Sixty years since the birth of the first Gen Xer, how have the latchkey generation fared?
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We’re a creative collective that like disruptive ideas. Outrageously successful ideas that get talked about and written about.
Selected works
Half an ad
The launch campaign for Ballantine’s Light – a new lower-alcohol product from the brand which has become the No.1 Scotch in Europe and the No. 2 Scotch in the world.
Client: Ballantine's
Campaign:
Stay True: There's no wrong way
The launch campaign for Ballantine’s Light – a new lower-alcohol product from the brand which has become the No.1 Scotch in Europe and the No. 2 Scotch in the world.
Client: Ballantine's
Campaign:
Stay True: There's no wrong way
Le Cliché
Hotels.com partnered with the French tourism board to get people to visit Provence and Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Using the familiar language of clichés, we showed that France is full of exactly what you’d expect, as well as some things you might not.
Client: Hotels.com
Campaign:
Be There. Do That. Get Rewarded.
Hotels.com partnered with the French tourism board to get people to visit Provence and Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Using the familiar language of clichés, we showed that France is full of exactly what you’d expect, as well as some things you might not.
Client: Hotels.com
Campaign:
Be There. Do That. Get Rewarded.
An ad you could literally ‘skip’
We launched Captain Obvious in the UK as a means of demonstrating that Hotels.com is the obvious choice for booking a hotel. Obviously. While the launch TV was successful in its own right across all our audiences, it was most successful at engaging with Millennials thanks to a bespoke execution with Channel 4.
Client: Hotels.com
Campaign:
Skip Ad
We launched Captain Obvious in the UK as a means of demonstrating that Hotels.com is the obvious choice for booking a hotel. Obviously. While the launch TV was successful in its own right across all our audiences, it was most successful at engaging with Millennials thanks to a bespoke execution with Channel 4.
Client: Hotels.com
Campaign:
Skip Ad
Hate-liking your mates
Everyone has a “friend” who always seems to be on holiday, showing off with a constant stream of pictures in glamourous locations. It’s natural to feel jealous, but etiquette demands a double-tap. Only haters refuse to ‘like’ Instagram photos, others just suck it up and ‘hate-like’. Our latest Captain Obvious spots push FOMO-feeling onlookers to get in on the action, by taking a trip of their own, using Hotels.com’s rewards programme.
Client: Hotels.com
Campaign:
Be There. Do That. Get Rewarded.
Everyone has a “friend” who always seems to be on holiday, showing off with a constant stream of pictures in glamourous locations. It’s natural to feel jealous, but etiquette demands a double-tap. Only haters refuse to ‘like’ Instagram photos, others just suck it up and ‘hate-like’. Our latest Captain Obvious spots push FOMO-feeling onlookers to get in on the action, by taking a trip of their own, using Hotels.com’s rewards programme.
Client: Hotels.com
Campaign:
Be There. Do That. Get Rewarded.
Dear Antony
When Morrisons accidentally priced The Glenlivet Caribbean Reserve at £2.50 a bottle, a primary school teacher from Yorkshire made the most of the moment.
Client: The Glenlivet
Reactive PR:
£2.50 Caribbean Reserve at Morrison's
When Morrisons accidentally priced The Glenlivet Caribbean Reserve at £2.50 a bottle, a primary school teacher from Yorkshire made the most of the moment.
Client: The Glenlivet
Reactive PR:
£2.50 Caribbean Reserve at Morrison's
CPB who?
We’re one of the few places that have creative disruption in our DNA. We were born that way.
And when CPB say ‘disruptive’ we mean big, human, emotionally engaging ideas that affect and create culture rather than simply following it. Ideas that real people want to share with their mates and their mums. Stuff that creates buzz in the real world.
It’s a big old world. And it’s full of CPB offices. From America to Brazil, Europe and China. All working together in unique ways for the same purpose. It’s great to be part of it. Have a look at what everyone else is up to, here.
And here are the people who head-up things in London:
Helen James
Managing Director
Dave Day
Executive Creative Director
David Proudlock
Head of Strategy
Latest news
April 2024
Here’s to another month of WNOS – our monthly report where we update you on the latest news, trends and tips in Social & Digital – helping to keep you constantly in the know. We’ve made a few changes to our tried-and-true recipe, and we hope you love our update as much as we do.
Brands have a vital role to play in shaping the conversation around women’s health
In the world of marketing, finding the right balance between purpose and profit has become a subject of ongoing debate. One might wonder what Terry Smith, founder and CEO of Fundsmith, an investment management company, would think about the recent success of the Barbie movie. Mattel’s venture into the theatrical realm aligns with their brand purpose of ‘inspiring the limitless potential of every girl,’ leading to a remarkable 20% surge in their share price since the beginning of 2023. This surge, particularly prominent since late June in anticipation of the film’s release, raises intriguing questions about the interplay between purpose and financial success.
The (other) Climate Gender Gap
Gender is perhaps the dimension of workplace diversity that has improved most over time. But progress on getting more women into leadership roles is at best slow and steady, and at worst those advancements have flatlined. Why, when the correlation between women at the C-suite level and a business’s profitability is repeatedly proven?
Does Gender Diversity Need a Rebrand?
Gender is perhaps the dimension of workplace diversity that has improved most over time. But progress on getting more women into leadership roles is at best slow and steady, and at worst those advancements have flatlined. Why, when the correlation between women at the C-suite level and a business’s profitability is repeatedly proven?
The Age of Age
The argument for more and better representations of mid-life+ women in advertising. As women grow older, they find themselves underrepresented in advertising and feel increasingly invisible to brands. 80% of the UK’s wealth…
Brand Britain, Reimaging Britishness
Three years on from the UK’s formal departure from the EU – and in the middle of a cost of living crisis and endless political shenanigans – we felt it was a…
Brands we’ve changed
