Megan Williams

London

Writer at Freelance

News Editor at Creative Review

News Editor at Creative Review ✍️ The Guardian, Elephant, Dazed, Crack

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Articles

Brian Cox lives the high life with Malibu

2 weeks ago | creativereview.co.uk | Megan Williams

Devised by Wieden+Kennedy London, the actor’s latest ad credit sees him kick back and relax after the clock strikes 5pm Actor and emerging adland darling Brian Cox has teamed up with drinks brand Malibu on a new campaign that pledges the importance of work-life balance.
Microsoft’s new identity is a nostalgia trip

2 weeks ago | creativereview.co.uk | Megan Williams

Koto created an identity for the tech giant’s 50th anniversary campaign featuring stars such as Clippy and the MSN butterfly In tech brand terms, celebrating 50 years essentially makes you prehistoric, considering many of the most prevalent companies today were founded this side of the millennium.
Mysterious shoemaker is the star of Telstra’s ad

2 weeks ago | creativereview.co.uk | Megan Williams

Director Steve Rogers and Bear Meets Eagle On Fire have conjured up a travelling craftsman for a new Telstra Business campaign Australian telco brand Telstra has taken an unexpectedly whimsical approach to showcasing its business offering.
Fandom celebrated in Finnish football league branding

2 weeks ago | creativereview.co.uk | Megan Williams

A lot of brands make thin claims that they highlight fan culture. However, the Finnish top flight has launched a new identity by Bond that really does put fandom at the centre of things. This is in large part down to its new bespoke typeface, Scarf Gothic, used in its wordmark and as a display font. Its unusually sharp angles and lack of curves are down to the fact that the lettering was constructed based on the shape of scarves laid out flat.
Annual Awards 2025 Winners Craft

2 weeks ago | creativereview.co.uk | Megan Williams

A year on from the death of their founder Alain Sylvain, the agency’s leadership team reflect on the process of grieving in the workplace and what became one of their most successful business years to date
Royal Ballet and Opera raises the curtain on its rebrand

2 weeks ago | creativereview.co.uk | Megan Williams

Last spring, The Royal Opera House, home to both The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera, rebranded to Royal Ballet and Opera to help better communicate the various companies that call the London institution home. The previous naming didn’t really recognise the ballet arm and also failed to reflect that both were part of a united organisation.
Tesco Mobile Ireland ads tease cat owners

2 weeks ago | creativereview.co.uk | Megan Williams

BBH Dublin has created a new campaign starring cat puppets grumbling about their owners’ goofy videos “There’s something really humbling about a pet regarding you as a fool. And who better to judge our phone behaviours than the furry victims at the receiving end of some of them,” says BBH Dublin creative lead Aubrey O’Connell. “Why do you keep sticking this rectangle in my face? Why are you paying more when you don’t need to?
New ad shows the grit of young patients

3 weeks ago | creativereview.co.uk | Megan Williams

FCB Canada has made a stirring ad campaign for a foundation raising funds for a leading children’s hospital In most cases, adverts for paediatric charities and hospitals understandably highlight the devastating cruelty of children’s illnesses in fairly direct terms. As such, a new film for SickKids Foundation – an organisation raising funds for Canada’s Hospital for Sick Children – stands out as a rousing call to arms.
The sticky relationship between club culture and brands

3 weeks ago | creativereview.co.uk | Megan Williams

Nightlife holds a special allure for brands seeking cultural relevance. But is that a setup that artists and audiences want to be part of? We speak with author Andy Crysell about the commercialisation of club culture, and what it signals about the state of both dance music and culture marketing Nightlife is in flux. Industrial factories became clubs, and clubs became flats, wiping away the last totems of industry.
Covid-19: Five years on

3 weeks ago | creativereview.co.uk | Megan Williams

Young creatives were disproportionately affected by the onset of the pandemic. We look at its long-term impact on career prospects and ask whether educational institutions and the industry have done enough to support the ‘Covid generation’