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Two Chicago agencies shine at AdAge’s Small Agency Awards
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Two Chicago agencies shine at AdAge’s Small Agency Awards

By Colin Costello Jul 26, 2024
Chicago's advertising scene is celebrating a significant achievement as two local agencies, Quality Meats and Laughlin Constable, were honored at Ad Age’s 16th Annual Small A...
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AbelsonTaylor adds British Randle as VP, Director of Content
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AbelsonTaylor adds British Randle as VP, Director of Content

By Reel Chicago Jul 25, 2024
AbelsonTaylor Group has expanded its production team by hiring British Randle, a seasoned executive with experience across a broad range of industries, as vice president, direc...
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Motion Agency promotes Terry Mertens to ECD
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Motion Agency promotes Terry Mertens to ECD

By Reel Chicago Jul 22, 2024
Motion, Chicago’s largest independent, female-owned creative communications agency has promoted Terry Mertens to their first-ever Executive Creative Director (ECD). For ne...
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Energy BBDO Chicago Office leader, Jeff Adkins, steps down
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Energy BBDO Chicago Office leader, Jeff Adkins, steps down

By Reel Chicago Jul 19, 2024
Jeff Adkins, president and CEO of Energy BBDO in Chicago, is stepping down after a long tenure with the Omnicom agency. This move creates vacancies at the leadership level for ...
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Collective Media pulls together a winning team for Purina Campaign
  • Behind The Scenes

Collective Media pulls together a winning team for Purina Campaign

By Barbara Roche Jul 12, 2024
Collective Media Productions (CMP) is revolutionizing the production and post-production industry by offering exceptional service through carefully assembled freelance teams. ...
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GetYourGuide goes places with high-profile athletes in new work
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GetYourGuide goes places with high-profile athletes in new work

By Reel Chicago Jul 12, 2024
GetYourGuide, a leading global online marketplace for unforgettable travel experiences, is launching a new campaign series called Offseason by GetYourGuide. This series sho...
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Amalgamated Bank of Chicago rebrands as ABOC
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Amalgamated Bank of Chicago rebrands as ABOC

By Reel Chicago Jul 11, 2024
ABOC, formerly known as Amalgamated Bank of Chicago, has announced a significant rebranding effort in celebration of its 102nd anniversary. The rebranding includes a new na...
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AutoZone enters creative review after 10 years with Havas
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AutoZone enters creative review after 10 years with Havas

By Reel Chicago Jul 11, 2024
AutoZone has initiated a creative review process, ending a decade-long partnership with Havas Chicago. The agency has been AutoZone’s creative agency since 2014, with contrib...
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The Black ad community celebrates the premiere of Channels Changers
  • ADVERTISING

The Black ad community celebrates the premiere of Channels Changers

By Barbara Roche Jul 3, 2024
Members of the advertising community gathered at the Gene Siskel Center on Monday evening to honor the veterans and icons of Chicago's Black ad agencies, whose legacies are now...
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Director Zoe Malhotra joins Dictionary Films
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Director Zoe Malhotra joins Dictionary Films

By Reel Chicago Jul 2, 2024
Dictionary Films has signed Indian-American director Zoe Malhotra has signed with the company for representation in the U.S. Midwest. The announcement was made by Dictionary’...
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Benjamin H Counts II partner at Coil, Counts, Ford & Cheney passes at 78
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Benjamin H Counts II partner at Coil, Counts, Ford & Cheney passes at 78

By Reel Chicago Jun 28, 2024
Benjamin H Counts II, Creative Director/Partner at Coil, Counts, Ford & Cheney (CCFC), has passed at age 78. Benjamin H Counts II, a beloved resident of Chicago, Illinoi...
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Dark Matter: Joel Edgerton teases ‘Entanglement’ finale
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Dark Matter: Joel Edgerton teases ‘Entanglement’ finale

By Reel Chicago Jun 25, 2024
[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for Dark Matter Season 1, Episode 8 “Jupiter.”] Is physics professor Jason Desson (Joel Edgerton) about to reach his happ...
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Optimus triumphs with 8 silver awards at The D Show
  • AWARDS

Optimus triumphs with 8 silver awards at The D Show

By Reel Chicago Jun 25, 2024
On June 13, at the Gem Theater in Detroit, Optimus celebrated a triumphant night by playing a pivotal role in eight Silver awards at the 2024 The D Show. The post-production ho...
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Highdive shines at 2024 D Show with 7 awards
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Highdive shines at 2024 D Show with 7 awards

By Reel Chicago Jun 25, 2024
Highdive showcased its innovative prowess and their exceptional ability to blend creativity with strategic marketing at the 2024 The D Show by taking home an impressive seven a...
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Laughlin Constable adds Vincent Geraghty to head HIVE Content Studio
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Laughlin Constable adds Vincent Geraghty to head HIVE Content Studio

By Reel Chicago Jun 25, 2024
Laughlin Constable (LC) welcomes global agency veteran Vincent Geraghty to EVP, Head of Production & HIVE Content Studio, overseeing the agency’s full integrated suite of...
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Chicago doc tells untold story of city’s Black advertising legends
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Chicago doc tells untold story of city’s Black advertising legends

By Reel Chicago Jun 23, 2024
They are legends in the advertising industry, but surprisingly (not really) the stories of the Black ad men and women who transformed the industry's predominantly white landsca...
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Method & Madness teams with Leo Burnett on Rite Aid Campaign 
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Method & Madness teams with Leo Burnett on Rite Aid Campaign 

By Reel Chicago Jun 20, 2024
Method & Madness Director Jonathan Becker teamed up with Leo Burnett to create the latest It Means More At Rite Aid campaign. Becker specializes in commercials featuring ch...
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Ogilvy CCO Liz Taylor, James Patterson talk killer ads and serial killers
  • CANNES LIONS

Ogilvy CCO Liz Taylor, James Patterson talk killer ads and serial killers

By Reel Chicago Jun 20, 2024
At their Cannes session, ‘Hungry Dogs Run Faster,’ Liz Taylor, global CCO of Ogilvy and novelist and former advertising creative director, James Patterson, shared valuable...
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Putney launches AI Chatbot for Juneteenth education
  • Juneteenth

Putney launches AI Chatbot for Juneteenth education

By Reel Chicago Jun 18, 2024
Celebrated on June 19th, Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. This holiday has been observed by Black Americans for nearly 160 years but was only ma...
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Havas Chicago is working to help create a safe Chicago for all
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Havas Chicago is working to help create a safe Chicago for all

By Reel Chicago Jun 17, 2024
The City of Chicago Mayor's Office for Community Safety, in partnership with the Chicago Department of Public Health and Havas Chicago, has launched A Safe Chicago for All, an ...
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