Izzy Ashton

Deputy Editor, BITE Creativebrief

About

Izzy is the Deputy Editor of BITE, Creativebrief’s daily insight into global marketing trends and the cultural movements driving them. She keeps abreast of the latest communication, technology and consumer news, and is responsible for conducting interviews with key agency strategists and creatives to gain insight into the most innovative global campaigns.


More from Izzy Ashton

Fuel Your Imagination

Brands Against Humanity: An expansion pack for a horrible world

By Izzy Ashton

Created as an add-on to the not so family favourite Cards Against Humanity, each card highlights a different appalling behaviour enacted by a brand and then provides a way for people to assuage their guilt.

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Voices

A guide for forging a creative path

By Izzy Ashton

Nikky Lyle explains how, when freelancers started turning to her for advice, she decided to create a series of guides to help inspire and empower creatives across the industry.

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Hot Pick

Stella Artois’s Super Bowl spot wants you to savour the moments that matter

By Izzy Ashton

Stella Artois’s latest campaign is a vital reminder that, even amidst the daily pressures of life in a pandemic, there are still moments to be savoured and memories to be made.

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Hot Pick

MINI announces a new Channel 4 sponsorship through everyday adventures

By Izzy Ashton

While we all long for escapism and adventure, MINI’s idents are a timely reminder that we can find it closer to home than we think, if we only use a little imagination.

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Fuel Your Imagination

Leo dismantles the educational barriers to entry for dyslexic talent

By Izzy Ashton

As a platform, Leo is open, free and available to anyone who should need it, an example of a practical, community-led initiative to inspire and empower the next generation of creatives.

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Hot Pick

EE wants to ensure that every child is connected

By Izzy Ashton

The restrictions of lockdown have underlined just how much connectivity is a lifeline for parents and children alike.

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Hot Pick

Barclays encourages people to take control of their finances

By Izzy Ashton

With lack of consumer trust a key issue for banking brands, this campaign sets out to change brand perception by demonstrating just how much it can do for each individual consumer.

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BITE Focus

COVID-19 has exacerbated advertising’s trust problem

By Izzy Ashton

The coronavirus crisis has heightened the lack of public trust in advertising, making it vital that the industry remains focused on driving the trust agenda.

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Fuel Your Imagination

The Inclusion Group marks the date of an industry-wide census

By Izzy Ashton

The Inclusion Group, formed in April 2020 by the Advertising Association, ISBA and the IPA is launching All In, a campaign to help build back a better, inclusive industry for all.

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Hot Pick

Old Spice ventures between gaming worlds

By Izzy Ashton

This playful campaign sees a popular brand playing in a space in which it knows its consumers are, offering them a visual and message that they’re already both familiar and comfortable with.

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Interviews

“Let's move forward together, because then everybody benefits”

By Izzy Ashton

Bukola Garry, Head of Diversity, Equality & Inclusion at adam&eveDDB on working as a community, putting people first and the power of courageous conversations.

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Hot Pick

BT invites people to beat loneliness by reconnecting with old friends

By Izzy Ashton

As the lockdown only looks set to extend, campaigns like this are a reminder of the importance of connection as we remain physically separated from many of our friends and family.

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Hot Pick

Business Finland invites people to relocate to Finland for a better life

By Izzy Ashton

As the global desire for talent only gets more competitive, Business Finland’s campaign is a creative way of appealing to people around the world who are desperate to do things differently this year.

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Interviews

When social media becomes a microphone

By Izzy Ashton

Timothy Armoo, Co-Founder and CEO of Fanbytes on the importance of playing as a team, finding time for yourself and the restorative power of a long walk.

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Fuel Your Imagination

Virtual lessons from an Ethiopian community

By Izzy Ashton

WaterAid have created a new series, Learn with Frat, that sees an Ethiopian community sharing their virtual one-minute lessons.

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