Mattessons and Saatchi & Saatchi team up to launch co-created, artificially intelligent robot

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Mattessons Fridge Raiders has launched F.R.H.A.N.K, the world’s first robot whose artificially intelligent personality will be co-created with the UK gaming community.As part of the brand’s ongoing association with gamers – which includes the IPA Effectiveness award winning MMM3000 campaign -  Kerry Foods-owned Mattessons and Saatchi & Saatchi have partnered with celebrity YouTube gamer Ali A (4.7 million subscribers) to…

Saatchi & Saatchi take home two Silvers at the 2014 Campaign Big Awards

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Saatchi & Saatchi London snapped up two Silvers at the Campaign BIG awards yesterday (Wednesday) evening for their Wall’s ‘Wall’sie’ and HSBC Rugby Sevens ‘Bring Your Game’ campaigns.Wall’s ‘Wall’sie’ secured a Silver in the Grocery, Soft Drinks & Household category for Direct. Earlier this year the Kerry Foods-owned brand launched an integrated campaign promoting Wall’s ultimate breakfast sausage by creating its…

Saatchi & Saatchi hires seven new creatives

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Saatchi & Saatchi London has bolstered its creative department with a wealth of new hires.James Ross-Edwards arrives as a copywriter, and will partner Allan Stevenson, who joined the agency last year. James, a former copywriter at WhybinTBWA Group, Sydney and Saatchi & Saatchi Australia, has worked on brands including Jameson, The Sydney Morning Herald, Toyota, Cadbury and Sony and created the multi-award winning…

Saatchi & Saatchi hires Will Nicholls and Adam Collins as managing partners

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Saatchi & Saatchi London has hired Adam Collins, the former brand communications director at Nike UK, and Will Nicholls, Lead Mother at Mother, as managing partners.Reporting to Katrien De Bauw, chief operating officer at Saatchi & Saatchi London, Nicholls will work on the agency’s recently acquired Direct Line account, while Collins will oversee Toyota GB and Kerry Foods.Will Nicholls joins…

Rekorderlig appoints Saatchi & Saatchi London to global creative account

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Rekorderlig, the Swedish premium cider brand, has appointed Saatchi & Saatchi London to its global advertising and digital account.The account was won without a pitch and there is no incumbent agency.The new appointment will see Saatchi & Saatchi develop a series of exciting new campaigns which will encompass TV, digital OOH, press, digital (display, website, mobile, e-commerce) and social strategy and…

Kevin Roberts Announces Saatchi & Saatchi Leadership Transition 2015

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I have exciting news to share with you about the new generation of leadership at Saatchi & Saatchi. This follows an announcement today by Publicis Groupe.Commencing January 1, 2015, I will become Executive Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi, based in New York. In addition, I shall be accelerating leadership development across the Groupe, in the newly-created position of Head Coach,…

Britain’s fish and chips are replaced with French Fancies as Mr Kipling and Saatchi & Saatchi London create the UK’s first Cake-Away service

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Mr Kipling, the Premier Foods-owned cake manufacturer, has launched a Twitter and Facebook campaign from Saatchi & Saatchi London to deliver Cake-Aways - exceedingly good cakes on demand – to the nation.As part of the brand’s “Life is better with cake” campaign, Mr Kipling will deliver the packages on specially customised vans and bikes, which are designed to remind people…

Direct Line heralds new era for insurance industry with Harvey Keitel's Winston Wolf as Britain's Fixer

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Direct Line launches brand overhaul with Harvey Keitel as the character Winston Wolf, from cult classic Pulp Fiction, courtesy of Miramax. The campaign's first TV adverts will debut on Saturday 30th August on ITV's X Factor. The TV adverts showcase Direct Line's new proposition, "We’re on it", which focuses on fixing its customers’ problems, faster and more efficiently. Opening with…

Saatchi & Saatchi win brief from Plan UK

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Saatchi & Saatchi London have won an integrated content brief from the children’s rights charity Plan UK, to raise awareness and help create lasting change especially for girls across the globe.By 2016 Plan UK aims to help four million girls so they’re able to live free from violence and get the education, skills and support they need to become the powerful…

Saatchi & Saatchi Academy launches

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Today (Monday 7th July) we welcome 11 new colleagues into our Agency as we launch our Saatchi & Saatchi Academy for 2014. This year we have selected candidates from a variety of backgrounds (alongside traditional grads) with our heads of department and external talent partners.The Academy will consist of placements within Account Management, Planning, Saatchi Digital, TV and Project Management. Our…

Marie Curie appoints Saatchi & Saatchi London to creative account

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Marie Curie Cancer Care, the registered charity which cares for people with all terminal illnesses providing free practical care and emotional support at home or in one of its hospices, has appointed Saatchi & Saatchi London to its advertising account after a competitive pitch handled by the AAR.The agency will be responsible for all above-the-line and digital communications for the…

Stephen Fry and celebrity friends celebrate the launch of domain .UK

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Nominet and Saatchi & Saatchi have created a social campaign to mark the launch of the domain .UK.Fronted by celebrities Stephen Fry, Martha Lane Fox, Nick D’Aloisio and James Rhodes, the campaign celebrates the release of the .uk domain for the first time, as part of the broader release of more GLTD's (Generic Top-Level Domain’s). Viewed as a more progressive…