September 24, 2018
Meet IHAF member, Michelle Clark—Director of Creative Services at E.J. Gallo Winery, the leading provider of California wines in select markets around the world. Having led their 20-person account management group for a little over a year, Michelle talks servicing over one hundred brands of wine, …
September 17, 2018
For months, the IHAF team has been busy gathering, organizing and admiring nearly 700 entries submitted by 77 in-house agencies in anticipation of the judging event for the 2018 IHAF Awards. And, the results are in!
Last week, a panel of 13 experts pored over every part and piece of your …
September 12, 2018
Adobe MAX is the largest conference of its kind, the epicenter of creativity, and where top minds get together to cover all aspects of the creative experience.
Come to MAX if you’re looking to: perfect your skills, be inspired, network with peers, and explore what’s next on the creative landscape. …
September 10, 2018
IHAF recently revealed top trends and business challenges among in-house agencies in its 2018 benchmarking study, fielded in partnership with Forrester Research and featured in the Wall Street Journal. The report details the functional competencies, service offerings, project composition and …
September 04, 2018
Since the advent of programmatic ad buying, automation has been transforming marketing business processes, with AI tools starting to play a part too. Competition demands that creative units quickly learn the benefits that automation technology can bring. The aim is not to deskill creatives but to …
August 27, 2018
Over the past ten years, I’ve had the good fortune to travel around the world talking with chief marketing officers and their marketing teams about brand integration.
It’s been an incredible journey—from the early days of skepticism about the power of social media influencers and a decades-old …
August 20, 2018
During last year’s IHAF Conference & Award’s Show, CEO of We First Branding, Simon Mainwaring, shared how to successfully build your brand’s philosophy, community and cultural leadership. In fact, his session was so well received that we invited him back as a webinar presenter this fall.
On …
August 13, 2018
When I was growing up, my father sometimes took me for evening drives through the small Vermont towns near our house. I loved those twilight hours, when the lights blinked on but curtains hadn’t yet been closed in the farmhouses we passed—I’d catch a glimpse inside and imagine the lives being lived …
August 06, 2018
The shift toward smart cities is here. From better transportation hubs to self-driving vehicles, cities are harnessing the power of big data and technology to improve processes, increase efficiency and make city living more livable. And, with a projected increase of 2.5 billion people residing in …
July 30, 2018
As brands invest more in the capabilities of their in-house teams, the desire for video content tends to increase. Requests begin to fly in for video—internal, external, social, communications, meetings and more. We recently surveyed in-house producers and found that, in their new reality of …