As you’re probably aware, two weeks ago, the 64th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity took place. Cannes is the largest gathering of worldwide advertising professionals, designers, digital innovators and marketers, and IPG Mediabrands was front and centre with a jammed packed schedule of senior leader talks, panels and updates from the industry. We thought
On 20th March, IPG Mediabrands EMEA announced the launch of the first talent mobility programme, FLITE Mobility.It gave everyone in IPG Mediabrands EMEA the chance to apply to work in one of our diverse markets for a short period. This programme is an incredible opportunity for talent here at Mediabrands and since the launch, we
Fantastic news for IPG Mediabrands UK, as Rob Bellamy and Will Parrish, who both work in the EMEA hub strategy team, officially won the UK Young Cannes Lions competition in the Media category. The Young Cannes Lions competition is open to advertising professionals up to 28 years old working in teams of two, with regional
Last week Reprise held its annual Discovery event at the National Theatre, welcoming clients and industry friends to showcase our most exciting work, people and thought leadership. Over 25 clients attended the sell-out event, which this year had a key theme of Retail. Experts across Performance, Mobile and Social shared practical advice around how brands
If you hadn’t already heard, Phil Tattersall has been promoted to IPG Mediabrands UK’s Chief Operating Officer. Tatty has been with the group for a number of years so we thought it would be great to get his thoughts on a few things… How many years have you been at Mediabrands and where did
The UK’s media research community was celebrated last week at the annual Mediatel Media Research Awards. IPG Mediabrands Marketing Sciences were successful in winning two prestigious awards, including Best Social Media Project for their Social Fingerprinting tool and Best Use of Data Sets alongside ITV for the ‘Putting the Science Into Social Planning’ project. Putting
At the end of January, we welcomed our new EMEA CEO, Caroline Foster Kenny, to our network and to St John’s Square. You’ve already heard from her a number of times about her meetings in New York and her observations from her first few weeks, but we thought we’d catch up with her here in
In partnership with C4WS Homeless Project, IPG Mediabrands have been participating in JOBS CLUB by providing a monthly afternoon session to help the long-term unemployed practice their interview skills and get them back into the working world. Over the past three sessions we have had 30+ volunteers across all departments within Mediabrands UK, giving mock-interviews
It’s always important for us to be sharing our expertise in the market and building our reputation by speaking at relevant conferences. This month, a number of experts from SJS have taken to the stage to talk to the industry about a range of topics so we thought we’d give a recap. Stefan Burford spoke
IPG Mediabrands has hired a new regional head of digital, Mumbrella can reveal.
Scott McBride joins as APAC chief digital officer from Ogilvy Hong Kong, where he was managing partner, to take on the top digital position for the new-look media agency group.
He will move from Hong Kong to Singapore, the agency’s regional HQ, to take on the role, reporting to IPG Mediabrands’ Sydney-based APAC COO Reg Davidson.