A bevy of new shops are using freelancers to service clients; X&O developed a Minute Maid ad with Jon Hamm, The Room Service helped launch Paris Hilton’s self-tanning product and Superheroes’ Jimmy, which employs freelance artists, promoted Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy.” (Minute Maid, Tan-Luxe and Netflix)
The U.S. ad business lost jobs in May for the sixth month in a row. The overall economy added 139,000 jobs, showing modest but relatively steady growth despite worries about tariffs, inflation and recession.