by thesanfranciscoegotist / November 12, 2019 /
Saturday Night Live is legendary for a lot of reasons - its commercials being one. This compilation of some of their best food-related parody spots had us rolling on the floor laughing at the Egotist Headquarters.
Watch these spots for brands like Brownie Husband and Almost Pizza to see what whets your appetite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lC6yDYl_3w
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by Egotist / November 7, 2019 /
Staffing news from AKQA: They've appointed Natasha Avery to the newly-created role of Director of Talent Acquisition, North America. Avery will lead and manage the entire recruitment function and candidate experience at AKQA in the region. Avery was most recently EVP Talent Acquisition for Edelman where she spent 12 years.
“AKQA is one of the most highly respected agencies in the world, so I couldn’t be more excited to join them. In addition to the incredible work they do for thei[Read More]
by thesanfranciscoegotist / October 24, 2019 /
Happy Thursday news from BSSP – they've announced a big client win: yoghurt brand, noosa. The agency will be developing the strategy and creative for noosa’s yoghurt brand and new products, in addition to handling creative production.
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by thesanfranciscoegotist / October 24, 2019 /
Duncan Channon today announced the hire of Noël Johnson as the agency’s first director of marketing and client engagement. She joins the shop from startup agency Most Likely To, and previously spent three years as Group Account Dire[Read More]
by thesanfranciscoegotist / October 18, 2019 /
Venables Bell & Partners has announced the appointment of Katy Alonzo and Gavin Jones as Co-Heads of its Strategy Department. Katy joins VB&P from Mother in Los Angeles where she served as Head of Strategy, and Gavin steps up to his role as Co-Head of Strategy after five years leading the agency’s Campaign Architecture.
“As CMOs’ roles continue to evolve, and marketing leaders take on broader and broader responsibilities, we believe it is imperative that we continue to p[Read More]
by thesanfranciscoegotist / October 4, 2019 /
This one's a bit outside our usual coverage area, but since there's no Sacramento Egotist, we thought we'd show a little love to our state's capitol. Sac agency MeringCarson has been renamed “Mering”.
If the name isn't familiar, just know they have offices in Sacramento and San Diego, and do work for clients like Visit California, KSL Resorts/Monarch Beach, Mammoth Lakes Tourism, Merlin Entertainments (LEGOLAND), Pebble Beach Company, San Diego [Read More]
by thesanfranciscoegotist / September 19, 2019 /
barrettSF has hired Robert Woods as Group Account Director, a new position, Co-founder/Managing Director Patrick Kelly announced today.
“Robert is more than a good fit”, said Kelly. “As we continue to grow, we’ve been looking to build out our leadership team and we were lucky to find Robert. In literally a matter of days, he has made a major imprint on the place that makes us better."
Woods is a native Texan who grew up on a prison farm. Seriously—his Dad was a warde[Read More]
by Egotist / September 12, 2019 /
The Bay Area's BlackWing Creative is rolling in new business, with four significant recent wins. New clients include Gigamon; the market leader in IT network security, and Charter Spectrum; a $43 billion telecommunications provider.
The B2B agency will be implementing a wide variety of work, from guerilla marketing to awareness advertising and lead-generation campaigns.
Congrats on the growth.
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