richard bleasdale

Oct 28, 2021

Campaign Creation Stories: How Pocari Sweat and Dentsu sent a heroine on a fantastic journey

Otsuka Pharmaceuticals and Dentsu wanted to revitalise Pocari Sweat's brand message for young people in a post-pandemic world. See the astonishing, dreamlike film they came up with and hear the inside story of its creation directly from the brand and agency.

Jul 8, 2021

Campaign Creation Stories: How to make people 'GAF' about a loyalty program

The 'Give a Flybuys' campaign used an attitude-laced rap to give venerable Australian loyalty program Flybuys a new swagger. See the ad, then hear the inside story of its creation directly from the brand and agency partner CHE Proximity.

Jun 10, 2021

Campaign Creation Stories: An electrifying Thai zombie comedy

How Siampan Group and agency partner CJ Worx ended up deploying an army of the undead, Frankenstein's monster, and a catchy jingle to make people remember—and search for—car-battery brand Boliden.

May 10, 2021

Campaign Creation Stories: How Tourism New Zealand said 'Good morning, world' every day for a year

Campaign debuts a new series in which brand and agency leaders talk about how they collaborated to bring a great piece of work to life. In the premiere, Tourism NZ and Special Group discuss the somewhat insane idea of creating a daily brand video for a full year.

Jun 4, 2019

TSLA's new MD: My job is to "allow the founders to stay stupid"

Richard Bleasdale and Nicholas Ye explain why they decided to join forces at the Singapore independent.

Jun 28, 2018

The most successful agency-marketer partnerships drive category-beating growth

Marketers and agencies that focus on partnership deliver growth that is consistently better than the norm.