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ARE YOU READY FOR CANNES?
As you may have heard, entries for Cannes Lions 2023 are now open and, in order to help award contestants prepare, Cannes Lions is holding a series of Live Briefing sessions. These sessions are a great opportunity for those interested in entering their work into the world’s largest International Festival of Creativity.
The live presentations will be hosted by Cannes Lions’ expert Awards team and will include case studies, Q&As, and insights from LIONS’ winners and previous jury members.
Here’s the programme:
What’s New for 2023 — 9 Feb, 10am GMT
Entry Journey, Eligibility and Judging Process — 16 Feb, 10am GMT
How to Craft Your Entry — 23 Feb, 10am GMT
Want to learn more? Then make sure you don’t miss the sessions by heading to the Cannes Lions Awards Live Briefings page and registering your place. If you have any other queries, please get in touch with awards@canneslions.com
In case you missed it… for the first time this year, Cannes Lions is including a sustainability criteria section on all Cannes Lions entries. We have created a dedicated hub on adnetzero.com providing tips and information on how to best fill in this session – check it out!
BURNS NIGHT WITH CLEAR CHANNEL
The AA’s Matt and Sharon enjoyed the fantastic hospitality of the Clear Channel team and the Scottish advertising community last week at the annual Burns Night celebrations. The event, a yearly tradition, which starts in Leith and carries on through the evening and into the night, features a bagpipe player, the traditional Address to a Haggis, Scottish folk singing and much more. This year’s celebrations marked the start of Clear Channel’s The R Word roadshow, hosted by Richard Bon – visit their website to find out more.
REUNITED WITH OUR INCLUSION WORKING GROUPS!
This week, our All In Inclusion Working Group had the opportunity to meet the Chairs of our specialist satellite groups for the very first time.
Each individual team has met regularly since the first All In Census to discuss the data and develop the actions which formed the 9 point Action Plan. The core team has helped set the strategic direction and, so far, has enlisted almost 100 All In Champions.
It was lovely for all of us meet in person and get the chance to discuss progress to date as well as the planning for 2023 – which is kicking off with the second All In Census on March 15.
JOIN OUR SUSTAINABILITY TEAM
Ad Net Zero is hiring an International Marcomms Manager to help the London team support the Global Group and its expanding international chapters.
Are you passionate about tackling the climate emergency and want to support the advertising industry in its path to net zero? Do you have strong B2B marketing and communications skills, with significant previous experience in the advertising industry? Then we’re looking for you!
Check out the full job description and apply to join the ever-evolving Ad Net Zero team here by 13 Feb.
THE DIGITAL CINEMA MEDIA PODCAST IS BACK!
Hosted by Tom Linay, the DCM podcast features guests from the cinema and media industry, discussing upcoming films and all about cinema in the media landscape.
This is exciting news for DCM which provides brands with cinema advertising across their network of cinemas.
New podcast episodes drop every third Wednesday of the month and you can stream it via Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
HUGE THANKS TO OUR FRONT FOOT CHAIR
Mark Evans has been an absolutely fabulous Chair for Front Foot these past 4.5 years, leading from the front on Trust, Inclusion and Sustainability in his work at DLG. This week, we gathered to say thank you for all his hard work and commitment, particularly during the lockdown years – we can’t wait to see what he goes on to do next. And watch this space for news of our new Front Foot Chair and our future plans!
WELCOMING OUR LATEST FRONT FOOT MEMBER: ADFORM
We’re delighted to welcome AdForm into our Front Foot community!
Adform is a global advertising platform built for modern marketing. It has a unique enterprise technology – Adform Flow – which allows seamless management of the whole campaign life cycle. Learn more about AdForm here.
Front Foot is our industry’s exclusive member network, comprising more than 95 businesses from across advertisers, media owners and agencies. Members of the Front Foot network receive a range of exclusive benefits, such as early access to research, invitations to exclusive events and access to our Public Affairs briefings and regulatory advice.
Want to be part of the FF community? Then get in touch with Sarah or Sharon.
THIS WEEK: UK ADVERTISING IN THE MEDIA
It’s our specially-curated selection of must-reads from across our industry media.
AD OF THE WEEK
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