Do you deserve a “big ad gig”?

We at ihaveanidea know just how tough it is to break into the advertising business. We hear about it almost every day from our younger readers, and we see it en masse at Portfolio Night, where thousands of attendees look for that first big break.

So it’s with great interest that we take a look at The Big Ad Gig, a competition for extremely ambitious wannabe art directors and copywriters to publicly vie for a chance for a one month spot at Crispin Porter + Bogusky…

Some beautiful words on Scrabble’s “The Beautiful Word”

To quench your thirst for advertising knowledge over the weekend, we’ve found a really interesting read over at Jawbone. Managing Editor Todd Denis has an article on those really trippy Scrabble “The Beautiful Word” TV spots by Ogilvy & Mather Paris, as well as an interview with Antoaneta Metchanova, Art Director of the campaign.

Ogilvy & Mather are happy to help Vodafone

What’s cuter than a spot with children in it? A spot with kids and dogs in it!

The last Inbox post was an airline safety video by Beattie McGuiness Bungay featuring a cast of children playing the roles of airline crew and passengers. This time around, Ogilvy & Mather Mumbai brings us an adorable TV spot for Vodafone.

Ogilvy & Mather present “The Fastest Indian”

In what appears to be a Benicio del Toro flick directed by Robert Rodriguez meets Bollywood meets Smokey and the Bandit, Ogilvy & Mather Mumbai present “The Fastest Indian”, a 60 second spot for the Bajaj Pulsar 220 cc, a brand of Indian motorcycle.

Sorrell. Lévy, Hagerty & Pandey talk about the ad biz on BBC tomorrow

Looks like the BBC is going to have quite an interesting debate this weekend, featuring some of the top top TOP dogs in the advertising business.

According to Campaign UK, the BBC will be airing The Insider Debate on Advertising tomorrow evening, with a panel consisting of Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP; Maurice Lévy, CEO of Publicis Groupe; Sir John Hegarty, Chairman and Worldwide Creative Director of Bartle Bogle Hegarty; and Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman of Ogilvy India.

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