Lions Festival has appointed Jose Papa as the new Managing Director of Lions Festivals, encompassing Cannes Lions, Lions Health, Lions Innovation, Lions Entertainment plus its regional events of eurobest, Dubai Lynx, Spikes Asia and the Tangrams. Mr Papa is currently CEO of WGSN, Ascential’s global… Read More
With the aim to harness data for further growth and development in the region, Ipsos in Middle East & North Africa (MENA) has signed a pact with UAE-based communications agency, Garage 366. At a time when marketing is going through a revolution fostered by technology… Read More
PGt Advertising, one of Iran’s advertising and marketing communications solutions agencies, and communications network Grayling, have finalised an affiliation agreement to provide integrated communications, public affairs, design, and market development services to businesses, non-profits, and government authorities in Iran. The affiliation agreement will see both… Read More
Emirates NBD has released a campaign highlighting its feature ‘Direct Remit’. The money remittance product by Emirates NBD helps customers to send money to their country, within 60 seconds, for free. Created by FP7/DXB, the short ad campaign makes use of emoticons to put across… Read More
Sledge, a live communications industry, has opened its office in the Middle East and appointed Alexis Sworder as General Manager. Based in Dubai, Ms Sworder will be focused on working with and developing the agency’s clients in the region. Ms Sworder has over 11 years… Read More
Following the comments made by Saatchi & Saatchi Executive Chairman and Publicis Groupe Head Coach, Kevin Roberts, in a recent interview with publication Business Insider, and the social media backlash that ensued, Mr Roberts has been asked to take a leave of absence from Publicis… Read More
IPG Mediabrands has appointed Mat Baxter as the Global Chief Executive Officer for its agency Initiative, effective immediately. Jim Elms, the agency’s previous Global Chief Executive Officer, is named Chairman of Initiative, and takes on new responsibilities as Managing Director, Interpublic. In this role, Mr… Read More
Dentsu Aegis Network has acquired gyro, an independent global creative agency dedicated exclusively to business-to-business (B2B) marketing. Following this acquisition, Dentsu Aegis Middle East and North Africa (MENA) will add a B2B offering to its product porfolio in the region. Globally, Dentsu Aegis’ B2B media… Read More
For Havas Worldwide, the first half of 2016 has given it confidence of meeting its annual targets. The first half of the year was ‘positive overall; for Havas, with revenue up by 5.2 percent on an unadjusted basis and robust growth at agencies in… Read More
A month ago, YouTube had announced the Lantern Awards that aims at highlighting the best Ramadan campaigns in 2016 based on an algorithm that takes into account views, engagement and qualitative elements. The Winner of The Lantern Award is VIVA Kuwait for a very humorous two-part series, ‘Where is… Read More
