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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

Interviews

“A good idea never comes at a desk”

By Izzy Ashton

Eli Vasiliou, Associate Creative Director at Iris on the importance of creative outlets outside of work, brand integrity and the democratisation of flexible working.

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BITE Focus

“Brands need to act with a conscience”

By Izzy Ashton

How Haribo and Quiet Storm kept childlike escapism going during lockdown.

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Fuel Your Imagination

Love Cinema celebrates the return of the big screen, at last

By Izzy Ashton

The campaign captures the sheer escapism that a couple of hours at the cinema can bring, celebrating people’s love for it and demonstrating just how powerful storytelling can be.

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Interviews

Why the time is now for food waste’s ‘plastic’ moment

By Izzy Ashton

Tessa Clarke, CEO & Co-Founder of food sharing app OLIO on behavioural change, local renaissance and the power of collaboration.

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Hot Pick

The IPC shines a spotlight on the fastest fully blind sprinter in the world

By Izzy Ashton

‘Wait for the Greats’ invites us to do just that, to keep the momentum and to celebrate the achievements of inspirational individuals like David Brown.

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Thought Leadership

What are the new rituals and customer touchpoints that will last way beyond lockdown?

By Izzy Ashton

With our new normal comes a new way of living for many and a new marketing landscape to navigate.

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BITE Focus

“You’ve got to earn your place as a brand”

By Izzy Ashton

How WaterWipes and The Brooklyn Brothers pivoted their marketing strategy to be a support network for parents in the midst of the pandemic.

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Hot Pick

KFC removes its iconic slogan in its first ever global campaign

By Izzy Ashton

It’s an example of the power of reactive marketing, of reflecting the world the brand’s consumers actually live in right now whilst still keeping with KFC's irreverent tone.

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BITE Focus

BITE’s Big Lockdown Read: Part 2

By Izzy Ashton

Finding time to switch off has perhaps never been simultaneously more difficult or more vital to both our mental health but also our own personal development.

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BITE Focus

“We’re doing more than selling soap”

By Izzy Ashton

How MullenLowe and Lifebuoy put a forty-year partnership to the test to relaunch the brand in the UK during lockdown.

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Hot Pick

Deutsche Telekom and Billie Eilish celebrate the screen-obsessed Gen Z

By Izzy Ashton

The beauty of campaigns such as this is that it focuses on the reality; on how the generation itself would choose to portray themselves. Where society sees screen-obsessed, they see endless possibilities.

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Voices

Around the world in virtual placements

By Izzy Ashton

In the midst of the COVID crisis School of Communication Arts graduates Ellie Daghlian and Elisa Czerwenka decided to champion a global perspective, even under lockdown, aiming to work, virtually, on every continent in 14 days.

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Hot Pick

Gay Times tackles misconceptions about, and empowers the voices of, the LGBTQ+ community

By Izzy Ashton

‘It can happen, it does happen, it will happen’ is an example of the power of communications to challenge unconscious bias and to educate and enlighten people to change.

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BITE Focus

“Sometimes it is good to just switch off and step back”

By Izzy Ashton

How CALM and adam&eveDDB worked together to control consumers’ online news consumption in the wake of the Coronavirus crisis.

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Interviews

“Consumers now expect the brands they support to be as committed to their mission as they are to their actual products”

By Izzy Ashton

Tom Szaky, CEO & Founder of TerraCycle and Loop on the move to a zero-waste lifestyle, shifting consumer expectations and the importance of keeping recycling front of mind.

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