This week's most read news and best ad campaigns: JWT CEO resigns, Gender stereotyping laid bare in charity ad, Exterion wins £1.1bn Tube contract

 

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Campaign Saturday Shot March 19, 2016

This week's most read news and best ad campaigns Most read news Gender stereotyping laid bare by children's drawings in charity campaign Omar Oakes The extent of gender stereotyping among primary school children, with more dangerous careers assumed to be carried out by men, is laid bare in a charity's new ad campaign. JWT's Gustavo Martinez has resigned Eleftheria Parpis Updated: Tamara Ingram, WPP chief client team officer, will replace him as worldwide CEO Lawyer: JWT's Martinez taped making racist rape joke at 2015 agency meeting Eleftheria Parpis Tape shows Martinez joking about "being raped" by black hotel guests but "not in a nice way" at Miami retreat, say sources Exterion Media beats JCDecaux to £1.1 billion Tube ad sales contract Gideon Spanier Exterion Media has beaten JCDecaux to Transport for London's £1.1 billion outdoor ad sales contract for the Tube. Morrisons' first ad by Publicis brings out emotion of food Omar Oakes Morrisons has unveiled its first ad since appointing Publicis London as its new ad agency earlier this year. Sexist bosses: What a difference a decade doesn't make Nancy Vonk Faced with a misogynistic boss, Nancy Vonk refused to stay silent. Now, former co-chief creative officer of Ogilvy & Mather Toronto implores others to speak up. Sorrell collects £60m as 15 WPP executives land mega-share awards Gideon Spanier Sir Martin Sorrell will collect a share award worth more than £60 million this week and up to 14 other senior WPP executives are in line for multi-million pound awards. JWT Korea MD arrested on corruption charges David Blecken The managing director of J. Walter Thompson's Korean office has been arrested and is being investigated for corruption. Havas London selects Rees as CEO Gurjit Degun Xavier Rees, the group managing director at Adam & Eve/DDB, is joining Havas London as its chief executive. The7stars fastest growing media agency in top 20 Maisie McCabe The7stars was the fastest growing media agency in the top 20 in 2015 with billings up 63.4 per cent year on year to £182.37 million. AMV BBDO billings exceed £500m Gurjit Degun Nielsen's 2015 table shows Omnicom shop's billings grew 8 per cent to £511 million. WPP falls in rankings of largest holding companies Staff WPP was the only holding company to see a year-on-year decrease in its overall UK billings by both media and advertising in 2015. M&C Saatchi buys MCD Partners to launch Lida in New York Maisie McCabe M&C Saatchi's digital and direct agency Lida has bought a majority stake in the New York digital customer experience agency MCD Partners in a deal valuing the business at around £10 million. How passion projects could make your agency famous Kevin Chesters Passion projects could make your agency famous, or they could suck your agency dry - depending on how you approach them, says Kevin Chesters. WPP hires outside law firm to investigate Gustavo Martinez racist joke claims Omar Oakes & Eleftheria Parpis WPP have hired an external law firm to investigate claims of racist and sexist jokes made by J Walter Thompson's global chief executive. Top Work Aldi "chocolate bunny" by McCann Manchester Aldi is back with another spoof ad, this time mocking Cadbury's classic "gorilla" spot for its Easter campaign. Mellon Educate "what the fuck have you done?" by Dare A charity that sends volunteers to Africa to help build schools is seeding fake clickbait ads on social media in a bid to drum up support. Pick of the week: Uniqlo, Faster Horses Gurjit Degun Uniqlo's ad by the new agency Faster Horses is our favourite spot of the week. Morrisons "chairs" by Publicis London Publicis London's first ad for Morrisons is a jolly affair about a family gathering round the table for an Easter feast. Plume Labs "pigeon air patrol" by DigitasLBi A flock of pigeons wearing pollution-detecting sensors are circling the nation's capital as part of a marketing ploy from the tech company Plume Labs. Inspiring The Future "redraw the balance" by MullenLowe London Children are asked to draw pictures of firefighters, surgeons and fighter pilots in the latest social experiment ad to shine a light on gender stereotypes. Jaguar "the arrival" by Spark44 Stephen Hawking, the celebrated theoretical physicist, makes a cameo as a villain in a new ad for Jaguar. Campaign Jobs Graphic Designer £27,252 - 31,368 The Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames, Kingston Upon Thames Category Manager £27,500 – £34,000 + excellent benefits Online Resourcing, Waltham, near Melton Mowbray, Leicester Senior Digital Marketing Consultant Paying up to £65,000 Bodhi Resourcing, London (Greater) Adobe Campaign Manager Competitive Bodhi Resourcing, London (Greater)

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