Crown Resorts Appoints Initiative as its Media Agency

Following a competitive media review, Australia’s Crown Resorts has appointed Initiative as its media agency of record. Initiative’s remit covers full funnel media strategy, planning, and buying, including performance and digital. The appointment comes after Crown’s recent unveiling of a refreshed brand, signaling a new era and bold strategy to reinforce its position as a

Susan Credle makes history as first-ever IPG Creative Advisor to advance culture of creativity across the Group

Interpublic Group, a global provider of marketing solutions, has announced the appointment of Susan Credle as its first-ever Creative Advisor. In addition to taking on this newly created role, Susan will continue to serve as Chair of global integrated creative network FCB through the remainder of 2024. She will also continue to report to IPG CEO Philippe Krakowsky. In the new role,

Steph O’Donnell takes the helm as head of investment at Initiative Melbourne

Steph O’Donnell has been appointed as the new Head of Investment at Initiative Melbourne, a significant move that also sees her joining the Senior Leadership Team at the agency. Reporting directly to Chief Partnerships & Investment Officer, Paige Wheaton, O’Donnell’s immediate role will be to lead the market’s investment product across the entire investment ecosystem.

The Taylor Bowl: What brands and advertisers can learn about the power of Taylor and her Swifties at the Super Bowl

Kate O’Loughlin: “There is no subject too young, too silly, or too pop for brands to galvanise.” The Taylor Bowl Super Bowl kicks off on Monday, February 12th, in Australia, and viewers all over the world will have their eyes peeled for one star – Taylor Swift (who, if widely speculated calculations are to be believed, will make it from

MBCS announces two new strategic promotions to improve its leadership and strategic capabilities

Australia – Mediabrands Content Studio (MBCS) in Australia, has strengthened its leadership and strategic capabilities by promoting Toby Maclachlan to head of strategy & product and hiring Trent Peppercorn to the newly established position of head of Melbourne. The newly-designated posts take immediate effect. Maclachlan, in his new role at MBCS, will assume the responsibility of leading the overall strategic output and team across both

FAIRPRICE CHAMPIONS THE DRAGON SPIRIT THIS CNY VIA HOMEGROUND UNITED + TBWA\SINGAPORE SPOT

This Chinese New Year, FairPrice and Homeground United resurfaces the legendary story of the Great Race* from ancient Chinese mythology, displaying a heartwarming parallel in its brand identity with the Dragon spirit of kindness, sharing and inclusiveness. In the story of the Great Race in Chinese mythology, 12 animals raced to the Jade Emperor to

IPG Mediabrands’ KINESSO names new head of China

KINESSO, the performance marketing agency within IPG Mediabrands, has appointed Atlas Ye as head of KINESSO China. He reports to Melinda Po, CEO of IPG Mediabrands Greater China. Within this newly created role, Ye will be responsible for strengthening performance-driven offerings such as performance media activation, search and social content experience optimisation, eCommerce operations and data

UM names Ben Crawford as CEO for Greater China

UM has appointed Ben Crawford, its chief client officer for APAC, as chief executive of Greater China, effective immediately. In the newly created role, Crawford will move from Singapore to Shanghai and have a dual reporting line to the regional president of UM APAC, Kasper Aakerlund, and the chief executive of IPG Mediabrands Greater China,

The Real Super Bowl: Initiative dares the industry to challenge AI with Marketing Multi

Advertising’s most-anticipated event is fast approaching, and with it comes a US football game. To get on board with the fun of this year’s Super Bowl and generate some interesting data points, Initiative has once again rolled out its Marketing Multi betting platform. The Marketing Multi-betting platform, which was built by Initiative’s cultural analytics department,

Safi looks to empower hijabi gamers with new campaign

Beauty brand Safi Shayla (Safi) is challenging stereotypes and championing female empowerment with its new ‘Sembur, Play, Slay!’ campaign. ‘Sembur’ is Bahasa for the word ‘Spray’. The campaign celebrates the release of Safi parfum mist rambut (perfumed hair mist) and features hijab-wearing female gamers in a TV commercial, in-store point-of-sales materials, and social media postings.