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            <description>BarkleyOKRP campaign sees Kathy Najimy partner with ARAG’s LegalNow to put her quirky treasures up for grabs, proving that making a will is about celebrating your life today</description>
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            <description>Director Lauren Greenfield brings 'Social Studies' to new exhibit</description>
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            <description>Rodrigo Inada directs the campaign from BBH London, repositioning the Italian brand for a new generation of coffee drinkers</description>
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            <description>Cohort three reflects market acceleration and client priorities as marketing technology shifts from insight to action</description>
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            <description>LBB sits down with the O.H. Partners president to discuss what he’s learned from a career spanning client and agency sides, the changing role of agency leadership, and why staying close to clients matters more than ever</description>
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            <title>Jay Sotomayor Joins CRYSTAL as Senior Producer</title>
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            <description>The founder of ARC on passing her experiences forward so the next generation may not have to fight as hard to get what they’ve rightfully earned, as part of LBB’s My Biggest Lesson series</description>
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            <description>VML Canada executive creative director Mélissa Charland chats with LBB’s Jordan Won Neufeldt about introducing the brand’s ‘Hurts So Good’ platform to the country, and why targeting gen z was the right way to bring this endeavour to market</description>
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