Ben Londesbrough
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Campaign podcast: Making Christmas ads in the era of the coronavirus pandemic
Creative leaders from Adam & Eve/DDB, Droga5 London and Havas London join Campaign to discuss this year's crop of Christmas ads. → Read More
Campaign podcast: what a Biden win means for media and what's in the November issue
Campaign US editor Alison Weissbrot and UK editor-in-chief Gideon Spanier discuss the protracted affair that was the US presidential election. → Read More
Campaign podcast: Facebook's Nicola Mendelsohn on having cancer during Covid, and Nick Emery's Mindshare exit
Omar Oakes and Simon Gwynn discuss Nick Emery's shock departure from WPP media agency Mindshare and, in a wide-ranging interview, Facebook's European head, Nicola Mendelsohn, talks about dealing with a rare form of cancer. → Read More
Campaign podcast: Instagram turns 10 and Byron Sharp's Covid-19 marketing warnings
Omar Oakes and Jeremy Lee reflect on Byron Sharp's criticism of brands rushing to advertise during the pandemic and journalist and author Sarah Frier discusses how Instagram has evolved. → Read More
Campaign podcast: ITV's anti-racism ad and how graduates plan to beat the hiring freeze
The team dissect the news and discuss some recent ads, as well as interviewing graduates about trying to get into the industry during these trying times. → Read More
Instead of blaming young people for Covid, engage with them
'If you want to know how to change the behaviour of a group of people, co-create it with that group.' → Read More
Campaign podcast: Rival Saatchi agencies' secret talks and tackling discrimination in ads casting
UK editor-in-chief Gideon Spanier reveals what's in the new issue of Campaign. → Read More
Campaign podcast: Ageism row in adland and marketers open up about Covid struggles
This week's episode brings you a sneak peek from this week's Campaign360 conference, while Omar Oakes and Jeremy Lee take a closer look at WPP CEO Mark Read's comments about age and 'that' Dettol ad. → Read More
Campaign podcast: Rethinking the events industry for the coronavirus age
Fayola Douglas, experiences editor at Campaign, is joined by Peter Heath, managing director of Plasa, and Helen Hanson, founder of HEL's, an immersive events and brand experiences agency. → Read More
Pick of the Week: Camden Town Brewery’s 'drinkable' ad is a welcome distraction
Absurd animation provides temporary relief from the feeling that '2020 is bad'. → Read More
Watch: Deutsche Telekom's partnership with 'voice of a generation' Billie Eilish
Focus on 'digital optimism' of Gen Z formed basis of new ad. → Read More
Channel 4 turns spotlight on BAME representation for next Diversity Award
Award focuses on different area of diversity each year and encourages ad industry to embrace inclusive creative campaigns. → Read More
TikTok launches global ad campaign as Donald Trump's deadline looms
'It starts on TikTok' has launched in US and will run in other markets from September. → Read More
TikTok launches global ad campaign as Donald Trump's deadline looms
'It starts on TikTok' has launched in US and will run in other markets from September. → Read More
Campaign podcast: The future of account management
Is there really is a crisis for the discipline and if so, what agencies should be doing to rectify the situation? → Read More
Watch: How Born Free captured lockdown tales and garnered celeb fans
Pete Ioulianou, senior creative at Engine, walks through the process of creating Born Free's animated ad during lockdown. → Read More
Campaign podcast: Bodyform, Viagra and breaking taboos about sex and bodies
Brittaney Kiefer is joined by creators of Bodyform’s '#Wombstories' and Viagra's 'Love story'. → Read More
Campaign podcast: Bodyform, blue pills and breaking taboos about sex and bodies
Brittaney Kiefer is joined by creators of Bodyform’s '#Wombstories' and Viagra's 'Love story'. → Read More
Watch: Creativity after coronavirus
Strange times and constrained circumstances have inevitably changed the tone and look of ads in the past couple of months into a mass of empathetic and sentimental outpourings. Jeremy Lee asks is it the time to bring back funny ha ha? Watch the video above to find out. → Read More
Watch: The liberating experience of making the British Gas lockdown ad
Director Simon Ratigan and ECD Micky Tudor discuss how they made "Helping every way that we can" → Read More