Healthcare advertising has a formula problem. Soft piano music. Slow-motion hugs. Generic promises about compassion. Smiling doctors walking through sunlit hallways like they...
Contender co-founder and chief creative officer Robert Clifton Jr. has been named the inaugural recipient of the Chicago Advertising Federation’s (CAF) newly created Creative...
There’s something beautifully uncomfortable about Havas Chicago’s latest work for Stanley Steemer. This week’s Reel Ad of the Week goes to the return of “The Steemer,...
Leo Chicago and ALDI are heading out West for the latest chapter of the retailer’s ongoing “It’s an ALDI Thing” platform, using cowboy wisdom and deadpan humor to celeb...
Joe Sedelmaier, the groundbreaking commercial director whose distinctly human, eccentric style helped redefine modern advertising, died peacefully Friday morning of natural cau...
Acclaimed director Michael Maes, one of the industry’s leading visual storytellers in the food and liquid space, represented by Quriosity Productions, the award-winning, mi...
Ortega Taco is refusing to let the Cinco de Mayo party end. The Mexican food brand has officially declared May 6 “Seis de Mayo,” a new annual holiday designed to extend the...
Southwest Airlines celebrated its new partnership with the Chicago Cubs by turning Gallagher Way into a fan-focused Opening Day experience packed with exclusive merch, baseball...
Tequila Herradura is making a case for patience in a world addicted to speed. The tequila brand has launched “We Leave Nothing to Luck and Everything to Craft,” a new globa...
There are very few brands left that can drop a commercial featuring a bald kangarooman carrying teenage boys in his pouch, a jellyfish massage, and full practical puppetry… a...
ZOA Energy is kicking off a new era for the brand with a fresh creative platform, updated packaging and the launch of a limited edition flavor inspired by its Polynesian roots....
Schafer Condon Carter has appointed Liam Boyle as Chief Growth Officer, as the independent Chicago agency continues to build out its leadership team and growth strategy.
Boy...
AbelsonTaylor Group, a leading independent healthcare marketing and communications agency, announced that Kelly Ofman has joined the agency as Vice President, Account Director....
Schafer Condon Carter announced that Jack Hennessy has been promoted to Chief Operating and Media Officer, a newly created position. He most recently served as Executive Direct...
Moen is leaning into the everyday with its new brand platform, Must Be A Moen, a campaign built around a simple idea: life can be messy, unpredictable, and sometimes a little c...
Miller Lite is tapping into real-life connections and a little cultural humor with its latest campaign, teaming up with Livvy Dunne for “Legendary Moments with Livvy.”
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BBDO Chicago takes this week’s top spot with a campaign that does exactly what great product launches should do. It makes the familiar feel weird again. Created for M&M...
Smithfield Foods is tapping Leo Chicago as its new creative and strategic agency of record, part of a broader push to unify its marketing ecosystem and accelerate growth across...
After 64 years as one of Chicago’s most respected and enduring talent agencies, Shirley Hamilton Talent will close its doors on May 1, marking the end of a company that helpe...
For more than five decades, Michael Kutza built something in Chicago that did not exist anywhere else in the country.
This week, that impact was formally recognized at the...
