Jennifer Small

Consulting editor
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Best Places to Work: how mentally healthy workforces win

Top performers in Campaign’s Best Places to Work pay extra attention to the mental wellbeing of their employees, especially when it comes to managing workload. So, what initiatives best support employee mental health?

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School Reports 2024: One step forward, two steps back for diversity

This year's agency numbers on DE&I have returned mixed results and shown that progress is slow, while in some cases it has ground to a halt.

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Betsey Chung chairs judges for Campaign Global Agency of the Year Awards 2023

Campaign's coveted Global Agency of the Year Awards are unlike any others. This year, veteran global chief marketing officer Betsey Chung will lead the jury. Here she explains why these awards are especially important in today’s economic climate.

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Initiative Australia on what it meant to win Campaign Global Agency of the Year Award

As the entry deadline approaches for the Global Media Agency of the Year Awards, Campaign talks to previous media agency winner Initiatve.

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Pablo on what it meant to win Campaign Global Agency of the Year Award

As the entry deadline approaches for the Global Media Agency of the Year Awards, Campaign talks to previous independent creative agency winner Pablo.

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How marketers have become secret weapons in the great pitching wars

In a competitive new-business environment, agencies are turning to freelance marketers in the quest for the edge.

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2024 Campaign Big Global Awards judges talk AI, economic challenges and the 'jealousy barometer'

The inaugural Campaign Big Global Awards will cover four continents.

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The upward talent drain: pressure on juniors as ‘gurus’ depart

Senior talent departing agencies has cannibalised industry expertise, with adland leaders citing a 'juniorisation' of agency skillsets.

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'A real wake-up call': media agencies hold the power in the battle for a more sustainable world

The third and final of a series of features looking at the industry and eco-sustainability asks how Campaign’s School Reports’ media agencies are striving to achieve net zero goals.

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'Final warning': turning adland's climate pledges into action

In the first of three features this week looking at issues around sustainability and the Ad Net Zero pledge, Campaign delves into what action the advertising industry is taking to avert environmental disaster.

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All hail the screenagers: what do influencers mean to Gen Alpha?

The emergent generation of teenagers is rarely seen without one or two screens close at hand. To what extent will they be influenced by creators and brands? And how should they be protected from online harm?

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McCann London and The Women’s Association name Cannes Challenge winners

Four women have won all-expenses paid passes to the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, thanks to a competition launched by McCann London and The Women’s Association.

School Reports 2023: Which agencies rank highest for diversity?

While the School Reports show the situation continues to improve on the gender pay-gap front, as well as on diverse representation, progress remains slow, which could end up costing agencies dear.

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Oliver CEO Amina Folarin: Yes I'm impatient, but it helps me get stuff done

The agency's new 'fearless and exceptionally bright' UK group chief executive has hit the ground running in her pink velvet Jordan Dunks.

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Media for equity: how the model is fuelling scale-ups

Media owners and start-ups are trading airtime for equity instead of cash, but just how well is the model working?

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The delicious risk of new-economy brands

Start-up brands present an exhilarating ride to the top of the rollercoaster for agencies, but with that comes the added danger of a perilous fall.

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How can adland retain mid-life women and normalise menopause?

A failure by adland to tackle menopause affects workplace representation and the industry's output.

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Brands and the $600bn menopause market: cashing in or serving ignored consumers?

As brands wake up to the spending power of midlife women, capturing their attention is fast becoming the next frontier for advertising. But when does menopause marketing turn into ‘menowashing’ and ‘menosploitation’?

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Boots and Royal Mail join 60 brands in GenM’s 'The future is yours' menopause campaign

Ads will appear across 18 UK sites including London, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Hull, Leeds, Bradford and Huddersfield.

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'A breath of fresh air': judging the Campaign Big Awards early in your career

How the rising star creative panel laughed, loved, and learnt through the judging process – and lived to tell the tale.