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Alison Weissbrot
Aug 10, 2024

Tech company creative fails underline value of agency perspectives

Recent work created in-house by tech firms has received backlash for not getting the tone right. Perhaps the external input of an agency team would help.

Screengrab from Google's 'Dear Sydney' campaign

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