Kara Melchers

Managing Editor, BITE Creativebrief

About

Kara had editorial control over BITE, Creativebrief’s daily insight into global marketing trends and the cultural movements driving them. She also presented at our BITE LIVE events series and industry festivals in London and New York.


More from Kara Melchers

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Maybe it's because I'm a Northerner

By Kara Melchers

Real-life, wherever you live, is worth talking about. We need to feature more regional accents, show the inside of more homes, and travel north of the M25.

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BITE Focus

Let's go outside

By Kara Melchers

Outdoor ads morphing as we move through a city is a polarising thought. Face recognition and location tagging already make it possible for advertisers to know who and where we are.

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An evolving logo evolution

By Kara Melchers

Over the last century logos have evolved from complex designs to simple marks. Perhaps a changing, adaptable design is the future for brands to keep up with our rapidly moving, constantly innovating world.

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Mental Health, it's time we all talked about it

By Kara Melchers

Mental health is not just an issue for social media companies. Anyone who brings images and messages to our screens should be thinking about these silent illnesses.

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BITE Focus

SXSW 2018

By Kara Melchers

How to design for the future, now. We all have the opportunity to make the future human centric. By taking action on the trends in the present, we have an opportunity to make the future we want to live in.

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What stood out at SXSW

By Kara Melchers

Here, some of the attendees from socially-led creative agency We Are Social, share some of the trends that stood out for them over the last few days.

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Goodbye celebrity, hello superhero

By Kara Melchers

Let’s demand characters that make us proud of who we are and where we come from. It’s time to say goodbye to the age of celebrity and hello to the year of the superhero.

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Thought Leadership

From Insight to Action

By Kara Melchers

Ep 3: Building trust through transparency

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BITE Focus

Super Bowl 2018: The joke’s on us

By Kara Melchers

Politics took a backseat at this year’s Super Bowl as brands chose to spend most of their $5m+ budget on celebrities and good old family friendly entertainment.

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Thought Leadership

From Insight to Action

By Kara Melchers

Ep 2: Can you link purpose with profit, money with meaning?

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Thought Leadership

From Insight to Action

By Kara Melchers

Ep 1: Time to step out of your comfort zone

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Nowhere to Hide

By Kara Melchers

A successful business can also be an ethical one. Transparent production processes are fundamentally changing how, where and by whom products are made.

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