British advertising tycoon sir john hegarty held forth on truth, fashion, and originality at the first briefing hosted by stylus fashion, a new industry advisory service, based in london. John wrote his first book hegarty on advertising turning intelligence into magic in 2011 and his latest book hegarty on creativity there are no rules was published last year. It made me remember that these are human processes, with lots of. Sir john hegarty is the inspirational cofounder of bartle bogle hegarty bbh. Sir john hegarty on the perils of content marketing. A household name in london, hes an uncompromising creative person, accomplished author, rulebreaker and gamechanger, who has spent six. What made it special for me is that the book speaks of brutal honest reality. Bbh has won every agency of the year accolade and every creative award possible and has been at the forefront of the industry for twenty nine years. Apr 26, 2012 in june 2011, john was honoured for his creativity at the cannes international advertising festival, being the recipient of the inaugural lion of st marks award. Jun, 2011 l ast monday, john hegarty threw a launch party for his new book, hegarty on advertising. Mance wrote, if platitudes could kill, sir john would need a lawyer. Sir john hegarty speakers bureau and booking agent info. May 27, 2014 sir john hegarty, one of the greatest advertising professionals ever, writes a book on creativity.
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