Ari Weiss took the stage on Tuesday at Playstation East to discuss mobile advertising and how the rise of mobile platforms has effected creativity.
DDB at Advertising Week
Pusha T lit up the crowd at the Advertising Week opening gig on Monday!
Picture courtesy of Dawn Fitch-Mitchell, Director of Supplier Diversity
Tribal New York’s GCD Steffany Carey kicked off Monday Morning at BB King with a brief presentation on the agency’s #ThrowShine work for 3 Musketeers, her own favorite work from another agency, and her thoughts on the future of creativity.
Wendy Clark joined Google’s Tara Walpert Levy on Monday morning on the Advertising Week main stage for a special discussion about video advertising.
#DDBatAW: Monday 9/25 Recap
Today DDB and Tribal kicked off Advertising Week early with two hot speaking engagements.
First up, DDB/NA CEO Wendy Clark took the main stage at the Playstation Theatre with Google VP Tara Levy to discuss the future of video ads and the agency-client relationship. Their talk focused on how to make ads more personable and tailored to the viewer experience, and how this consumer-centric approach translates into the relationship an agency can have with its client. In that spirit, Wendy offered an insightful piece of advice for agencies to “never forget that we’re in the growth business.”
Meanwhile, nearby at BB King, Tribal Worldwide New York GCD Steffany Carey gave a short but sweet presentation as part of the Creative Shorts Seminar to a packed house. She focused her presentation on Tribal’s work with 3 Musketeers to showcase their successful #ThrowShine campaign and how it’s an excellent example of brands responding to the next generation of consumers. Steffany went on to discuss her thoughts on the future of creativity with an astute observation on the nature of storytelling with Gen Z and below. Content, she said, is getting more “bite-sized” which is changing the narrative of storytelling; a story, on these platforms and in these formats, is no longer narrative and brands have to adapt to putting their message at the center no matter the method. Steffany packed a ton of useful and pertinent information into a five-minute slot!
At 6:30, our top DDB North America leadership attended the VIP Opening Gala at Radio City to mingle with other top industry professionals and celebrate the biggest advertising conference in New York. Then, later in the evening, the party really kicked off at Irving Plaza with the Opening Gig, featuring an unexpected performance by Pusha T!
Monday has set expectations high for the rest of the week, but we’ve got much more up our sleeves. Stay tuned for Day Two!
DDB and Tribal Take on Advertising Week NYC 2017
Advertising Week New York is fast approaching on Monday Sept 25th to Thursday Sept 28th! Overall DDB and Tribal spokespeople will be taking part in seven panels throughout the conference. Viewers can follow the conversation via the official Advertising Week website where the conference will host live streams of various talks organized by stage. Recordings of all panels will also be posted to the site within a couple of days.
In addition to their various speaking events, Keith Reinhard, Wendy Clark, and Ari Weiss will be honored on Wednesday at the 4A’s 100th Anniversary Gala as members of the organization’s list of 100 People Who Make Advertising Great. The awards will be held at Cipriani Wall Street. Also on Wednesday at The Tent at Lincoln Center, Keith Reinhard will take part in the 2017 Clio Awards by presenting the Global Impact Award to Sesame Workshop.
See DDB and Tribal’s full list of engagements for the week below: