Centis is not only a talented effectologist, but also an egg catcher and sledge driver.  This time we wanted to reveal you yet another of Centis’s talents – he is a great opener of Midsummer Night celebration as well! And therefore on the night before Midsummer...

DDB Worldwide  received 52 lions, including two Grand Prix, and took the second position among the most awarded advertising networks in the world this year in the Cannes International Advertising Festival. As the President of DDB Worldwide – Chuck Brymer concluded “I am proud that in...

This feeling of “not knowing the words” has been experienced by every one of us. Especially on the evening of Midsummer Night while singing national songs. At this Midsummer Night something had to be changed! And we made it happen! LMT, in cooperation with DDB...

In spite of the fact that we didn’t pick up an award, we can still be proud and happy about the way this year’s Golden Hammer advertising festival turned out. Firstly, because we were the only agency from Latvia to make into...

For the first time in the history of Latvia’s reality shows, an internet platform has been set up for a show. O!Karte's Akadēmija's Internet platform was created with the help of our partner web agency Cube that used a variety of digital instruments – phone...

The opinion of the people around us matters to every one of us including those who say that this is not the case. Simply, others see us from the side and this is a good way how to find out both good and bad things...

After last year’s race, the organizers of the Nordea Riga Marathon set themselves an ambitious target of attracting more than 10,000 runners to take part in this year’s race. However, it’s hard to attract new runners if just about all of the willing participants already...

The sheer weight of our homemade and filmed video presentations, case studies and entertainment films has reached a critical mass. Just critical enough to persuade us to launch a DDB video showcase on the vimeo.com website. And all this just because we want to share...

Nora is a brave woman blessed with the twin virtues of discipline and vision. She honed her self-discipline during more than a decade mastering and improving her marketing skills working for two major corporate entities, Sony and TV3. Evidence of her courage and vision was...

We’re honoured – out of six campaigns to make it into the final of Password Effie 2010, three were created by DDB! Only one campaign made it into the final of the social category, which was also declared the winner – Helping to...

The Omnicom Sports Games were recently held at one of Riga’s warmest active leisure venues – the Brazīlija Beach Centre. The duties of Master of Ceremonies and commentator for the games were simultaneously undertaken by none other than Māris Rīmens. And one has to admit...

Nothing has changed this regard. O!Karte is still supporting creative people who have something to say. Now though it’s moved onto a new level – godfathers have been chosen for these little known nuggets of talent who have submitted their works to O!Stage  - in...

We hope that you’re hungry for the freshest marketing trends and thirsty for the latest social media stories, because the Breakfast of Champions will be served very soon. DDB wants to treat its partners and friends to an exclusive dish of valuable discoveries served in...

Congratulations to our Creative Director, Vairis Strazds on winning a Cannes Creative Leaders Programme grant! Vairis was successful after surviving an international competition featuring more than 50 candidates from around the world. He has been chosen as one of the three best creative directors who...

The "Make Ideas Not War" slogan presided over both the ADwards creative excellence festival and the football tournament between Latvia’s most powerful advertising personalities which took place during the early evening of March 18 at "Brazīlija" Beach Sports Centre. The final of the...

It began with a battle and ended peacefully - the creative excellence festival ADwards 2010 has ended and the awards have been presented. Over two days, jury members pooled their forces to assess 150 works submitted for the festival, of which only 15...

With deposits, as with friendship, everything is based on trust. Mārtiņš Sirmais, the star of our Christmas campaign underlined this fact with a similar culinary analogy - the longer and more often he goes shopping for products from his market sellers, the better he gets...

Bigger or smaller, louder or quieter - every one of us needs victories. They make us grow and appreciate our strengths and look to the future with much more confidence. Therefore, we’re proud of a new addition of our list of clients - A/S Dobeles Dzirnavnieks! ...

DDB’s team has acquired a new member: vastly experienced and dynamic designer, Māris Gagainis. Seeing Māris at work, we were surprised to see Māris describe his perfect designs, refined right down to the finest detail, as mere sketches. In short, to date we’ve been delighted to see...

It’s one thing to reach the top, but it’s quite another - to stay there. And it’s not important whether we’re talking about climbing, music, politics or advertising. Right now, we can congratulate both ourselves and our colleagues from abroad – the DDB network has been awarded...

There really are a lot of talented youngsters in Latvia. There’s no longer any doubt about this, because the new O!Karte brand makeover campaign proved this in just a couple of weeks! Works submitted by young Latvian artists could be viewed on the specially created homepage: “

In spite of economic crises and big freezes, there’s always someone who’s capable of standing up at the most difficult time and doing everything possible to help others stand up too. These people tend to shape history. We too – DDB, in...

In the greeting which Maxima dedicated to the Latvian nation on the occasion of Latvian Independence Day, kids posed a number of riddles including one about a nation of singers whose singing people travel from all over the world to listen to. Who...

One of the founders of DDB, Bill Bernbach once said, "It’s not just what you say that stirs people. It’s the way that you say it.” Bernbach’s philosophy has provided the foundation for the thinking of just about every advertising specialist for decades now and...

The bigger the number of participants; the bigger the responsibility. This year, 3,300 more runners competed in the Nordea Riga Marathon than last year. And we scored a bullseye with "One Run. One Feeling!" the slogan created by DDB, because a massive field of 8,500 runners really...

The advertising industry is no stranger to the name of Art Director Jānis Birznieks, because he’s been a talented and professional representative of the industry for more than a decade. Jānis is happiest creating ads that combine copy and a visual image to say something...

In partnership with Lursoft, Dienas Bizness has published its 13th annual chart of Latvia’s TOP 500 biggest companies. These are companies which successfully increased their turnover in 2008, thus boosting both their company’s and the nation’s economic growth. In the TOP 500 of Latvia’s biggest...

We have achieved yet another success! DDB has come out on top in an advertising agency pitch organised by ALFA Retail Park. Evaluating the works submitted for the tender, Linstow Center Management Shopping Centre Commercial Director, Evija Majevska and ALFA Managing Director, Zigmunds Vīķis admitted that...

Granddad says that meets her every day, but still falls in love with her! Who is she? By the way, it’s soon going to be her birthday! During Latvia’s celebration, Maxima has laid on a feast for its customers to put...

A few years ago during the filming of the biggest and most impressive Latvian film to date, “Rīgas sargi” (“Riga’s Guards”), LMT was involved in the realisation of the project. The film tells the story of the defeat in Riga of Bermont’s armed forces comprised of 50,000...

Every patriotically inclined family will celebrate Latvia’s national holiday on 18 November. Some will participate in various festive events in Riga and elsewhere in Latvia, and almost all of us will watch the festive fireworks display with joy in our hearts. Just like every year. Only this...

“We don’t have enough to survive on; it’s totally banal – we’ve got nothing to eat and nothing with which to pay for our rented room. I’m ashamed that I’m so helpless and not needed by anybody – neither by employers nor the state...” ...

It turns out that a Swedbank deposit and a carrot have a lot in common. They are both healthy, orange and with the help of a Swedbank deposit, you can get your hands on a carrot! Swedbank’s goal was to create an explanatory deposit campaign....

Just under a year ago, in partnership with DDB, Nords Porter Novelli, PHD and other enthusiasts, the Dardedze organization began a major social campaign, “Put Your Belt Aside”. Its goal was to persuade the general public to change its attitude to raising children...

Folk dancing troupe “Līgo” whose line up is bolstered by DDB staff member, Toms Lembergs has won a Grand Prix at the 2nd “Interfolk” International Competition and Festival with its dance “Sasala jūrīna”. The competition took place in St. Petersburg, Russia and more than 40...

The DDB office has set what is perhaps a unique fertility record in the history of the entire DDB Worldwide network. In a 10 day period, three DDB staff members have become parents of three beautiful baby girls. The record was launched by Reins Grants, DDB Consulting...

DDB has attracted yet another major client! Following its victory in an agency pitch, DDB has received the challenge of developing Stenders’ brand communications and making it unique, attractive and different just about all over the...

Just as a Volkswagen Beetle ad once asked people: "Is the economy trying to tell you something?" the results of Most Loved Brands chart will definitely make you stop and think. The awards ceremony took place at the Riga Art Space. Among the guests...

This year, the chart of Latvia’s most loved brands celebrates its fifth birthday by identifying the 50 most loved brands in Latvia. A celebration for somebody, pause for thought for someone else – the chart will clearly show the ability of brands to adapt to the new economic situation....

This year, the 14th birthday of DDB Latvia falls on 14 September! This year will definitely go into DDB history as the most productive and most awarded. We have accomplished many good works and received significant acknowledgements. This year DDB...

The morning of August 21 was surprisingly enjoyable for many car drivers. Entering the city, to their surprise, instead of the traditional ‘Rīga’ sign, the city limits were adorned with the sign “O!Rīga”. Whether it was coincidence or a logical development is debatable, but a...

Each of them has something that the other really needs! Centis Ūbele’s latest campaign in the form of a TVC and outdoor poster has probably surprised everybody who’s seen it. This time Centis appears in a new guise. And how else could he...

This may sound unbelievable, but it’s a fact. Preparations for the S3 strategic competition for companies have been completed. All that remained were the final training sessions, and final strategic tasks, and on September 3-4, the DDB S3 team headed to Apšuciems where they joined 24 other...

Right now, it’s doubtful whether there’s anybody out there who still hasn’t heard about the friends’ raft or the story about four determined guys who decided to use their homemade raft to sail from the Horn of Kolka to the Isle of Ruhnu and back again. Well...

Good relationships are built on trust and the ability to work collaborate in the long-term. And a good relationship can deliver outstanding results. This is underlined by Volkswagen’s enduring half century old partnership with the DDB advertising agency and the almost 150 Cannes Lions which Volkswagen has received...

The intellect should be nurtured in all fields, and therefore this summer would not have been complete without one of DDB Latvia’s most valuable annual events – IQ camp. This year’s menu consisted of lectures by Uldis Pīlēns, Arturs Mednis and Mika Mitrēvics. First course: Uldis...

Congratulations to all our DDB network colleagues for whom the 56th Cannes International Advertising Festival was highly successful! Well done to DDB Brazil which was awarded the title of Agency of the Year and won nine Lions. Further plaudits go to DDB&CO Istanbul for its third place in the...

Driving rain, wind, lightning and puddles. These were the ingredients served up by the heavens in the recipe for the weather conditions on Wednesday. And this happened to be the day on which one of DDB’s must-be annual traditions – the LeMans karting championship took place and in...

In June, Youtube in partnership with Oxfam (an association of organisations with the aim of nature conservation, famine and human rights issues) announced a competition to find the best viralvideos which could motivate people to sign a petition which will eventually be submitted at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference...

In spite of the strong wind and waves which turned the 5.5 metre long yacht Solo horizontal on Lake Usma and saw one team member swept overboard, Solo secured an honourable 2nd place in its category in the “Usma Cup 2009” championship. DDB Consulting Strategic Director Reins Grants took...

During the first half of June, DDB Creative Director Vairis Strazds travelled to Barcelona to help 50 other jury members select the most outstanding works at the 18th European advertising and design festival. Vairis judged the web and alternative media category. One day, more than 150 submitted works, intensive...

What are delicious ketchup, tasty mayonnaise and appetising soup? The kind that you eat and find yourself wanting to say: “Mmm... delicious!” Since June Gardigan products produced by the Latvian company Milda without preservatives, sweeteners and colourings have appeared on store shelves. The products are characterised by...

This year we can be especially proud. Our achievements at the Golden Hammer 2009Festival were unrivalled! Now we can add three hammers from GoldenHammer to our Effie and Adwards festival awards. DDB was the only Latvian creative agency to win one golden and two silver hammers, as...

Centis Ūbele has returned to TV screens to give a short and effective insight into you should celebrate Jāņi! He’s drawn upon the wisdom of our ancestors about the magic of Jāņu Night which have been passed from generation to generation...

60 years today Messrs. Doyle, Dane and Bernbach opened a new advertising agency in New York. And so began the active involvement of the DDB international network in advertising. These three men have shaped advertising history and created a company that it’s impossible not to reckon with....

If you happen to find a case on the road containing a mobile phone, mechanic, rescue vehicle, taxi and replacement car, then you know that it belongs to one of Balta’s clients. Our campaign invited Balta’s Kasko clients to get more for the same price, enabling them...

In partnership with Poligrāfijas aģentūra, DDB was the only advertising agency to receive a special award in the Perfect Choice category in the MAP Contemporary 2009 competition. The special award was awarded for the creation of outstanding works using brand paper or cardboard acquired in the Latvian...

The current climate reveals not only the true face of people, but also that of companies. Therefore, the fifth annual Company Top Reputation Chart is particularly accurate. And therefore we’re especially pleased that the top four is occupied by DDB clients such...

Having coming to the conclusion that an individual person thinks differently to the way a family does, this year Centis Ūbele decided to study the shopping habits of Latvia’s families. He received countless letters, but the Saulīšu family’s letter about shopping with baby twins particularly inspired him....

The next country to host the World Ice Hockey Championship, Germany is hoping to set a world record attendance for an ice hockey match by filling a Bundesliga club stadium with 75,976 ice hockey fans. Impressive! What they don’t know is that we’ve succeeded in setting a...

On the morning of May 17, more than 8,000 people poured onto krastmala and the streets of Riga. They all hit the streets with one goal. To run in the Nordea Riga Marathon. Among them were 14 folks from DDB who set out to test their endurance...

We can be proud of yet another successfully executed social responsibility campaign. The fight against emotional and physical violence or mobbing can only be conducted through friendship rather than disciplinary methods. This conclusion was spelled out at the finale of Dardedze’s campaign, The Courage to...

Do you know how many hockey fans you can fit on a hockey pitch? We do! 3,851 fans, exactly. This promotion kicked off LMT’s major campaign for its Equal connection. If LMT can fit an impressive quantity of minutes into a small monthly charge, then DDB and...

Even if we can’t help our country in any other way, then we can at least choose the most appropriate chair for the Prime Minister to sit on to ensure he handles his workload as efficiently as possible. This opportunity for the public was provided by Furniture...

At the end of March, a lot of people found themselves breathing easier, because finally Latvian cuisine and other daily items became available for purchase on the Internet. DDB developed an advertising campaign for this innovative service. Klang! is a home delivery club giving people the chance...

The fastest, most effective and truest way how to mobilise a company in these fraught times is to participate in the S3 strategic competition for companies. Why? Well, sometimes the strongest business contacts are created in the most informal circumstances. And in unusual situations, a company's team tends to...

The daily lives of several DDB team members are currently being complimented by regular training and breathing exercises. Why? To be on wave, because 15 of us have signed up to run this year's Nordea Riga Marathon. Helped by creative ideas from DDB,NECom is the organising the...

We’re proud to announce DDB’s all time best performance in the history of the Adwards festival. This year, we received one gold, one silver and were nominated as finalists for three other projects. Centis Ubele, the Maxima spokesperson created by DDB is an advertising icon...

It’s no secret that right now people are considering their purchases carefully and sales staff are trying to attract consumers with unbelievable discounts. And advertising can no longer just be a dry marketing instrument. The sales campaign created by DDB for the SPICE furniture and interior...

DDB’s team of designers has taken on an international flavour. We’ve been joined by Ola Gillfelt who’s lived and worked in Latvia for some time now. Ola studied graphic design and received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Australia. He recalls his time in Australia as providing...

After only one month, the “Put Your Belt Aside” campaign caused a storm of discussion among the public and in the media! In February, the non-governmental organisation, Dardedze began a major social campaign, “Put Your Belt Aside” in partnership with DDB, Nords Porter Novelli and PHD which...

Yesterday saw the conclusion of the Password marketing achievements competition in which the GrandPrix was awarded to the Nordea Riga Marathon campaign created by DDB and Nords Event Communications! In the five years since Password began determining the most successful and effective advertising campaigns, DDB has made...

For the first time this year, in partnership with the Latvian Advertising Association, Best Marketing selected "Agency of the Year 2008". In a survey of marketing directors*, DDB was recognised as the best agency! More than one fifth or 22% of respondents voted for either...

Only eight campaigns made it into the final of the Password marketing achievements competition. We’re honoured that three of them were created by DDB: the Nordea Riga Marathon, StatoilExtra CardRe-launch campaign and Statoil’s campaign, Do You Really Need a Bag? The Nordea Riga Marathon exceeded...

12.02.2009, at its annual awards ceremony, Latvia’s leading morning newspaper, DIENA celebrated the biggest advertisers and the best advertising results. History repeated itself, because this year DDB was also nominated twice. MAXIMA’s series of ads starring Centis Ūbelis received the Grand Prix Gold cm2 having been...

The results were outstanding. More than 10,000 thermo cups were distributed during STATOIL’s campaign and the number of thermo cup users out of total purchases more than doubled! Helping people to wake up and sharpening their mental faculties are the basic functions of coffee, but we often...

Artis Krilovs arrived at DDB last year to undergo vocational training as an assistant strategic planner. Armed with the experience he’s acquired during his recent studies in Italy, Artis has now returned to DDB. Currently, he’s actively involved in strategic planning work and is putting...

Throughout the year, Centis introduced many new features to MAXIMA stores. And ever active, at the year’s end, in anticipation of the coming festivities, he devised some more pleasant surprises. While everybody spent December listening to weather reports and impatiently waiting for snow, Centis Ubele...

DDB’s team has recently been bolstered with the addition of a vastly experienced and knowledgeable professional, Dzintars Biele. Dzintars’ mission at DDB is to make sure that pre-print works are up to scratch. He has more than a decade’s experience specialising in desktop publishing and print works...

Last summer, Liga headed for a long break to enjoy the delights of an addition to her family! During this period she was further inspired by reading books and accelerating down a hill on her skis. Now Liga has returned to DDB where a set of new...

At a time when the overall mood is like that in the American hills, that is, up and down, certain things have given everyone at DDB a lot of pleasure and enabled us to keep smiling in the midst of this crisis. It took Maxima’s management, DDB...

It turns out that people need more stimulation and really enjoy travelling! How else can one explain the record increase in sales of PauligClassic in recent months?! Previously, Paulig had occupied fourth place in the Latvian coffee sector in terms of its market share. The latest survey...

If you’re looking for the reason why the DDB network is so calm in today’s business environment, you should look no further than “The Nature of Marketing”, a book recently released by Chuck Brymer, CEO of DDB Worldwide, which is a direct response to ongoing global changes....

DDB’s already powerful account management team has been further strengthened with the addition of Account Director, Janis Rungulis. Janis is a graduate of Riga’s Stradina University. His Master’s Degree studies saw him study political economy at the Central European University in Budapest. Later, Janis acquired...

We are pleased to announce that Riga’s urban landscape has recently been illuminated with the makeover of one its many pedestrian tunnels. As a result, the lives of pedestrians are briefly infused with colour and positive emotions as they hurry through Zelta Zivtina’s bright and mood enhancing...

The ranks of designers on DDB’s creative team have recently been joined by Mareks Gaidamovics. Mareks’ advertising experience has been accrued over several years working for one of the industry’s leading agencies. Prior to that, he started his career working in the printing sector and therefore he...

This was a particularly industrious week at DDB and not just because of the extravagant ceremony celebrating Latvia’s Top Best Loved Brands. Another major event this week was the launch of our latest brainchild. A new brand has come into being — DDB Consulting. Just...

For the past four years, researchers have conducted annual studies with the aim of identifying Latvia’s favourite brands. And on this occasion, the well-known phrase “Three things are good things, but the fourth comes straight from the heart” is directly applicable to the Top Best Loved Brands...

September 26 witnessed the ninth Golden Hammer International Advertising Festival to be held in Riga. Given that agencies from 18 countries participated at the festival, it would not be unreasonable to describe the competition as intense. Works were submitted in seven categories. We were pleased to note...

On the one hand, September 14, 1995 is just a date in the founding documents of one company. The majority of us arrived at DDB later. A few of us were not even permitted to work 13 years ago for legal reasons. However, just as...

In honour of DDB Latvia’s 13th birthday, our corporate dad Edgars Skulte organised the DDB Carting Cup at the Swedbank Lizings carting track in Kandava. Excitement, individuality, hunger for success and joy at the success and efforts of our colleagues – these are just some of the...

Last week in the city of Valmiera and its suburbs, teams representing 37 companies set out to prove their physical, strategic and intellectual metal in a challenging competition comprised of five individual and highly demanding stages. The competition was intense and right until the very last stages;the...

DDB Worldwide’s partnership with Volkswagen began back in 1959 with an ad that was destined to become world famous, “Think small”. Today, 32 DDB agencies throughout the world enjoy successful partnerships with Volkswagen. DDB Latvia is no exception. And what’s more, this successful partnership is now being expanded throughout...

After the advertising campaign created by our agency, there was not only a upsurge in the number of calls made by potential customers to Balta’s Customer Service Centres and an increase in the number of visitors to its home page, but also a rise in the number of policies...

Centis is back. And now he’s about to embark on a new career as a singer. And his first performance with Santa Zapacka caused quite a stir! Their performance, “A man in his prime” proved to be a hit not only with the jury, but also with viewers. Their...

The IQ camp is the agency’s biggest event of the summer. This year, we were able to draw on the knowledge of such Latvian experts as Martins Ritins, Viesturs Celmins and Juris Kaza. Have you ever asked yourself why the chicken you buy from supermarkets is loose,...

During the last week, residents of Riga have had the chance to step back into the lives and home of the stars from the Zelta Zivtina series. The ZZ tram as created by DDB first hit the streets of Riga on July 18, 2006 and became a...

This August is unquestionably the month of sport. For weight lifters, swimmers, hammer throwers, cyclists, basketball stars, tennis players and many other sportsmen and women, the Olympic Games are the litmus test of their efforts and the most important event of the past four years. Their exploits...

During this sporting summer, the Olympians' baton will be taken over by teams representing 36 Latvian companies who will take part in th S2 strategic competition in September. DDB's team line-up has already been announced to our opponents and the team's strategy has also been adopted – take it...

The middle of July saw the successful conclusion of a unique experiment within Latvia's educational and advertising sectors. Over a period of three months, a dozen students mastered the basics of a difficult and popular profession, without having to pay for a thing, and, even though they...

Elviss Zants – artist and copywriter all in one person has become one of DDB’s creative locomotives. Elviss has accumulated a wealth of experience and knowledge working for a concert agency where he synthesised marketing and creative "flight" . Elviss has developed his designer’s handwriting working the...

Together with four other young artists, DDB’s Art Director and Creative Director Armands Zelcs will reveal the works he’s created during 2007-2008 and which before now have only been exhibited to the public in Berlin and Moscow in the forthcoming exhibition “Five to Five”. Zelcs is one...

This summer has begun with a cascade of singing and dancing. Of course, this is the Song and Dance Festival. Reportedly, among those seen taking part in the Festival Procession were DDB citizens Agra Vitola and Toms Lembergs and several of our clients. According to reporters present...

Still basking in the afterglow of Raimonds Platacis’ (DDB) and Marcis Mikelsons’ (Cube-Media) fantastic Bronze Lion winning debut at Cannes, we are also thrilled by the achievements of the DDB agency network at the world’s most prestigious advertising awards festival. DDB Europe’s network received 30 Lions...

Every change in life is like a trampoline leading to new jobs and new achievements. Especially so if these changes are linked to relocation. No, DDB isn’t moving anywhere, but the MAP Contemporary 2008 Silver Award presented for the STATOIL Relocation postcard in the direct mail category...

DDB’s Creative Department has been further enhanced with the arrival of certified visual communications and media designer, Digna Pilmane. Digna spent 8 years living and studying in Germany where she gained tremendous experience in combining applied art and design, as well as in advertising. Digna loves her...

This morning the Young Lions laureates were announced at the world’s most prestigious advertising industry festival, the Cannes Lions. In the Cyber category, a bronze was awarded to DDB Latvia copywriter Raimonds Platacis and Cube animator Marcis Mikelsons. The Young Lions competition is open to advertising professionals...

After scouting Latvia’s leading advertising agencies for the most professional and desirable co-operation partner, BALTA – the leading company in the Latvian insurance industry has selected DDB! BALTA, Latvian business of RSA Group, is the leading insurance brand in Latvia and has committed itself to provide...

Our line up of storytellers has been joined by Ulrika Rupa who brings with her a wealth of experience in advertising copywriting. Ulrika has a Master’s degree in social sciences. However, she’s the first to admit that during her studies, a career in advertising never entered her...

We congratulate our long-standing partner Hansabanka on its outstanding achievements at the top. It has remained at the very summit throughout the history of the top Reputation rankings – four years in a row! The achievements and development of Tele2, Latvija Statoil, Hanzas Maiznica and Maxima Latvia...

This month, students from the first class of the advertising school founded by the Latvian Art Directors’ Club (LADC) stopped by for a visit to DDB. The school functions according to the principle that “the harder it is to get through school, the easier it will be...

A new citizen has joined the agency’s brain centre – our strategic department! After several years away, Peteris Kisis has renewed his ties with DDB, bringing with him a wealth of quantitative and qualitative research which will definitely prove valuable in our development of research into BrandCapital...

1st place in the sponsorship category of this year’s Public Relations Annual Awards 2008 was justifiably awarded to the Nordea Riga Marathon campaign which an international jury recognised as being the best pan-Baltic campaign of the year. This project organised by Nords Event Communications in partnership with...

Create and do – this is the formula which our colleague Raimonds Platacis (DDB) has been able to turn into a real achievement. Following his victory in a competition organised by the Latvian Advertising association, Raimonds will defend Latvia’s honour internationally at the Cannes Lions competition on...

Our goal is not to be biggest, but rather to be the best. Naturally, if you have quality products and professional services, these are also followed by great business results. This is confirmed by the 2007 report on communications agencies published by Advertising Age according to...

Sunday morning in Riga, May 18, more than 5300 participants from 34 countries participated in the Nordea Riga marathon among whom were the representatives of the DDB team. DDB’s honour was polished by its septet of mini-marathon runners over a distance of 5 km and its representative...

Today was marked by a major celebration of “50x2” or the double golden jubilee of Zelta Zivtina friends series – culminating with the broadcast of its 100th episode! More than two years have passed since the initial transmission of the Zelta Zivtina series. As life shows, this...

At this year’s ADwards festival of creative excellence, DDB presented its credentials with a creation previously unheard of in the history of Latvian advertising – a 35 minute long movie from Zelta Zivtina entitled “Moss grows on the North Side” for which the agency received a class...

Continuing her career within DDB’s international network, Dagmara Kvale has joined the account management team at Tribal DDB London. In her time at DDB Latvia, Dagmara was responsible for Zelta Zivtina, Hansabanka, COOL and other accounts. Now her daily working agenda will see her handling globally renowned...

DDB - the Only Agency to Score Twice at Password 2008 "Password 2008”, the competition organised by Best-Marketing and Hansa Conference to celebrate Latvia’s advertising and marketing achievements has ended with a glitzy Las-Vegas style closing ceremony. A big fan of "Password” is Maxima’s...

Yesterday at the Railway Museum, the largest daily newspaper in Latvia, Diena, held an award ceremony for the largest advertisers, largest ad buyers and the best ad creators in 2007. DDB received two awards that evening. First, the image campaign ad for the Capitolia Group was awarded the title...

The stewardship of the leading Finnish coffee brand Paulig has come under the wing of DDB. Paulig has set itself the ambitious goal of becoming the no.1 choice of Latvia’s coffee lovers. As Paulig’s Brand Director, Tomi Kinnunen explains: “In order to inspire and please Latvia’s coffee lovers more...

If an idea is a real gem, it deserves better friends than spiders and specks of dust. DDB was instrumental in the establishment of a new special category entitled ‘Second Chance’ that is part of the ADWARDS competition organised by the LADC in celebration of...

Discover the views of our creatives Jānis and Ziļe on design in art and art in design in the DDBlog - Design. Read all about design ranging from critiques of creative solutions in advertising and the low-down on lectures given by famous designers right through...

To discover the hottest news and most interesting global advertising campaigns you can now check out Reins Grants’ blog at DDB home page. Reins’ blog will also give readers to learn more about the latest trends in consumer culture and behaviour drawing inspiration for new ideas and...

After 12 years in business, DDB Latvia has finally launched its long awaited home page. Our friends, clients and competitors will discover more about the agency’s philosophy, achievements and other topical subjects. The home page will feature a selection of our very best work and its contents will be...

Good news from an Internet survey about Latvia’s most popular advertising stars conducted by the Neatkarīgās Rīta Avīze supplement MĒS and P.R.A.E. Public Relations! Top of the Popsstars in Latvia are the heroes from the advertising series created by DDB – Zelta Zivtiņa friends who are joined...

At the Второй Дом real estate exhibition (Moscow) which specialises in properties for leisure and abroad, the stand created by DDB for Capitolia Group’s ‘Sundays’ project received the Grand Prix awarded to the best stand at the exhibition. The award was received in the face...

Today, there are 12 candles in DDB’s birthday cake! Sincerest greetings on our special day to our great clients, wonderful business partners and us!And for a more than a week now, across the globe DDB is living with its new identity that underlines DDB’s belief in creativity more even...

We’re pleased and proud to announce that in a tough battle, our joint forces propelled DDB to 8th place in the S2 strategic competition for companies which is an outstanding result in a competition in which 27 of Latvia’s biggest and most competitive companies took part.This competition provided us...