BlackBerry appoint Alicia Keys as "Global Creative Director"
BlackBerry have announced that they’ve appointed singer-songwriter Alicia Keys as “Global Creative Director”.
A recognisable celebrity face to front the new BlackBerry re-branding, Keys admitted to being a lapsed BlackBerry user who had been courted by the new BB10 operating system’s social, multitasking and hardware revisions (and, presumably, a shed load of money).
“Me and BlackBerry are dating again,” revealed Keys at the BB10 launch today, committing to a new “long-term relationship” with BlackBerry after being wooed by “sexier” smartphones with “more bling” previously.
Alicia Keys’ role is the latest in a string of recent celebrity endorsements for tech giants: Lady Gaga shares a similar role at Polaroid, while Will.I.Am acts as Director of Creative Innovation at Intel.
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