International Women’s Day 2023

By Anna Hunter, OPEN Media. We have made incredible progress as a society over the last century in relation to gender injustice, but we should not forget that sexism remains a huge issue in our society - women experience sexism daily, and misogyny remains hugely deep-rooted in our culture. There is a modern belief that …

Babies and Banners!

MAXIMUS: Parents taking a leading role in the resurgence of Out-of-Home. Becoming a parent comes with its fair share of challenges, add a career on top of that and you’re confronted with a difficult balancing act. The pandemic exacerbated existing issues between parenting and the working day, which caused a sharp increase in parents leaving …

The Art of Diversity

By Thanh Catachanas, Head of Collaboration & Acquisition at JCDecaux 2020 was the year of forced behavioural change.   As a result of the pandemic I, like so many others, refrained from hugging my nearest and dearest, stayed at home, home-schooled my children and swapped nights out for nights in with my extended family over a …

Lee Mabey – IPA Speaker’s Cup Winner Speech about Classism

By Lee Mabey, Managing Partner, dentsu X. During a recent MBA elective, I was given the opportunity to reflect on the importance of social responsibility within businesses. As a DEI leader, I push clients to be both more representative of and sympathetic to the entire UK population. But this period of introspection made me appreciate …

The importance of celebrating PRIDE & how OOH can be used effectively to promote this

By OPEN Media UK We feel it is always so important to use our platform for good, especially at a time when the LGBTQ+ community is experiencing rising levels of intolerance. As an OOH media owner with a national presence, this platform gives us the opportunity to ensure we are promoting positive campaigns and making …