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‘Maya’ continues Pearle Vision’s strategy to showcase Small Moments

By Reel Chicago Aug 24, 2021

Pearle Vision has launched their latest installment in the award-winning Small Moments campaign, a cinematic mini-movie titled "Maya," in which a young Indian girl goes from fe...

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Explore produces direct-to-brand creative for ‘We Can Help’

By Reel Chicago Aug 10, 2021

Creative production company Explore recently produced a commercial campaign for 1st Source Bank which aired during the 2021 Olympic Games, broadcast on the NBC network from Tok...

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11 Dollar Bill out freezes The Freeze in campaign for RaceTrac and R/GA

By Reel Chicago Aug 2, 2021

11 Dollar Bill wins for coolest ad of the week. They teamed with R/GA and Swedish production company Hobby Film on a new campaign for RaceTrac featuring the “coolest” icon ...

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Change the Ref: The Lost Class honored

By Reel Chicago Jun 28, 2021

3,044 students did not graduate this year due to gun violence. Change The Ref is making sure these victims are not forgotten, and forced pro-gun legislators and proponents to f...

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11 Dollar Bill & Ogilvy team on ‘The Bums and the Bees’

By Reel Chicago Jun 18, 2021

Tim Roper of F. Yeah & Associates directed and 11 Dollar Bill provided editorial and post-production services for the spot which encourages Gen Xers to be screened for colo...

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STORY’s Ky Dickens gets flirty with sandwich making

By Colin Costello May 11, 2021

This is tasty. In a fun new spot for Land O’Frost’s Bistro Favorites and Chicago agency Merge, STORY director Ky Dickens shows that, when it comes to sandwiches, beauty is ...

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EXTRA Gum offer fresh start to post-pandemic life

By Reel Chicago May 4, 2021

EXTRA Gum is all about shared moments of human connection—many of which have unfortunately, become distant memory due to the COVID-19 pandemic, until now: we can finally reco...

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Porsche casts Bill Nye to teach Electric Taycan

By Reel Chicago Apr 20, 2021

Who doesn't love Bill Nye, the Science Guy? Porsche certainly does, as the luxury brand has tapped Nye for a five-part web series explaining the engineering of the ba...

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Orbitz reaffirms commitment to LGBTQ+ travel

By Reel Chicago Apr 6, 2021

Twenty years after launching the first LGBTQ print ad encouraging travelers to "see the world on your terms," travel site Orbitz is debuting a new national ad campaign and ca...

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Highdive’s new Jeep spot is worth making noise about

By Reel Chicago Mar 1, 2021

Highdive, Ad Age’s 2020 Small Agency of the Year and back-to-back winner of USA Today’s 2020 and 2021 AdMeter, premiered a new creative spot, directed by Lance Acord out of...

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LeBron James, AT&T celebrate Black Chicago

By Reel Chicago Feb 11, 2021

This Black History Month, AT&T Dream in Black presents the return of Black Future Makers, a future-forward celebration of inspirational people in the culture. Th...

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Vizzy sends-off 2020 with Vitamin C Graduation remake

By Reel Chicago Dec 31, 2020

That's right, the first hard seltzer with antioxidant vitamin C and Vitamin C herself have recreated the 2000s karaoke classic so we can all graduate from 2020. We all kno...

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Snowman transforms into Beerman for Coors Light

By Reel Chicago Dec 9, 2020

In a holiday season when nothing feels typical, Coors Light is introducing a festive tradition just for grownups – because, let's be honest, adults deserve to enjoy the holid...

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Eggs are the holiday gift they are cracked up to be

By Reel Chicago Nov 12, 2020

Launching on November 10th, the American Egg Board’s new campaign, and our Reel Ad of the Week, is “The Gift of Eggs.” The LOL campaign from Energy BBDO pokes fun at hol...

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Ogilvy, Optimus want us to “Stand By Our Mail”

By Colin Costello Nov 3, 2020

The U.S. Postal service has gotten a lot of shit over the last few months from Planet Trump. The President criticized plans to fund the USPS in preparation for mail-in voti...

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Chicago, FCB make voting easier than ever

By Reel Chicago Oct 7, 2020

This week, FCB and the City of Chicago launched an initiative to greatly increase local participation in the upcoming presidential election. FCB, in partnership with the Cit...

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BTS: Miller, Lewandowski on new UCM spot

By Colin Costello Sep 29, 2020

Last Friday, a brave and emotional new spot for the University of Chicago Medicine broke on regional TV. Crafted by independent, digitally driven, creative agency Schafer Cond...

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SNL’s Cecily Strong ladles up the Prego for Leo Burnett

By Reel Chicago Aug 26, 2020

If ladling on sauce makes you want to sing marinara’s praises, SNL's Cecily Strong has just the message for you. Check out how Leo Burnett Chicago’s new work for Prego enco...

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Explore delivers retro hazy 1985 Beer in a 1985 DeLorean

By Reel Chicago Jul 28, 2020

Can anyone come up with a better way to deliver the retro hazy IPA, 1985 Beer, than a 1985 DeLorean. Explore pulls this off in true "Back to the Future" style. This is one to t...

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Country Time’s ‘Littlest Bailout’ for kid’s lemonade stands

By Reel Chicago Jul 15, 2020

To help the smallest of small businesses, kids’ lemonade stands, Country Time is launching the Littlest Bailout Relief Fund, a fund to send stimulus checks to kids ...

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