Happy Birthday, Anne!

Birthday girl Anne Pagaduan adds another candle to her cake today! Happy birthday from all of us! Cheers to you, Anne!

Junk Food for Thought

Break time muna! As this hectic week of pitches and deadlines comes to an end, we've agreed to post what a crazed Juice Water Tinapay fan from the agency emailed us. Perhaps you could help him seek answers to the following mind-boggling questions of earth-shattering importance.

Just click on the Comments tab to leave your answers--and don't forget to rationalize why!

1. Ano ang mas masarap -- Flat Tops or Curly Tops?


2. Sino ang nauna ipanganak -- si Susy or si Geno?


3. Ano ang mas refreshing -- Zesto or Sunglo?


4. Alin ang mas masakit mangagat -- lion or shark?


5. Ano ang mas mabilis lumamig -- Wilkins or Summit?


6. Alin ang mas sandy -- Boracay or Puerto Galera?


7. Sino mas magaling sumayaw -- si Jollibee or si Barney?


8. Ano ang mas masaya -- birthday party o children's party?


9. Alin ang may mas magandang usage ng letter "M" -- Makati or Megamall?


10. Saan mas sayang ang oras -- sumagot ng questionnaire na ito or sumakay sa elevator na kasama mo lahat eh bababa sa Mezzanine?

Welcome to JWT, Miriam!

JWT welcomes its new Client Services Director, Miriam Sison-Pangan who will primarily be in charge of the Unilever business. She will be sharing the lead account management responsibilities for the agency with Golda Roldan.

"With today’s challenging and complex business environment, it is important that our clients have access to more senior management counsel. This new structure reflects that commitment", Jos shares. "Miriam brings with her a wealth of experience, knowledge and insights that will prove valuable for our clients’ brands."

An advertising practitioner for the past 23 years, she has managed a variety of accounts from consumer goods to retail business. These include brands like J&J, Del Monte, Purefoods, KFC, Shakey’s and BPI Family Bank.

Miriam has devoted 12 years exclusively managing the Unilever business - the last 6 of those doing both local and regional work. Prior to joining JWT Manila, Miriam was the SEAsia Regional Business Director for Surf at Lowe.

Let's all give her a warm JWT welcome!

JWT and Zzing! team up for Kidlat Game

JWT and Manila based advergame developer Zzing! have collaborated to develop an online game to promote the Kidlat Card, the Creative Guild's privilege card that entitles the holder to perks and freebies at partnering establishments in Metro Manila. Top scorers each week win a free Kidlat Card.

Instructions are simple. Use your mousepad or Wacom to fry as many Creatives as possible as fast as you can. The characters start off at a normal pace, just leisurely making their way across the screen. However, the more you hit, the faster the remaining characters zip around! Frantic music blares in the background so if you're wired with caffeine (and hopefully nothing else), this game may give you a slight case of the jitters.

If you think this is your chance to unleash revenge at those Creatives you've been meaning to strangle, we've got sad news for you: you're not exactly frying them to death here. Once the lightning bolts hit them, you have officially zapped the Creatives with brilliant ideas, thereby turning them into happy-go-lucky lightbulb heads.

See how many people from JWT can you recognize in the game! Click here to play it! Happy zapping!

BusinessMirror features Jos

ORTEGA: “The better the idea, the more time people will spend with it.”

Jos talks about rising above the clutter and creating work that stands out from the rest. Grab a copy of BusinessMirror (Jan. 5, 2009) or read the full article here.

Happy Birthday, Eli!

Welcome back to reality, JWT! Did you miss your desks and computers? We thought so.

Before you go back to nursing those holiday hangovers, don't forget to greet Eli a very happy birthday today!

Cheers, cheers!