Creative

Gio Alma is known as our industry’s go-to photographer when divas want to look their best.   Karla Martínez and María Celeste Arrarás have him on speed dial for a reason.

The shortlist for the 2016 USH Creative Awards that will honor the winners on Wednesday October 12,th, 2016 at the Colony Theatre in Miami, FL was dominated by Coconut Grove, FL based ALMA.

A frequent question I hear from senior global marketers is, “how can I maximise ad transference?” It’s a sensible question. As zero-based budgeting grows in popularity, the opportunity to save costs by producing one ad that can be used in many countries is compelling. But there is the risk that making an ad work across multiple countries may not be the best way to maximise ROI.

The International Creativity Festival El Ojo de Iberoamérica that will take place in November in Buenos Aires, launched a courageous campaign for the final deadline for entries. Leaded by the already claimed Fighting Cholita, ChinChin, the ad uses a current issue as it is the threat of creating a wall to separate Latin, pushing them away and diminishing the creative potential that comes with diversity.

Orcí received an Imagen Award in the Best On-Air Advertising category.

The Ram truck brand launches a new Spanish-language multicultural and multinational campaign this week celebrating hard working people who are their own bosses and get the job done day after day.

The National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) announced the winners of its Excellence in Multicultural Marketing Awards (EMMA). Presented in conjunction with the Annual NAMIC Conference, the competition recognizes excellence in marketing efforts designed to attract and retain culturally diverse audiences and customers among African American, Asian, Hispanic, LGBTQ and other market segments.

The XIX edition of The International Festival of Creativity El Ojo de Iberoamérica presents once again the award for The Best Latin Idea for the World. Directed to Ibero-American professionals working for global brands across international companies, all interested in participating have time to enter their best ideas until September 15th.

This is what advertising music means today: Instead of jingles, we have singles. The Atlantic takes an in-depth look at the cultural trends that have killed one of advertising’s most important legacies: the commercial jingle.

Segura Viudas’ ad agency of record, República, created the campaign’s anthem video, which features an original track by Lunoe entitled “Sip It” that mixes the alluring sounds of Cava —  from the unwrapping of the foil and popping of the cork to the pouring of the Cava itself — with Lunoe’s musical innovation and pure sonic power.

Circus led by Bruno Lambertini, Ignacio Liaudat and Luis Alonso announced the addition of Federico Durán to the Los Angeles office joining the team as Executive Creative Director.

It is imperative that marketing leaders understand their role in driving change toward a new content production strategy.  By Jillian Gibbs, ANA Faculty

It is imperative that marketing leaders understand their role in driving change toward a new content production strategy.  By Jillian Gibbs, ANA Faculty

Historically, advertising production has followed a very traditional path: A marketer hires an agency of record; then that agency hires a production company to oversee the production of a master asset, as well as the post production, versioning, and adaptations, all with a single point of contact from the brand.  With the evolution of global content production needs, many marketers have found alternative solutions to this process. Often these solutions involve a transcreation house that is able to address emerging markets and provide consistency, transparency of spend, speed to market, and lower costs.  By Jillian Gibbs, ANA Faculty

Norbi Zylberberg launched Socialisssima, a new start-up mindset agency based in Austin and focus on the multicultural market in the US.

In an innovative effort to increase brand awareness among U.S. Hispanics, the iconic 50+ giant AARP has launched a new, multi-generational and upbeat Spanish-language brand campaign, a national 360° multi-channel approach under the umbrella message: “Dedicarte a ti es hacer más por tu familia” (Doing more for yourself helps you do more for your family).

Based on the importance and frequency of agency reviews, we created a short survey for client leaders in marketing and procurement and agency leaders to give a sounding board for what’s good and less good in the new business process.

Grupo Gallegos announced that it has been named creative agency for Coronado Brewing Co., a San Diego-based brewery that continues to define West Coast craft beer.

Among all the difficult tasks that face modern marketers, writing an effective creative brief has to be near the top of the list. Creative briefs need to synthesize complex ideas into clear direction that focuses the creative team on the job to be done.  By Jane Maas, ANA Faculty

Joash Brunet and artist and designer Kedgar Volta announced hey have launched Castaño Group, a new content production company specializing in immersive, interactive and multicultural audience experiences in a variety of broadcast, digital and physical formats.