Pitch.Big Campaign.Late nights.Moving house at the weekend.Not packed a thing.
Bugger.
Be right back.
Great News...
Phil stole the Limelight but I am in there - promise.
A failed attempt to appear at the edges of the frame.
This week we found out that we are being kept on for an additional month. Apart from being completely chuffed, slightly stunned and extremely excited... we've had some more good news.
Putting in the extra hours and the odd weekend seems to have paid off, for the short-term at least. The pitch idea has been well received, everyone making a huge contribution from the team means we're down to the final two! Both Wieden + Kennedy and VCCP enter the final stage of the pitch. More here
Along with the pitch work on COI, we are now working on some bits for Nokia's new initiative and the recently won Fairtrade account. We've had a brief review with the infamous Tony Davidson & Kim Papworth as well as another with Dan & Ray - has they both left us brimming with inspiration and the desire to do more! (I'll do a write up on this sometime in the week).
Next on the agenda - knuckle down once more & try and get another month.
Weekend + Kennedy...
They certainly don't get the name for nothing.
As we mentioned we're working on a pitch right now, so we've been putting in the hours throughout the weekend. In fact, it's not just us the whole pitch team has. There's always a strange feeling at the weekend, most of the staff are out of the office, it feels slightly less busy, so for a change we switched to the opposite side, into the infamous 16 Hanbury Street. Out of the window Shoreditch was buzzing & inside 16 Hanbury Street we were scribbling away.
It was worth it though, we'll just have to see what happens. It could certainly help us out a little.
Right before the weekend though, Thursday night to be more specific, it was the agency summer party. It was like a whole weekend rammed into a single night. And what an amazing party it was. Wieden's know how to work but they sure know how to put on a show.
91 Brick Lane (aka the building across the street from 16 Hanbury Street) was opened in the name of Martin Cole. W+K's Head of Planning who passed away not so long ago. We never had the chance to meet him, but he was obviously a much-loved character across the agency.
After a speech from Tony Davidson & Martin's family, the new building was officially opened.
I don't really know where to start explaining exactly what was on the agenda....
On the roof terrace of 16 there was San Miguel, Sangria & enormous woks of Paella. In the building there was 'Rinky Dinky' the Tarot card reader, a photo booth along with a dressing up box, a popcorn machine & a games room & more beers.
In the road... a doughnut van, for all your doughnut & crepe loving needs.
In 91, face painting, a hog roast/ bbq, a freestanding bar - with a rather large range of beer, wines & spirits, a cocktail bar on the roof, cocktail girls, pretty much everywhere, a stage with some top DJs & bands, Pedro Pinto, Mpho, Nick DeCosemo, Athlete, FrankMusik & Beats Working.
We were even given a little post-party pack for the morning after. (The team had a review just after midday).
With all that going on we even had the chance for a catch-up with an old friend, Rich from JWT, one of the most enthusiastic people we've met.
Needless to say we had a good night. I will get some photos up shortly.
More here.
We have a review with Tony & Kim on Tuesday so we'll let you know how it goes.
W+K Good Times...
Busy busy busy, we're mainly working on a pitch at the moment, with some other projects thrown in for good measure... we seemed to have timed things well, tonight is the agency summer party... there's to be an air of excitement ... everyone's looking forward to it. Time to crack on, still a lot to do before we can relax.
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