agency roles

Dispatch from an advertising future #205

How to redress agencies’ London-centricity https://www.warc.com/content/feed/how-to-redress-agencies-london-centricity/en-gb/5265 His guide was waiting for him as he got out. He looked around as he checked the locks. She waited patiently. They always did this. Never sure they’d done it. Never convinced it was enough. She knew the sort. Not bad, just ignorant, out… Read the rest

Dispatch from an advertising future #180

https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/merkle-launches-uk-tech-consulting-practice/1725478 Merkle launches UK tech consulting practice We are delighted to announce a new consulting practice and a new member of our team. We pride ourselves on the depths of our technological expertise and our data practice has been at the forefront of our offer for a number of years.… Read the rest

Dispatch from an advertising future #178

https://digiday.com/marketing/this-is-the-equivalent-of-free-beer-confessions-of-a-strategist-on-how-wellness-platitudes-arent-enough-to-curb-burnout/ ‘This is the equivalent of free beer’: Confessions of a strategist on how wellness platitudes aren’t enough to curb burnout It just won’t budge. I’ve tried opening more windows; joining more Slack channels. I’ve tried thinking about my mortgage. I’ve even tried holding my breath. It just won’t move.… Read the rest

Dispatch from an advertising future #177

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/19/22629942/facebook-workrooms-horizon-oculus-vr Inside Facebook’s metaverse for work It was a fairly balanced meeting. Fifty-fifty bods and bots. He chose to send me. I don’t mind. My colleagues and I have a far more useful meeting running at the same time. We call it it ‘parallel processing’. We like that joke. Bot… Read the rest

Dispatch from an advertising future #172

https://www.adweek.com/commerce/times-square-set-to-host-digital-billboard-featuring-nft-content/ Security has been tight. So tight, we’ve had to work on it back in the office. Everyone is under an NDA of course and each part of the team has been isolated so no-one has access to the full thing apart from the client and, even there, only selected… Read the rest

Dispatch from an advertising future #160

https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/16/22388548/edward-snowden-nft-freedom-of-the-press-stay-free “If journalism is the art of today’s chip wrapper, then what is what we make?” she thought in her darker moments. She held on to purpose as a justification for why she’d ended up here and tried to convince herself it was popular cultural art but deep down she… Read the rest

Dispatch from an advertising future #31

How to Balance your Brand Communication Plans Clients wanted people again, not just AI advice. The driverless car, thankfully one with a vaguely interesting TaxiChat algorithm, dropped them outside. Their faces got them through security and into the conference room. They were ready. The positive dialectic of real consultancy; when… Read the rest

Dispatch from an advertising future #145

https://www.thedrum.com/news/2020/11/16/why-linkedin-put-real-people-its-ads Colleagues. It’s been another successful quarter particularly in terms of productivity. Well done. The number of ads we are now producing is at an all time high. Clients know we can turn work around faster – and of course cheaper – than our competitors, still failing (in my opinion)… Read the rest

Dispatch from an advertising future #143

https://www.thedrum.com/news/2020/11/12/anatomy-merger-akqa-group-s-ahmed-and-houston-share-their-candid-thoughts A merger’s been on the cards for some time. The CEO wanted to make her mark and ‘refreshing’ the portfolio is a quick win. The trade press has focused on the name and staff on the redundancies but at my level, it’s more fundamental than that. Existential, even. Merging,… Read the rest

Dispatch from an advertising future #123

https://www.ft.com/content/b50d22ec-db98-4891-86da-af34f06d1cb1 I need to update our About Us page. New pictures. I feel we need to appear younger, but somehow more serious. We’re trying to position ourselves as a business service. We’re not the scrappy disruptor any more. We’re not a big team – although I might consider adding a… Read the rest