Alex Willimott (@AlexWillimott) header
Alex Willimott (@AlexWillimott) profile picture

Creative strategy director @WunThompson | ex- @rga @uncommon_LDN @ENGINE_UK | Londoner in New York | dog dad | #BlackLivesMatter

New York, NY
Joined May 2011
Photo by Alex Willimott (@AlexWillimott)Photo by Alex Willimott (@AlexWillimott)Photo by Alex Willimott (@AlexWillimott)Photo by Alex Willimott (@AlexWillimott)Photo by Alex Willimott (@AlexWillimott)Photo by Alex Willimott (@AlexWillimott)Photo by Alex Willimott (@AlexWillimott)Photo by Alex Willimott (@AlexWillimott)Photo by Alex Willimott (@AlexWillimott)
Overturning Roe v Wade is the biggest backwards step this country has taken in my lifetime. It’s insane that this can happen in 2022
Instagram: “we’re a video platform now” Also Instagram: “we downsampled all your 4K videos to 720x720”
1
Anyone having those moments through the day where you realise it’s 2 minutes past the hour and the anxiety that you’re late for something?
1
ATL agencies: “our strategy is ‘Be You’” Media agencies: “our strategy is Reach and Frequency” BTL agencies: “our strategy is Omnichannel 1-to-many Personalised Social-first Content at Scale. And TikTok”
3
Hi Twitter it’s been a while. How is everyone? It’s been quite a year... what would make things better for you right now?
3
1
This account is genius and terrifying
This Post is from an account that no longer exists. Learn more
TikTok average daily time spent in app is up to 89 minutes in the US. Last year the TOTAL average time spent in social media (US) was 123 mins per day... if that hasn’t changed much TikTok takes ~72% share 😮
1
1
Gotta admit it’s really something to see Wall Streeters with a long history of treating our economy as a casino complain about a message board of posters also treating the market as a casino
7,755
70,695
6,331
578,262
Amazon CX is all over the place through Black Friday... no apparent logic to it and removed some key wayfinding options. Weirdly frustrating experience
A fun wrap-up from Postmates - some great nuggets of data in here too, state of the nation type stuff 😀 End of the Year Review | Postmates postmates2020.com/
And of course this is an opportunity to work with Nic who is an absolute delight
We're hiring! We'd like to speak to senior strategists from varied backgrounds with an innate curiosity about what makes people tick. Help us apply design thinking to improve experiences and help clients compete. DM me or contact [email protected].
The relief and joy is palpable in NYC
1
4
What on earth has happened to this platform? It used to be news, smart industry takes and people helping people. Now my timeline is all snide and shade and self-promotion 😔
1
1
1
2
In other news, this is delightful
The official Biden HQ in Animal Crossing has poll booths, ice cream, and no malarkey theverge.com/2020/10/16/2151…
Ad Twitter got pretty heavy this month
2
Alex Willimott retweeted
There is pretentious and there’s this. And if you can guess who it’s for before the end - then you are either a twisted bastard or ... nope, just a twisted bastard. Watch it all the way through. All. The. Way. Through.
got another capitalism greatest hit. i will give you one hundred thousand dollars if you can guess the brand by the end
54
16
11
123