As social media has grown in relevance, so has the cacophony of voices supporting or disapproving their favorite films and TV series. A scroll through various YouTube videos of ...
During a season when people make resolutions, why shouldn’t that pesky character from Allstate, Mayhem, make some as well?
The character whom Leo Burnett pitched to Allsta...
In 1984, Ronald Reagan was president. Marvin Gaye passed away. Terms of Endearment won the Oscar for Best Picture. The Celtics beat the Lakers in seven exciting games, and Princ...
My daughters used to complain about having to get up a 5 a.m. to attend a high school that was two miles down the street.
Compare their first world complaints to those of th...
After joining AICP and AICE into a single association under the AICP brand, the newly formed organization announced that Craig Duncan, Managing Director and Partner of Cutters S...
More than a year after premiering at a White House educational event in Washington D.C., Augustana College-based Fresh Films has released its second feature, Alternate Universe:...
There’s a new production company in town.
Today, Hudson House, a Chicago-based team, announced their official launch. The company brings together a team of film industry p...
Escape Pod launches freelance recruitment app Go Shortlist
Today, Escape Pod announced the creation of a free online platform connecting the industry’s top creative freelan...
Two new indecently hilarious spots hit the marketplace this week.
The first is from O’Keefe Reinhard & Paul, an agency doing the kind of work that made me want to get into...
Today, I was telling a friend that I really want to be a better parent to my daughters, Chloe and Max. Around this time of year, I feel that I somewhat abandoned them when I got...
Burnett celebrates the top-performing agencies in global network
Last week in Chicago, Leo Burnett Worldwide hosted the 20th annual Leo Burnett “Agency of the Year.” This...
Traveling Picture Show volunteers at food bank
It's a holiday tradition for Reel Chicago to cover the good things that Windy City ad agencies and production companies are doi...
According to San Francisco-based muralist and artist Lauren Asta, art creates an emotional connection within us. She states on her website that art, “allows us to pay attentio...
As a former advertising creative, I can’t honestly say my ears always perked up at the mention of “User Data.”
Typically, it was the driest portion of any meeting, ca...
LA-based agency Battery announced Friday the appointment of Mike Parseghian as Head of Brand and Becky Ginos as Associate Creative Director.
As Head of Brand, Parseghian wil...
Former WPP exec Angela Johnson is leaving the Windy City for the Big Apple.
McGarryBowen U.S. President Simon Pearce announced that Johnson has been named President of the a...
Walgreens and WPP have are moving away from "the Corner of Happy and Healthy" for a new line — "Walgreens. Trusted since 1901."
The previous line was created by GSD&M, who...
Last year, a mindboggling 22,000 people lost their lives to prescription Opioid overdose last year.
With President Trump declaring that the Opioid Crisis is a US Public Heal...
Ahhhh, let’s talk about Trump’s border wall. You know – the one that should really be dubbed, “Trump’s Folly?”
No, Im not hiding my disdain for his great big won...
Dentsu Aegis Network announced the acquisition of Swirl, one of the leading independent digital marketing firms on the West Coast.
Swirl will become part of global award-win...