Throughout Black History Month, we're partnering with agency owner Derek Walker on a series that highlights the ideas, perspectives and successes of Black advertising professionals. Today we're featuring John deGraft-Johnson, a strategy director at Anomaly, and a commercial he worked on in 2016 while at creative agency Joint London. Created for Amazon Prime, the holiday...
A new movie called Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar, billed as escapist entertainment for Galentine's Day, is a surreal candy-colored mashup of buddy comedy and crime thriller with random musical numbers thrown in for good measure. It even had a Stranger Things-inspired trailer. Sound like a head trip? Then the flick's cross-promotion...
Last year, as the Covid-19 pandemic gained its devastating momentum, another scourge emerged: racist attacks against America's Asian population. The former administration's language, fanned flames of anger and hate crimes. Over time, the stories about violence against Asian Americans became less frequent. It bubbled over in recent weeks in the lead-up to Lunar New Year....
As Unilever's first ever Chief Growth Operations Officer, Debora Koyama has a very simple, but important mission: unlock growth for the company. With more than 25 years of experience, Debora has worked for some of the biggest companies in the CPG space including Anheuser-Busch InBev, L'Or?al, Diageo, Mondelez International, and Kraft Foods. She left her...
Okay, so based on the headline, you should know and be warned you're in for one helluva ride in this episode with e.l.f. CMO Kory Marchisotto. In fact, throughout this episode, Kory gives Heide and me a ton of headlines, including "Bright, Sassy, Badass" and "Curiosity, Courage, Conviction"-- not to mention plenty of "elfisms" and...
Messenger From Facebook and Messenger Kids released a limited-edition sticker pack to mark Black History Month. The stickers spotlight key community members from the #BlackBoyJoy, #BlackGirlMagic and #BlackHealthMatters movements who are harnessing their purpose and passion to redefine the future. More details are available here. The Messenger team also created a guide to help parents...
In September, a slew of R/GA leaders--six, to be exact--left the agency to form an unnamed innovation consultancy. Roughly 100 days in, its founders have gotten around to sharing its name, Proto, in addition to details regarding how it will operate and work with clients. Proto is the latest in a string of consultancies that...
Facebook shared details on steps it is taking to support the citizens of Myanmar following the military coup that occurred there Feb. 1. Director of policy for Asia-Pacific emerging countries Rafael Frankel said in a Newsroom post that the social network's primary objectives are to: Prevent online content from being linked to offline harm. Protect...