brand icon and how his team manages to ‘create, evolve and restore’ them and why they closed down the Moscow office 3 years ago.
This Christmas Saatchi & Saatchi is giving an alternative kind of gift, which harnesses the creativity within the Network. We have invited musicians and bands working at Saatchi & Saatchi offices around the world, to create original songs for a Holiday album, as our offering to clients and friends globally. In keeping with the Saatchi & Saatchi philosophy of creating not copying culture, we are tapping into the abundance of talent within the Network, that exists outside of our day jobs.
FITCH appoints Jim Whyte as Senior Insights Analyst. With a strong background in research, as well as extensive journalistic experience, Jim Whyte’s career to date equips him perfectly for his new role at FITCH, as senior analyst in the Insights team, home to FITCH’s vast collective knowledge and expertise of consumers, best retail practice and brand innovation.
Twice a year Pearlfisher, leading international brand and design consultancy, unveils new reports within their Insights program, an initiative that the company has developed to understand the creative and strategic opportunities for brands in the areas of food and drink, the body, luxury and connection.