GET NOTICED
Not posted the blog in a while but we have just received the e-mail above and we HAD to share it!
This is the type of shit that gets you noticed.
Not too lengthy and not too short (sometimes we get e-mails as short as...'Got any placements?') DELETE.
Make a bit of effort in what you're writing. Be different. Don't just expect people to want to read what you send. Make them enjoy it. It's a piece of work in itself to capture someone's attention. Once you've done that, you can show them your work. Personality is key.
Creative agencies receive hundreds of e-mails a week from students and people looking for a job. What will make you different. Great work isn't worth anything if no-one looks at it.
Get Noticed in everything you do. Starting with that very first e-mail. Remember first impressions count.
Give it a go. interest@bankofcreativity.co.uk
One Minute Brief WINNERS: Advertise the new Marketing job vacancy at @TheLadBible
One Minute Brief WINNERS:
Advertise the new Marketing job vacancy at @TheLadBible
This brief was a great collaboration with our friends at The Lad Bible. Their job vacancy is an ideal opportunity for a creative. We've had a few e-mails already but we definitely thought we'd have a few more by now. This is a fantastic role for someone and we highly recommend you go for it...at whatever level you are. If you don't ask. You don't get.
The quality on show for this brief was immense. So we have a lot of winning ads.
If you are one of them, your prize could be a potential role, or to help someone you know get a job as we will forward your e-mail onto the Lad Bible with our recommendation. So even if you don't fancy it yourself I'm sure you'll know someone who would!
Send all e-mails to interest@bankofcreativity.co.uk and if you haven't won but are interested then let us know and send examples of work plus CV.
Winners in no particular order are:
@tomw_dunn with 'preach' and 'safe for work' Both brilliant thoughts.
@owenjevans with 'prayer' and 'commandments' Brilliant copy as ever.
@dr_draper with 'Hello Boys' A challenging ad with clever copy.
@sharpstuffbits with 'LADder' nice thinking.
@matthew__Wyatt with 'Lad Man required. Nice and simple.
@ashkinsella with a naughty 'marketing position' ad.
@pwcfreelance with '2 referees with your CV. Brilliantly witty.
@sardonic_sean with 'Are you a marketing God?' Epic thought.
@dognbonesjones with 'opening available' HAHAHAHAHAHA ;)
@shawbloke with 'you'll only fine one job better than this one. Brilliant.
Get in touch!
One Minute Brief WINNERS: Advertise the 90's
One Minute Brief WINNERS:
Advertise the 90's
Bit of a fun brief this one and we got a quality response. Seems that this decade had plenty of stuff to relate to and the winners are great.
@creativebrummie with 3 ideas 'when phones were phones' 'VHS' and 'party like it's 1999...again' Top stuff.
@richbayley80 with a nice campaign 'it must be in the nineties'
@markemoon with 'when hipsters were nerds' Very true.
@FAZ791 with a nice spotify based idea.
@FAZ791 with a nice spotify based idea.
@lukejohnston87 with a nice set of ads using famous quotes that everyone can relate to.
@jackybarker with a nice ad using trolls...perhaps this could be a bigger campaign?
@sheisapenguin with 'orange soda' This is a great product idea. it should happen!
Nice work people!
One Minute Brief WINNERS: Campaign for or against the Tube Strike
One Minute Brief WINNERS:
Campaign for or against the Tube Strike
After seeing the chaos caused by the Tube strike we thought it would be great to use as a topic for a brief and the response was great with some really nice ideas.
Winners below:
@chrisod1993 with a cheeky response ad for Foot Locker. Great idea.
@boc_atm and @markemoon with 'understandable and understand' Nice thoughts.
@boc_atm and @sharpstuffbits with a neat visual trick using the logo on it's side.
@luketonge with 'Fat Chancery Lane' Serious but fun ad.
@paperjamcreate with some nice station name changes.
Great stuff everybody.
After seeing the chaos caused by the Tube strike we thought it would be great to use as a topic for a brief and the response was great with some really nice ideas.
Winners below:
@chrisod1993 with a cheeky response ad for Foot Locker. Great idea.
@boc_atm and @markemoon with 'understandable and understand' Nice thoughts.
@boc_atm and @sharpstuffbits with a neat visual trick using the logo on it's side.
@luketonge with 'Fat Chancery Lane' Serious but fun ad.
@paperjamcreate with some nice station name changes.
Great stuff everybody.
One Minute Brief WINNERS: Advertise a creative mag by grads with Shellsuit Zombie.
One Minute Brief WINNERS:
Advertise a creative mag by grads with Shellsuit Zombie.
Brilliant collaboration with Shellsuit Zombie, the first of many. Pleased with the results and fantastic ideas that were sent through.
The overall winner wins a creepy fan, copy of the mag and feature on the Shellsuit Zombie website. Other winners will also receive copies of the mag. E-mail us your addresses to interest@bankofcreativity.co.uk
Overall winner is @richbayley80 with 'hands up who wants em' Great visual and line.
@BOC_ATM with a nice graduation paper style visual using the mag.
@go_RobGreen with 'Dead useful' Fantastic headline.
@paperjamcreate with 'digest readers' brilliant thought.
@pwcfreelance with 'get your creative juices going' nice line/visual.
@markemoon with 'it won't cost you an arm and a leg' Great poster and thought relating to the offer and also his thought for 'zOMBie minute briefs'. Nice thought. Could potentially be a logo or poster for our future collaborations.
Amazing work everyone.
One Minute Brief entries: Advertise free @ShellsuitZombie magazine by grads to students
One Minute Brief of the Day: Advertise a FREE magazine for creative students by creative grads. With Shellsuit Zombie.
One Minute Brief of the Day:
Advertise a FREE magazine for creative students by creative grads.
With Shellsuit Zombie.
Today's brief is a collaboration with the guys at Shellsuit Zombie who we will be working with on future events and workshops starting with D&AD New Blood this year.
See info below and remember to include @shellsuitzombie in your tweets.
Prize will be the 'creepy fan', a copy of the magazine, and a feature on ours and Shellsuit Zombie's website.
ShellsuitZombie have just printed issue 5 of our magazine
and we want to post it out to as many creative students as possible
(for free of course). The theme is money and features words &
illustrations from Goldie, Chris (Simpsons artist), Hollie Newton as
well as a whole heap of fresh grad talent.
So we're sending the mag to students in batches of 100
for free (via the hyperlink above) in return for a promise they will
help us by distributing them to as many creative students at uni as
possible.
ShellsuitZombie
is a project run by and for the benefit of young creatives. Through our
printed publication, website and regular events, talks and workshops we
aim to represent the young voice in an industry too often dominated by
the voices of those much older than ourselves. With this aim we keep a
young group of creative minds working away behind the scenes to bring
you the very best in fresh creativity.
Get involved!
One Minute Brief WINNERS: Advertise Massages
One Minute Brief WINNERS:
Advertise Massages
Things were a bit tense this morning so decided to get a bit of massage on the go and you all sent in some great ideas! Winners below.
@little_scamp85 'when someone rubs you the wrong way' Nice double meaning.
@richbayley80 and @iainthorley with similar ideas on 'massage in a bottle' Lovely stuff.
@jimbobaggins75 with a brilliant ad for masseuse lessons using bubble wrap.
@francismilligan with 'spine tinglingly good' Nice line?
@syazathegeek with 'untie the knot' nice package deal idea.
Great work everyone.
One Minute Brief entries: Advertise Massages
One Minute Brief entries: Advertise the new @TheLadBible Marketing Job Role
One Minute Brief of the Day: Advertise new advertising/marketing job role at the Lad Bible
One Minute Brief of the Day:
Advertise new advertising/marketing job role at the Lad Bible
Today, we are delighted to collaborate with the Lad Bible on an exciting brief. As a couple of Lads ourselves, we can relate to what the Lad Bible do and we think that this job role is a brilliant opportunity for a creative person to work in a fun environment to and create fantastic content.
This a huge chance to get noticed and the prize for today's brief could be a job for you or helping someone you know to get one.
Remember to include @TheLadBible in your tweets so they can Retweet some.
To find out more about The Lad Bible check them out here:
If you are interested in the job. Please send your CV and website/portfolio with the reference OMBLAD to interest@bankofcreativity.co.uk and jobs@theladbible.com. We will recommend the best ones to Lad Bible.
The job role includes:
- Project management
- Dealing with clients/advertisers
- Understanding the culture & marketing for our advertisers
- Creating concepts for social media/content campaigns
- Marketing LadBible as a brand
- Designing content
- Concepts for viral stunts/campaigns
- Blank canvas to implement your ideas to grow the brand and do what you think works
This is a unique opportunity for someone to use their ideas to make things happen for a fast growing brand.
We recommend you get involved. Get featured. And spread the word to get you or someone else the perfect job.
Enjoy!!
One Minute Brief entries: Campaign for or against the Tube Strike
One Minute Brief WINNERS: Advertise Pregnancy Tests
One Minute Brief WINNERS:
Advertise Pregnancy Tests
Superb response to today's brief with lots of great entries. Some good insights to how this little product can make people feel and is a very important thing in people's lives at one point or another.
Today's winners vary from serious to light-hearted and fun...
@limitedition_ts with 'clarity when you need it most' using cheeky messaging on the screen to give a serious message.
@justjoel_ with a fun idea. 'You'll enjoy revising for this test'
@matthew__wyatt with 'Piss easy' Remember there is only one rule with one minute briefs. Swear words are allowed and this is a funny way to get across product benefit and directions for use!
@go_RobGreen with 'the mother of all pregnancy tests' Brilliant line.
@killedthehype with 'no need for second guessing' Nice insight and product benefit.
Well done everybody.
Superb response to today's brief with lots of great entries. Some good insights to how this little product can make people feel and is a very important thing in people's lives at one point or another.
Today's winners vary from serious to light-hearted and fun...
@limitedition_ts with 'clarity when you need it most' using cheeky messaging on the screen to give a serious message.
@justjoel_ with a fun idea. 'You'll enjoy revising for this test'
@matthew__wyatt with 'Piss easy' Remember there is only one rule with one minute briefs. Swear words are allowed and this is a funny way to get across product benefit and directions for use!
@go_RobGreen with 'the mother of all pregnancy tests' Brilliant line.
@killedthehype with 'no need for second guessing' Nice insight and product benefit.
Well done everybody.
One Minute Brief entries: Advertise Pregnancy Tests
One Minute Brief entries: Advertise the 90's
One Minute Brief WINNERS: Advertise Rubiks Cube 40th Birthday
One Minute Brief WINNERS:
Advertise Rubiks Cube 40th Birthday
With news of the Rubiks Cube's 40th birthday, it felt right to have it as today's brief! And we're really pleased with the response. High number of good quality entries.
Winners are:
@boc_atm with '40' made up using the squares. Very simple but effective.
@themadmancs and @ashkinsella with a similar visual turning the cube into a present. Nice thought.
@owenjevans with 'many happy turns' Lovely line.
@alvo_muses with 'twist and turns' Another great line.
@richbayley80 with 'turning 40' Brilliantly simple.
@StewAllan with the fantastic visual with the top colour of the cube being grey.
@shireendew with 'Rubism' Could be a nice feature creating art out of the cube for the 40th birthday exhibition.
Well done everyone!
With news of the Rubiks Cube's 40th birthday, it felt right to have it as today's brief! And we're really pleased with the response. High number of good quality entries.
Winners are:
@boc_atm with '40' made up using the squares. Very simple but effective.
@themadmancs and @ashkinsella with a similar visual turning the cube into a present. Nice thought.
@owenjevans with 'many happy turns' Lovely line.
@alvo_muses with 'twist and turns' Another great line.
@richbayley80 with 'turning 40' Brilliantly simple.
@StewAllan with the fantastic visual with the top colour of the cube being grey.
@shireendew with 'Rubism' Could be a nice feature creating art out of the cube for the 40th birthday exhibition.
Well done everyone!
One Minute Brief entries: Advertise the Rubiks Cube 40th Birthday
One Minute Brief WINNERS: Campaign for #StGeorgesDay
One Minute Brief WINNERS:
Campaign for #StGeorgesDay
This morning, we didn't even know it was St. George's Day. How does this happen? We know about St. Patrick's Day and go out for a drink but not for our own country??? WTF.
So we set the brief to try and get a bit of English pride going and there were some fantastic entries. OMB also featured in the Manchester Evening News today check it out here:
Winners are:
@lpbiesty with an insightful tribute to our favourite Syrian dragon slayer.
@misterdjc with #andwhat We are a fan of this attitude and think the visual is hilarious.
@dr_draper with 'let's make it possible' Lovely visual.
@limitedition_ts with the nice visual crop of the flag to form a tick.
@creativebrummie with 'he killed a dragon for fuck's sake' This ad was so funny it made me spit my Frazzles out.
@markemoon with a fun copy based ad about the typical British public. Nice visual too.
@willbutterworth with 'red, white and you' A lovely patriotic line.
Great day for OMB thanks to all.
One Minute Brief WINNERS: Campaign to #BringBackMoyes
One Minute Brief WINNERS:
Campaign to #BringBackMoyes
This was a very topical brief after hearing of the news that David Moyes was sacked by Manchester United. There were a lot of calls to save him and even bring him back once he's gone.
It made for a great brief with lots of brilliant entries. However, we feel these ads capture the brief well in different ways.
@jimbobaggins75 and @markemoon with cheeky ads 'created by' Liverpool FC
@lpbiesty with a great use of protest imagery and a nice line to go with it.
@stephenhunter21 with 'reunited' Neat play on words.
@mcbruvin with a simple yet effective message referencing Ferguson's first year in charge.
Great stuff from everyone!