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Tuesday 11 November

How Hovis returned to TV triumphant

In this show, we take an exclusive look behind the scenes at the making of Hovis’ £15m, 122 second, TV advertising epic which scooped the Thinkboxes award in September 2008. In the brandrepublic.tv studio, Brand Republic’s Philip Smith talks to Jon Goldstone, marketing director for Hovis and Danny Brooke-Taylor, Creative Director at Hovis agency MCBD, about the importance of the brand’s TV advertising legacy and the challenge of reinvigorating its brand. We get to see exclusive footage taken on the set of the ad, show the ad in full and Jon and Danny tell us who came up with the award-winning ideas behind the campaign and why it’s important to use your loaf when making TV ads.

Marketing director for Hovis

Jon Goldstone

Jon is Marketing Director for Hovis, the bread division of Premier Foods, Britain’s largest food company with sales of over £2.4Bn. At Hovis Jon and his team have been busy getting the Hovis brand back to its former glory and in September led a relaunch which included improved recipes, new packaging design, new products and the epic new 122" TV commercial celebrating the 122 years since Hovis was established.

Jon joined Premier Foods in March 2008, prior to this he worked in a variety of marketing roles at Kraft, Coca-Cola and Pepsico. His last role at Pepsico was Marketing VP for Walkers Snacks where he launched new products such as Walkers Sensations and led Walkers Crisps to be Britain’s second biggest brand.

Jon lives close to Reading and is the proud parent of Jamie and Ellie. In his spare time he juggles taxi driving duties with running and is one of a small band of season ticket holders at Wycombe Wanderers.

Creative Director, Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy

Danny Brooke-Taylor

Danny first became a Creative Director aged 28 at BDH\TBWA and was subsequently Joint Creative Director at TBWA\London. During that time he worked across a wide range of brands including PlayStation, Adidas, Muller, E.ON, Morrisons, Eurostar and Nissan.

He has won awards at Cannes, Creative Circle and One Show, featured regularly in D&AD annual, as well as twice clinching the Grand Prix at Epica. Danny joined MCBD in February 2008 as Creative Director.