Deconstructing Red Cell

According to New York Post, WPP Group is unraveling Red Cell, the mixed bag of agencies it tried to knit together in 2001 into a worldwide network.
The move comes on the heels of Coca-Cola’s decision to shift creative duties on its North American ad account for its namesake brand from WPP’s Berlin Cameron/Red Cell to independent Wieden + Kennedy without a review.
Red Cell did not live up to expectations, writes the Post, becoming instead WPP’s repository for some 65 agencies that didn’t fit elsewhere – or with each other, having no culture nor vision in common.

About David Burn

I wrote my first ad for a local political candidate when I was 17 (she went on to win her race, and I felt the power of persuasive copy for the first time). Today, I live near Portland, Oregon and spend my days building brands for companies that matter.