See more news from M&amp;C Saatchi <a href="https://mcsaatchi.com/change">here</a>.

Robin will report into the group’s global CEO, Zaid Al-Qassab, and sit on the agency’s executive leadership team (ELT), working closely alongside the specialism’s chair, Richard Thompson.He will take direct global responsibility for the group’s activities across its Sport &amp; Entertainment businesses, as well as its PR business, Talk, working closely with regional leaders to develop a go-to-market approach which integrates this expertise with our other capabilities, whilst looking for ways to further grow the M&amp;C Saatchi business across sport, music, film, lifestyle and other areas of cultural engagement.With nearly 25 years of experience in the sports and entertainment industry, Robin is set to bring his exceptional leadership and expansive network to the role, driving the global agency group to even greater success.Robin’s career began in sports hospitality sales, paving the way for a remarkable journey in the agency world, which started at M&amp;C Saatchi over twenty years ago. Over the years, he has demonstrated an outstanding ability to manage and grow businesses, as evidenced by successful tenures at Starcom and Publicis Sport &amp; Entertainment.In 2018, Robin took on the role of SVP International for cultural marketing agency 160over90, where he is recognised for successfully operating across the wider Endeavor network (IMG, WME, UFC).His remarkable achievements at 160over90 earned him a promotion in 2021, elevating him to the position of Global EVP at the 800-person strong agency. His strategic vision and leadership have been instrumental in securing and nurturing key client relationships, with prestigious global brands such as DP World, Visa, AB InBev, and Marriott.Zaid Al-Qassab, Global CEO, said: "We are delighted to welcome Robin as the CEO of our Passions &amp; PR specialism. His extensive experience, strategic mindset, and deep industry connections make him the perfect leader to drive our vision forward. We are confident that under his guidance, the Passions &amp; PR specialism will continue to thrive and deliver exceptional results for our clients."Robin Clarke added: "I am incredibly excited to return to M&amp;C Saatchi and lead the Passions &amp; PR specialism. The agency's reputation for creativity and pushing boundaries is second to none, and I can’t wait to roll up my sleeves and get to work with the talented teams to achieve incredible things for our clients.”

Robin Clarke appointed as Global CEO of Passions & PR Specialism

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Jameson: Distilled Sounds

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Jameson, in partnership with M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment, launches a new music programme as it continues to build the world's biggest family of musicians. 

<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ajtracey/?hl=en">AJ Tracey</a> has established himself as one of the UK’s biggest artists, instrumental in pioneering the new sound of UK rap and earning multiple award nominations along the way.&nbsp;His sound extends across grime (‘Thiago Silva’), drill, hip-hop (‘Little More Love’), and beyond and he has collaborated with the likes of T-Pain, Kehlani, Skepta, Popcaan, Mabel, MoStack, Aitch, Dave, Gorillaz and Mahalia — to name a few.&nbsp;In 2023, he was honoured with the Brits Billion Award, celebrating 1 billion streams in the UK alone. This accolade stands as a testament to his unwavering commitment to pushing artistic boundaries, without compromise.Commercially AJ has worked with some huge brands such as <a href="https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb.html">McDonald’s</a>, <a href="https://about.google/?fg=1&amp;utm_source=google-GB&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=hp-header">Google</a>, and <a href="https://www.nike.com/gb/">Nike</a>. &nbsp;For any enquiries regarding working with AJ, please reach out to <a href="mailto:lucy.kilner@mcsaatchimerlin.com">lucy.kilner@mcsaatchimerlin.com</a>Learn more about our talent management agency <a href="https://www.mcsaatchimerlin.com/">M&amp;C Saatchi Merlin</a>.&nbsp;See more news from M&amp;C Saatchi <a href="https://mcsaatchi.com/change">here</a>.

M&C Saatchi Merlin sign multi-platinum selling artist AJ Tracey

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Our award-winning marketing agency, M&amp;C Saatchi Sport &amp; Entertainment, has announced a significant upweighting to its leadership team alongside a pivotal hire in the cultural impact space. The appointments come in the wake of the most successful year to date with revenues up 20% year on year.Four Managing Partners, Lois Kettlewell, Jenny Mitton, Nicola Murray and Ross Watson, have been appointed from within to drive the agency’s continued trajectory of growth. Jenny Mitton and Ross Watson will oversee the agency’s sport team with Lois Kettlewell and Nicola Murray running the Entertainment division. They will also steer key areas of the business such as women’s sport, production, experiential, social &amp; creative output. The partners join the SLT and report into UK CEO, Jamie Wynne-Morgan.The newly created role, Head of Cultural Impact, sees the exceptional Bukola Garry join the business from Adam&amp;Eve. Garry brings a wealth of strategic &amp; behavioural change experience to the agency. She will lead the agency’s ‘Step Up’* offer and integrate diversity and inclusion across the agency’s output, continuing the agency’s commitment to making passions more inclusive. The agency has long delivered purpose-led campaigns including Coca-Cola’s <a href="https://mcsaatchi.com/change/work/coca-cola-premier-league">‘Where Everyone Plays’</a> campaign, <a href="https://mcsaatchi.com/change/work/barclays-football">‘It All Starts with a Chance’</a> with Barclays and most recently Absolut's culture campaign, <a href="https://mcsaatchi.com/change/work/absolut-choir">‘The Absolut Choir’,</a> which raised the volume of topics including body positivity, disability awareness and trans rights.UK CEO, Jamie Wynne-Morgan comments: ‘This is a really exciting time for us an agency; welcoming in a new era of leadership, creating a defining Cultural Impact role, and growing our powerhouse team of passion specialists. As a discipline neutral, passion marketing agency, our offering for clients is constantly evolving as we tap into new areas of growth. The elevation of the four partners, accompanied by Bukola, reflects this, as we continue to push the boundaries of our creativity and remain the leading passion marketing agency in our space’.M&amp;C Saatchi Sport &amp; Entertainment was this year awarded Sport Industry’s Agency of the Year for the seventh time, UK Sponsorship Large Agency of the Year for the third time and ranked amongst Europe’s Top 50 Inspiring Workplaces. Its client list now tops 60 global brands, with retained clients including adidas, Absolut, Barclays and Heineken. As a result of an impressive haul of new business wins, the agency doubled its profit in 2022 and has since grown its team from 65 to over 100 staff.&nbsp;See more new from M&amp;C Saatchi Group <a href="https://mcsaatchi.com/change">here</a>.

New Leadership Team and Cultural Impact Hire for M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment London

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Lois Kettlewell, Jenny Mitton, Nicola Murray and Ross Watson promoted to Managing Partners with Bukola Garry joining as Head of Cultural Impact.

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An app that's designed to connect with young people, and their grown-ups, to better understand the value of money.With their own Kit account and prepaid card, kids can manage their own earnings, saving, and spending through fun, experiential learning. Kids can earn money on ‘chores PayDay’, create savings ‘Stacks’, access their money through an ATM and tap their card to make purchases. In Boss Mode, parents have access to sophisticated controls such as spend limits and card and PIN protection, which can be tailored to each child in the family. “Kit has been an amazing experience to be involved in from concept through branding and helping design the digital product too. It’s been a true partnership between Re and the wonderful team at Kit and X15 who challenged us to push our thinking and vice versa" says&nbsp;Andy Thomas, Executive Creative Director at Re

Re team up with Commonwealth Bank to help launch Kit 

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Africa’s first digital domain Africarare, is a 3D virtual reality immersive hub that houses a&nbsp;metaverse marketplace set in Ubuntuland. Ubuntuland will showcase some of the best of African art, fashion, entertainment, sport, tech and creativity and will provide a platform for artists from across the continent to showcase their work.“The unique afro-themed metaverse establishes local representation in a growing global&nbsp;digital universe and will open our continent up to significant digital and economic growth opportunities for both talent, clients and industry colleagues to come together to solve business and even societal challenges with creativity,“ says Mike Abel, M&amp;C Saatchi Group South Africa founding partner and CEO.“This aligns with our own very clear commitment to pushing the bounds of South African&nbsp;capabilities and creativity in the work we produce across the continent. We love a good problem as a team, and we believe that creativity is the most significant key to solving these. Creating a virtual home for this is a very natural and fluid extension of our ability to do exactly this,” he says.Investing in the first African metaverse allows M&amp;C Saatchi Abel and its partners access to&nbsp;a global network through social technology designed to remove terrestrial borders and open up trade, collaboration and regional or global partnerships. Beyond just business opportunities and social interaction experiences, M&amp;C Saatchi Abel Ubuntuland unlocks an accessible home for economic opportunities, decentralised access to global creativity and best practice, as well as skills and knowledge sharing.Moray MacLennan, CEO comments: “No one knows precisely what the metaverse will look&nbsp;like when our children are no longer children, but anyone with a slither of imagination knows that it will open a new world of opportunities for our clients, and that they will need our industry’s imagination to make the most of it. Get on board. Now."Ubuntuland is created by Mann Made and will be open to public land sales from 2nd or 3rd&nbsp;quarter of 2022 as the team continue to work on the build for their Afro-futuristic world of proudly local creativity. Together with Mann Made, M&amp;C Saatchi Abel and Africarare will create a cultural, social, and commercial destination for African creativity in the metaverse.“For us it’s all about building a thriving engaged community and ecosystem in Ubuntuland&nbsp;as we develop this new metaverse. We are thrilled to be working with one of Africa and the worlds most talented creative agencies as we focus on unlocking Africa’s best talent and connect Africa to the global digital economy,” says Mann Made Media &amp; Africarare CEO, Mic Mann.This planned inclusive world for African creativity will allow creators to be inspired by -&nbsp;and add to - cultural experiences as well contribute to and profit from various commercial opportunities. The virtual hub is also intended to house the largest collection of African contemporary art from the M&amp;C Saatchi collection, host sport and entertainment experiences, establish an open-source platform to share skills and learnings; and will host workshops from agencies across the M&amp;C Saatchi Group.Central to interacting in the metaverse are Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). These digital&nbsp;assets or tradable tokens are created from art, music, videos, pop culture references or unique creative creations that can be bought and sold online. The concept of engaging with and trading on creativity and its value and relevance to individuals is one that is deeply rooted in the agency’s 12+ year run working with South African and international brands. The virtual marketplace will provide the perfect platform for any creative to develop and monetise its creative product as an NFT.“We aim to give Africans the access and resources they need to unlock their creative fire&nbsp;power from the home base of Africa’s digital creative destination – M&amp;C Saatchi Abel Ubuntuland. Using our capabilities as industry leaders, we can enable and empower Africa to grow and flourish on a global playing field,” concludes Abel.

M&C Saatchi enters the Metaverse 

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Pirelli: Power is Nothing without Control

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M&C Saatchi Thinks

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Minderoo Foundation: The Plastic Forecast

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In partnership with Minderoo Foundation we have created a disturbing new weather forecast to make fossil-fuel plastics history.

We are a creative solutions company,
like no other.

Robin Clarke appointed as Global CEO of Passions & PR Specialism

Jameson: Distilled Sounds

M&C Saatchi Merlin sign multi-platinum selling artist AJ Tracey

Work

The Archewell Foundation: No Child lost to Social Media

Award wins across the globe

Communities In Schools®: Being Present Matters

IKEA taps M&C Saatchi Performance as media agency in Indonesia

Aquaventure World: Where Legendary Lives

Introducing SS+K's Culture Monitor Zine #1

Barclays: Here for Wimbledon 2024

We are a creative solutions company, like no other.

Robin Clarke appointed as Global CEO of Passions & PR Specialism

Jameson: Distilled Sounds

M&C Saatchi Merlin sign multi-platinum selling artist AJ Tracey

Work

The Archewell Foundation: No Child lost to Social Media

Award wins across the globe

Communities In Schools®: Being Present Matters

IKEA taps M&C Saatchi Performance as media agency in Indonesia

Aquaventure World: Where Legendary Lives

Introducing SS+K's Culture Monitor Zine #1

Barclays: Here for Wimbledon 2024

We are a creative solutions company,
like no other.