Susan Credle, global chief creative officer of FCB, has been named chairperson of the 2017 AMP Awards for Music + Sound. Credle will help lead the AMP Awards’ new Curatorial Committee, which will be tasked with ensuring that all finalists meet the criteria for their respective categories. The Curatorial Committee also selects the competition’s prestigious Best in Show winner. The AMP Awards competition is sponsored by the Association of Music Producers.
“Music is manipulative. It can bring tears to your eyes. Make your heart pound. Terrify you. Music is the emotional igniter of ideas,” said Credle. “As Chair of the AMP Awards, I’m grateful to have the opportunity to reflect on the impact music has on our industry.”
Credle was the unanimous choice of the AMP Awards Board of Governors, an honorary group made up of past AMP Awards chairs, to serve as 2017 chair. “They recognized her role as a visionary creative leader who’s always been passionate about the power of music and sound in advertising and highly respectful towards the companies and individuals who work in the craft,” said Jason Menkes, president of AMP, who is also partner and EP at COPILOT Music + Sound in New York. “We’re honored that someone of Susan’s stature has agreed to serve in this role as we mark the AMP Awards’ fifth anniversary, and we’re excited about the insight and experience she’s going to bring to our judging process.”
Credle was named to her current post at FCB in June of 2015. Prior to that she was chief creative officer at Leo Burnett in Chicago, a post she accepted in 2009 after having spent over two decades at BBDO in New York. Among the work she’s been responsible for are Allstate’s “Mayhem” campaign while at Burnett and the iconic M&M’s anthropomorphic “human” spots while at BBDO. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, she recalls being drawn to the ad industry after watching director Ridley Scott’s legendary “Share the Fantasy” spot for Chanel. Parallels are often drawn between the fictional Peggy Olson from “Mad Men” and Credle’s career arc, as she started out as an intern at BBDO and moved up the ranks to become EVP, executive creative director.
An important voice representing gender diversity in advertising, Credle has received numerous industry accolades, including the Chicago Advertising Federation’s Chicago Ad Woman of the Year in 2013, and Business Insider’s Most Creative Women in Advertising lists and induction into the AAF’s Hall of Achievement.
The AMP Awards – which includes the annual AMP Hall of Fame induction ceremony –brings together professionals from the music, advertising, marketing and entertainment worlds to celebrate the best of the best. Prior inductees into AMP’s Hall of Fame have included Volkswagen, Coca- Cola, McDonald’s, Budweiser, Nike, Chevrolet and Pepsi.
The AMP Awards Call for Entries closes on Feb. 24, 2017. To upload entries, click here to access the AMP Awards portal. The awards presentation will be held on Tuesday, May 23, at the Diamond Horseshoe at the Paramount Hotel in the Theatre District.
The AMP Awards are the only U.S.-based, not-for-profit competition in advertising and branding dedicated to honoring achievements in music and sound in all media. This year’s awards also marks the 20th Anniversary of the founding of its sponsoring organization, the Association of Music Producers, which was founded in 1997 to promote the work of advertising’s music and sound companies and audio mixing and recording facilities.
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"Healthcare shouldn't bankrupt you, housing should not feel impossible, polluters shouldn't pass their bill to us and artists should not be replaced by AI," Smith said. "That's why I'm supporting Tom Steyer for governor."
But Smith started the video with a disclaimer: "This is an ad, and honestly, I wish more political content said that first." His caption specified that he was paid by Steyer's campaign.
California is one of two states, along with Texas, that have passed policies requiring content creators to say if they've been paid by a political campaign to post, and the Golden State is considering cracking down by fining people who don't.
Campaigns have long worked with celebrities and major influencers to win over voters, but now they are teaming up with smaller creators — sometimes with fewer than 100,000 followers — to reach more tailored audiences. That has sparked debates about whether disclosure rules for political advertisements should apply to content creators, who are expected to play prominent roles in the upcoming midterms and the 2028 presidential election.
"If you're running for president and you are not currently trying to court some of these people or lining up your own people to act as surrogates for you, you're already behind," said Mike Nellis, a Democratic strategist who worked for Kamala Harris' presidential campaign.
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