Ambassadors

As an industry, how can we continue to produce creatively meaningful work that delivers on the performance expectations of a changing media landscape? As the year draws to a close, our Founding Partner and CEO, Halbo Van Der Klaauw, reflects on a transformative year for the creative industry and how Ambassadors is navigating the change. Read more: 🇬🇧 https://lnkd.in/e4nsUE2W 🇳🇱 https://lnkd.in/eUmhYzbc

New work for Staatsloterij 🧡 This was a special one! We teamed up with Irish singer-songwriter Gavin James to create a custom song that captures the warmth and magic of this campaign, and this season ✨ A story about connection, kindness, and how the smallest gestures can make the biggest impact. Proud to have worked on the music supervision, audio post-production, VFX, and online edit. Brand: Staatsloterij Agency: TBWA\NEBOKO Production Company: PINK RABBIT Offline Edit: EDITORS AMSTERDAM Grading: Crabsalad Post Production: Ambassadors Music Supervision & Audio Post-Production: Amp.Amsterdam // The Sonic Branding Company Music: Gavin James - Once In A Lifetime

New work 🎄🐹 Albert Heijn’s new Christmas campaign celebrates the 40th anniversary of Wham’s “Last Christmas”, reimagining scenes from the song's iconic music video. We helped bring the holiday magic (and beloved hamster, Harry) to life through VFX, CG, Colour Grade and more ✨ Huge thank you to the teams for bringing us on board for another great collaboration! P.S. Did you spot the cameo? 👀 --- CREDITS: Brand: Albert Heijn Agency: TBWA\NEBOKO Production: Holy Fools in collaboration with MAKE, Studio63, AH Studio Music Licensing & Sound Design: Public Audio Offline editing: Studio Bellamy Post Production: Ambassadors Social: Boomerang. Part of Publicis Groupe Media: dentsu Benelux

New work for Leger des Heils ❤️ The new campaign for the Dutch arm of the Salvation Army highlights the importance of community spaces in tackling loneliness. We helped bring the poignant narrative to life through edit, colour grading, sound design and original music composition — all thoughtfully crafted to strengthen the campaign’s important message. A huge thank you to the teams for bringing us on board ✨ —— Creative agency: Bird Club Producer: Jan O. Trip to the Moon Films Director: Naomi Brusselman Post Production: Ambassadors Producer: Sacha C. Aurik Editor: Zon van Noordwijk Original Composition, Mixing & Sound Design: Bertus Pelser Colour Grading: Amy Besate VFX/Compositing: Ambassadors

📣 New vacancy 📣 We're looking for a Dutch-speaking Finance Administrator to join our team in Amsterdam where you’ll work closely with the Financial Controller to ensure smooth day-to-day finance operations. Interested? Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/eS_8pRWP

In her latest article for The Drum, Rachel Tauwnaar, Music Director of Ambassadors Berlin explores the surprising revival of darkwave and post-punk. "As a longtime fan of darkwave and post-punk, I’ve noticed something interesting... these once niche genres have exploded in influence, thanks to a new generation of artists on TikTok." Why are the dystopian sounds of the ‘80s resonating with Gen-Z? Dive into it here: https://lnkd.in/e_cH4arv

Thursday read 👓 Justin Blyth and Kelly McConville share their thoughts on why marketing, brand, and creative teams should see creative automation as an asset, not a threat, and how it can even enhance the creative work itself. Having crafted content at scale for years, both dive into why Creative Automation should be a no-brainer for brands (and creatives, too). Read more about it here: https://lnkd.in/dTmdpv9Q

New Music Composition work for the all electric Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer ⚡ & yes, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll is an actual village in Wales!

Continuing our week with more exciting stuff 🌟 Our Patta Exclusive Sneakers BV. x Nike x FC Barcelona - Culers del Món project scored bronze at the Creativepool Annual awards in the post-production category last week! S/O to director Paul Geusebroek, 100% Film and Photography and ICONOCLAST 🫶 Watch the full film here: https://lnkd.in/e_ihvVbm

The Amp Sessions are back! 🎤 We’re starting things off this Thursday with Alain Clark performing at our Herengracht office. Keen to join? Reach out to your favourite Ambassador/Amplifier to secure one of the final spots!