From Japanese sketch comedy to King Kong, aka Hairy Barry, the latest episode of the Del Taco Super Special Show has it all. We’re happy to say that this is our funniest yet.  Tell us what you think about it on Facebook.

Client: Del Taco
Spot Title:  Super Special Show Episode 6
Agency: Doner
Chief Creative Officer: Rob Strasberg
Creative Directors: Brian Born & Chuck Meehan
Agency Producer: Dan Barbieri
Account Director: Heidi Rogers
Production Co: Moo Studios
Director:  Chad Einbinder
Animation Director: Shaun Sewter
Producer: Rebecca Donaghe
Line Producer: Rich Payne
DP: Michael Pescasio
Editor:  Martin Wilson
Music Company:  Beacon Street
Composer:  Andrew Feltenstein
Animation Company:  Moo Studio
Sound Mix Company:  POP
Sound Mixer:  Mitch Dorf

Hoffman Estates, IL (July 26, 2010) – Serta and Donald Trump want to help the Counting Sheep get back to work and are enlisting the help of Serta’s ever-growing Facebook community.  The “Counting Sheep for Hire” Contest launches on July 26^th and invites Facebook users to help Mr. Trump find the perfect job for the Counting Sheep at the Trump Organization.  The contest will be supported with a three-part web series on You Tube starring the world’s most famous businessman, Donald Trump, alongside the world’s most famous Counting Sheep, #1. Created by Doner, Southfield, Mich., the web series also launches on July 26^th exclusively on Serta’s You Tube channel.

Click here for the press release & to view the first of three webisodes that support the contest.

I’m pleased to announce the promotion of Mike Ensroth to senior-VP, account leader.  In addition to overseeing the media efforts for our Arby’s account this new role gives Mike responsibilities for the strategic leadership of the account. 

Mike has distinguished himself as the go-to person on Arby’s and his role has expanded well beyond just leading the media efforts for the account.  His traditional media-rich background enables him to play an active role in optimizing Arby’s traditional media platform, while continuing to diversify the brand into nontraditional media.  A passion for sports and six year obsession with ABC’s LOST have fueled inspiration for Mike to help bring ideas to Arby’s that integrate a 360’ approach and more consumer interaction with the brand.

With his extreme dedication to his work, as well as helping his wife take care of their four year old daughter and 7 month old twin girls, I credit his ability to always keep his cool to his dry sense of humor.

Please join me in congratulating Mike on this well deserved promotion.

Greg

Avery Dennison Office Products Group Selects Doner as Agency of Record

(Southfield, Mich.) – Avery Dennison Office Products selected Doner as its agency of record for its Office and Consumer Products group following a competitive review with four finalists.

Doner will provide a full spectrum of integrated marketing communications, including strategic planning, creative development, media planning and buying for the Avery brand and key products. Spending wasn’t disclosed. The account will be served out of the agency’s Newport Beach office.

Avery conducted the review through Select Resources International to help find an agency partner that could help make its brand more distinctive and differentiated and support specific product stories.

“Doner showed us that they could embrace our brand and consumer insights to create a compelling brand platform with breakthrough creative to support the Avery brand holistically, build awareness and drive demand for key products,” said Todd Thompson, VP Marketing and R&D Worldwide, Avery Dennison Office and Consumer Products.

“Avery Dennison truly understands its brand, its consumers and their needs and offers outstanding products for the modern home and office,” said David DeMuth, Doner co-CEO, president. “We’re very excited to help this company take its brand to the next level.”

About Avery Dennison Office Products

Avery Dennison Office Products group markets products under the well-known Avery brand name and is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of self-adhesive labels for laser and ink jet printers, labeling software, binders, sheet protectors, index and tab dividers and other office-, home- and school-related supplies. Avery Dennison Office Products, a business unit of Avery Dennison Corporation, is based in Brea, California.

For more information about Avery-brand products, consumers can visit the Avery Dennison Worldwide Office Products Web site at www.avery.com or call the Avery Dennison Consumer Service Center at 1-800-GO-AVERY (1-800-462-8379). Avery and all other Avery brands and product names are trademarks of Avery Dennison Corporation. 

About Doner

Doner, based in Southfield, Mich., is one of the largest independently owned advertising agencies in the world, with approximately $1.5 billion in combined billings. The agency has offices throughout North America, as well as in London, and does business in more than 30 countries for clients including Mazda, Amazon.com, The Coca-Cola Company, ADT, DuPont, The Coleman Company, Shell Oil and Sherwin-Williams. A full-service, performance-driven agency, Doner focuses on creating ideas that change the destiny of brands through creativity.

Contact:
Andrea O’Donnell
248/827-8446
aodonnell@doner.com

It's an exciting day for us as we unveil the New Doner. But the news gets even better as we welcome OhioHealth as a client. They're the largest healthcare system in central Ohio and one of the largest in the Buckeye State. We couldn't be more thrilled to partner with them. More

We're excited to share that we've been invited to do something very special, very rare: a retrospective in the gallery of The One Club for Art & Copy celebrating 70 years of changing the destiny of brands through creativity. For those in the advertising creative community, the One Club is one the most revered advertising societies in the world. Its Creative Hall of Fame is filled with the greatest names in the business from David Ogilvy to Lee Clow. The One Club only hosts retrospective shows every couple of years. And only with those whose work it deems as the best in the industry. We are thrilled to accept this special opportunity. You can read more here: Doner Retrospective at The One Club

We have collaborated on a masthead takeover interactive banner that gives MySpace visitors five free downloads from a Mazda-curated list of seven emerging, unsigned bands. The interactive banner operates like a web music-online app and will run on the MySpace homepage all day on March 23.  It not only rewards music lovers with free music but also provides coveted mass exposure for seven unsigned artists. The target is young and trendsetting, but they’re growing up, telling the world they’ve arrived (that’s why they didn’t buy Corolla or Civic). Since these young trendsetters choose their car as much on the sound system as the style and driving features, the banner reinforces the Mazda3’s why buy: a 10-speaker Bose audio system that plays MP3s.

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