Marketing Week: HP’s CMO: Brands and agencies must publish their ‘scorecards’ to move diversity forwards. HP’s chief marketing and communications officer Antonio Lucio on the crisis of confidence in marketing, effective brand building, and why he is demanding agency partners put diversity at the heart of their businesses.

PRESENTED BY GSD&M AND OMNICOM GROUP Evening Hosted by Aisha Tyler, Honored Jesse Williams, Wilson Cruz, and Elaine Welteroth Among Many Others LOS ANGELES, CA (September 20, 2017) – In a night that celebrated the achievements of those working to champion diversity in the advertising, marketing, PR, media and entertainment industries, ADCOLOR® recognized some of […]

Campaign US: Wieden+Kennedy and The Atlantic win ADCOLOR’s Ad of the Year for “Typecast”. The intense, intrapersonal drama “Typecast” by Wieden+Kennedy won Ad of the Year at the 11th Annual ADCOLOR Awards–the industry’s most prominent event recognizing work that promotes diversity and multiculturalism—held this week in Los Angeles. “Typecast” features Michael K. Williams, best-known for […]

Campaign US: Breaking barriers and celebrating firsts at ADCOLOR’s 2017 conference. When ADCOLOR scheduled its 2017 conference, the team had no idea that queer actor and writer Lena Waithe would win an Emmy for outstanding writing for a comedy series two nights before the awards ceremony. Waithe is the first black woman to win in […]

Campaign US: At ADCOLOR, ‘Five Woke Women’ challenge perceptions of identity in the workplace. It was standing room only for ADCOLOR’s afternoon panel on Monday in Los Angeles. The panelists discussed the challenges of creating true inclusion and understanding in the workplace, and detailed how they work to broaden their own knowledgebase about the current […]

Campaign US: ADCOLOR kicks off with talk of Emmy wins and Trump in annual ‘Moments that Changed America’ panel The 11th annual diversity conference and awards show began with a roundup of the past year’s good and bad news. The 11th annual ADCOLOR Conference opened in Los Angeles on Monday morning with two major themes: […]

HuffPost: ADCOLOR 2017: Q&A with Ogilvy’s Nadja Bellan-White David Ogilvy always knew that casting a wide net to bring the best talent together to produce the most creative work for our clients was central to everything he did. Throughout the years, diversity and inclusion has remained a core part of Ogilvy. He was right then […]

The 11th Annual ADCOLOR Awards Takes Place September 19th, 2017 in Los Angeles NEW YORK, NY (June 27, 2017) – ADCOLOR, the premier organization celebrating and promoting professionals of color and diversity in the creative industries, announced their 2017 honorees and nominees today at ADCOLOR Live! The organization also announced the 2017 class of ADCOLOR […]

  ADCOLOR Launches #ComeTogether Campaign at Cannes Festival of Creativity   [Cannes, France – 6/22/2017] ADCOLOR, the premier organization celebrating and promoting professionals of color and diversity in the creative industries, is launching the #ComeTogether campaign, an initiative celebrating diversity and underscoring the need for compassion and unity in today’s society. The launch video highlights […]