There is never one singular entity to thank for stellar creativity. From burgeoning agency talent to industry thought leaders, prolific writers to onscreen icons, the art that sustains us is a community-wide accomplishment deserving of emphatic praise. Now in its eighth year, Adweek’s Creative 100 continues its celebration of today’s must-know creative professionals. These are…
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With well over 150 books to his name, James Patterson is one of the few writers in history whose name has transcended being an author and has become a multimedia empire. After selling more than 400 million copies of his thrillers, youth titles, graphic novels and collaborations with celebrities including Dolly Parton and Bill Clinton,…
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When tracing the origins of her interest in advertising for Adweek, Tracey Chan recalls a childhood memory that ultimately led to professional journey. “I remember watching local channels at home and finding the ads more interesting than the programs,” she shared for the AAPI Creative Spotlight series. “We were a KTLA5 household. My dad has…
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A group of TBWA veterans have joined forces with the editor in chief of Nordic newspaper Helsingin Sanomat to launch their own creative agency which has begun with the creation of an initiative that aims to combat Russia’s propaganda following its invasion of Ukraine. The agency, named United Imaginations, was founded by three former TBWA\Helsinki…
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Los Angeles-based creative director Vikas Bhalla’s interests in design and advertising were sparked at an early age. “I grew up in Santa Monica near the Binoculars Building in Venice,” he told Adweek. “I couldn’t believe how cool it looked. It blew my mind.” Noting that the classic bright yellow “TV Is Good” billboards from ABC…
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In 2018, Harvard Business Review called Asian Americans the “forgotten minority” when it came to in-depth conversations about inclusion in leadership, noting that many diversity reports from top Silicon Valley companies either lumped them with larger groups or failed to address them at all. When they were present in reports, the data confirmed that they…
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This year, independent media agency Crossmedia (XM) has already had 10 boomerang employees–former employees who come back. Matt Schroeder is one of them. He left XM in May 2021 to work at Omnicom’s OMD and Accenture before returning to XM last month as a managing director of the agency’s analytics and data arm, Redbox. XM’s…
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Three Rethink employees are launching a new agency. The caveat? It’ll be part of No Fixed Address, Inc., one of Rethink’s competitors in the Canadian market. No Fixed Address, Inc. holds agencies including Mischief @ No Fixed Address and others that carry its name, including creative agency No Fixed Address, No Fixed Address Health, No…
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