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VP/CD Vos among recent hires and promotions at R+K

By Daniel Patton Aug 1, 2017

Naperville-based Rhea + Kaiser has been keeping more than busy this summer. The full service marketing agency announced a pair of promotions and a pair of new hires in July.Jac...

Chicago Actors Meetup celebrates 10th anniversary

By Daniel Patton Aug 1, 2017

On August 18, the Chicago Acting in Film Meetup will mark its 10th anniversary with a celebration and fundraiser in the restaurant and lounge connected to the historic Davis The...

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Wrestler John Cena stars in new Hefty spots by Havas Chicago

By Colin Costello Jul 28, 2017

John Cena is not a great actor. I can safely say that since, well, he is nowhere around and I’m in the confines of my apartment! That said, the wrestler-turned-TV-star-turn...

Optimus CD and effects artist cut into new roles

By Colin Costello Jul 28, 2017

Production and post house Optimus announced the promotions of Mark Butchko to Creative Director and Jim Moss to Effects Artist.In their new roles, Butchko will provide creative ...

Chicago novelist Sakey turns his best-seller into a script

By Daniel Patton Jul 28, 2017

Best-selling author Marcus Sakey compounded the challenge of going from book to film long before he agreed to adapt his latest novel, Afterlife, into a screenplay for Ron Howard...

gyro creates campaign promise written in concrete

By Colin Costello Jul 26, 2017

Since I have been covering stories about Chicago ad agencies for Reel over the last year, and with an even more intense effort since Ruth’s passing, I am beginning to rediscov...

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DDB and Skittles create “lime-a-geddon”

By Colin Costello Jul 26, 2017

It’s not the worst of times, but the best of limes as Skittles has finally listened to pleas from customers over social media who begged for the return of the popular flavor a...

LiftMaster’s Battle of the Garage Bands

By Daniel Patton Jul 26, 2017

Minneapolis’ Sin City Escape and Chicago’s Speedfreak rocked hundreds of fans at Liftmaster’s Battle of the Garage Bands competition in Wicker Park’s 1st Ward on Sunday ...

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Escape Pod named top small Midwest agency by Ad Age

By Colin Costello Jul 24, 2017

At Ad Age’s July 19 Small Agency of the Year Awards in Nashville, Chicago-based The Escape Pod won Gold in “The Midwest Small Agency category.”The independent agency recen...

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New hires at DDB, FCB and We Are Unlimited

By Colin Costello Jul 24, 2017

On Friday, McDonald's AOR We Are Unlimited announced that former FCB Chicago SVP/ECD, Max Geraldo had been tapped to serve as Executive Creative Director. Joining him is Bruno G...

CRC’s Bill Fisher dives under the sea for Shark Week

By Daniel Patton Jul 24, 2017

Bill Fisher met his first shark on a Grand Cayman snorkeling excursion almost twenty years ago. Ever since that encounter, the Chicago Recording Company audio engineer has made ...

Chili’s awards project to O’Keefe Reinhard & Paul

By Colin Costello Jul 20, 2017

O’Keefe Reinhard & Paul (OKRP) will be firing up the grill for some “bar-bee-q” as they were just awarded a new assignment from Chili’s.Owned by Brinker Internationa...

Sarofsky makes friends for new Netflix series

By Colin Costello Jul 20, 2017

The new Netflix original series, Friends from College, from writer/director Nicholas Stoller (Neighbors, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and spouse/co-writer Francesca Delbanco (Forg...

The art that complements the Pitchfork Music Festival

By Daniel Patton Jul 20, 2017

Artist Jason Wyatt Frederick created a visual symphony for the cover of the Chicago Reader’s annual Pitchfork preview issue last week.Using a lineup supplied by the publicatio...

Optimus trolls Chicagoans with Heinz “Dog Sauce”

By Colin Costello Jul 19, 2017

There’s a scene in Dirty Harry where Clint Eastwood berates his partner for doing the sin of sins — putting ketchup on his hotdog.“Nobody puts ketchup on a hotdog,” is a...

McDonald’s seeks to trim fat from agencies

By Colin Costello Jul 18, 2017

Well the sauce is going to get a little less special for some of McDonald’s regional agencies. According to Ad Age and Agency Spy reports, as well as confirmed by a Los Ang...

Leo Burnett helps museum goers speak for specimens

By Colin Costello Jul 18, 2017

Well, we’ve been “voicing” everything from bees to dinosaurs in film and TV for decades now, so why not start doing the same for specimens in museums?That’s exactly what...

Nimble Media creates 1,000 videos for elite universities

John Yaworsky Jul 18, 2017

Director/producer John Yaworsky recently completed one of the biggest homework assignments of his life: 1,000 video pieces for Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities.“I lea...

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Havas Chicago welcomes new GCD Karen Goodman

By Colin Costello Jul 18, 2017

Former Under Amour creative, Karen Goodman, has joined Havas Chicago as Group Creative Director.According to Agency Spy, she will lead the creative on the agency’s Hefty and R...

It’s happy hour in Chicago as beer returns to DDB

By Daniel Patton Jul 17, 2017

DDB Chicago, which has a storied history of creating award-winning work for beer brands — Anheuser-Busch to be specific — is ready to break out the beer steins again as Mill...

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Escape Pod named top small Midwest agency by Ad Age

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CRC’s Bill Fisher dives under the sea for Shark Week

Chili’s awards project to O’Keefe Reinhard & Paul

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Optimus trolls Chicagoans with Heinz “Dog Sauce”

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Havas Chicago welcomes new GCD Karen Goodman

It’s happy hour in Chicago as beer returns to DDB

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