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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...

Sunnier days ahead for Chicago Sun Times?

By Colin Costello Jul 17, 2017

The Chicago Sun-Times has new owners. And it’s not rival Chicago Tribune. The struggling tabloid, as well as The Chicago Reader, were sold to former Chicago Alderman Edwin...

See the Emmy noms for Outstanding Commercial

By Colin Costello Jul 17, 2017

While most of the Emmy Awards broadcast audience will be on the edge of their seats watching House of Cards duke it out with The Handmaid’s Tale and Westworld, there will be a...

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Tom Burrell inducted into the One Club Hall of Fame

By Colin Costello Jul 17, 2017

Iconic advertising pioneer, Tom Burrell, whose illustrious career transformed both the way people of color were portrayed in marketing communications, as well as their roles wit...

Ad and film pros capture the poetry of Cook County Jail

By Daniel Patton Jul 14, 2017

This is the final installment of a three-part series. To view part one, click here. For part two, here.Leo Burnett executive producer Ron Nelken transformed advertsing concepts ...

Chicago Teamster official charged with extortion

By Daniel Patton Jul 14, 2017

In an 11-page indictment returned Wednesday, the US District Court of Illinois charged high-ranking Teamster official John T. Coli Sr. with extorting “quarterly cash payments�...

SKIL and SKILSAW hire Escape Pod as AOR

By Colin Costello Jul 14, 2017

Naperville-based, Chervon, one of the world’s top 10 manufacturers of power tools, outdoor power equipment and related products, has named The Escape Pod as AOR for its SKIL a...

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rEvolution unites Winnebago and Maddon to get RAW

By Colin Costello Jul 13, 2017

And here I thought Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon lived in the dugout. Apparently not! Turns out Maddon and his wife, Jaye, live in a $500,000 Winnebago Grand Tour. During the ...

NY-based director Wilhelm Scholz signs with Quriosity

By Daniel Patton Jul 12, 2017

Over the course of his career, director / photographer Wilhelm Scholz has mastered the art of creating the right place at the right time. From Alaska to Hong Kong, from Libya to...

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Escape Pod named top small Midwest agency by Ad Age

New hires at DDB, FCB and We Are Unlimited

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

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

Sarofsky makes friends for new Netflix series

The art that complements the Pitchfork Music Festival

Optimus trolls Chicagoans with Heinz “Dog Sauce”

McDonald’s seeks to trim fat from agencies

Leo Burnett helps museum goers speak for specimens

Nimble Media creates 1,000 videos for elite universities

Havas Chicago welcomes new GCD Karen Goodman

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

Sunnier days ahead for Chicago Sun Times?

See the Emmy noms for Outstanding Commercial

Tom Burrell inducted into the One Club Hall of Fame

Ad and film pros capture the poetry of Cook County Jail

Chicago Teamster official charged with extortion

SKIL and SKILSAW hire Escape Pod as AOR

rEvolution unites Winnebago and Maddon to get RAW

NY-based director Wilhelm Scholz signs with Quriosity

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