Jason McCann has been named creative director in AKQA‘s New York office, where he will report to chief creative officer Rei Inamoto. McCann joins AKQA from TAXI Toronto where he served as VP, co-executive creative director, working with brands such as TELUS, MINI Canada and the Toronto International Film Festival.
McCann brings 15 years experience to his new roost. Since starting at TAXI in 2003, McCann helped build the agency’s interactive reputation with global award-winning campaigns for MINI Canada that earned multiple Cannes Cyber Lions. During his tenure at TAXI, Jason served as ECD, Digital for all six North American offices and spent two years in its New York office working on clients such as New York Life and Blue Shield of California.
McCann joins an office that has grown significantly in 2011, broadening and attracting a diverse array of clients and services across consumer goods, financial services, retail and more. In the past quarter, AKQA in New York has broadened relationships with a number of clients such as Kraft.
As the business has grown, AKQA has filled the ranks with complementary creative leads who come from strong backgrounds in storytelling, product innovation, design and advertising. McCann is the third creative director to join AKQA’s team in New York this year, following Jim Wood and Lynn Teo, who also serves as head of user experience.
Nike’s “So Win” Wins Super Clio
Last night (2/10) in New Orleans, the Kansas City Chiefs faced off against the Philadelphia Eagles in a repeat match up of 2023’s top teams, but this time, the Eagles came out on top. As the Eagles dominated the game from start to finish, it was the commercials that kept the audience entertained, and Nike scored points with the ad industry to win the 2025 Super Clio Award, a special honor given out by the Clio Awards for the most creative commercial to air during the Super Bowl. On advertising’s biggest night, many brands leaned into familiar tropes like humor, talking animals, and famous faces to win over consumers, but Nike’s “So Win,” by Wieden+Kennedy Portland, stood out for its pitch perfect pacing, script and message of strength. The brand returned to the Super Bowl stage after 27 years and made a bold statement that won over the Super Clio jury.
As the yellow Gatorade was poured in Caesars Superdome, the Clio Awards’ jury of industry chiefs--brand leaders and creators of celebrated Super Bowl spots from the past and present--huddled to decide which ad scored the most points with consumers. Representatives from Verizon, PepsiCo Foods US, PRETTYBIRD, Highdive Advertising, Mischief, BBDO, VML and more voted and decided that the most creative spot of Super Bowl LIX was from Wieden+Kennedy Portland and would be awarded the coveted Lombardi-Trophy-sized Clio statue.
The Super Clio was introduced in 2015 in collaboration with WPP’s global chief creative officer, Rob Reilly. He and Clio Awards CEO Nicole Purcell recognized a need to highlight the revolutionary work that’s introduced during the Super Bowl with an honor selected by the people who make ads and understand the nuances of producing a groundbreaking commercial for the big... Read More