ArchiveSeptember, 2019

Remington launches branded Man U merchandise

Remington and Manchester United Football Club have teamed up to launch branded merchandise. A new venture for Remington, the range includes grooming and hair styling products in club colours and with the Man United crest. The electric shavers, beard trimmers, hairdryers, clippers and stylers can be bought online and from Irish electrical retailers. To mark […]

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Boys+Girls has a shot at top award

Boys+Girls has been shortlisted for agency of the year in the prestigious Shots awards. Now in its eight year, Shots celebrates the best creative work from agencies around the world. Boys + Girls are up against adland heavyweights Adam & Eve DDB, BBH, Lucky Generals and Virtue Worldwide. The awards will take place in London […]

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Bank of Ireland cuts ties with TBWA

Bank of Ireland and TBWA\Dublin are to go their separate ways as the bank explores options in relation to its creative agency roster. The bank continues to use Oliver as its in-house agency, along with other local agencies. However, industry sources have indicated to Marketing.ie that TBWA\Dublin is no longer part of the bank’s agency […]

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Russell signs up to Red Rage

Irish director Stevie Russell has joined the roster of Dublin production company Red Rage. Russell is a previous winner of the Cannes young directors academy and has worked at home and abroad developing a portfolio of commercials, music video and film work. He has directed commercials for Heineken’s  Orchard Thieves, Ford, Tourism Ireland, Danone and […]

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McCabe joins Cogs & Marvel to steer strategy

Events agency Cogs & Marvel has appointed Aisling McCabe as strategy director to the team at its Dublin-based office for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). McCabe has experience working with international clients and brands and the plan is for her to lend her strategic nous to strengthen the business and expand the agency’s […]

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Wide Eye Media helps fight against child hunger

Cinema sales house Wide Eye Media (WEM) is providing a helping hand to children around the world by joining the next phase of Feed our Future, the global cinema ad campaign that shines a light on the UN World Food Programme (WFP) life-saving work on the frontlines of global hunger. The ad will air on […]

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Marketer award entry deadline 5pm today

Those wishing to enter this year’s Marketer of the Year (MotY) award are reminded that the deadline is  5pm today. The competition, launched by Marketing.ie in 1993, salutes Ireland’s top marketers with a proven track record – persons who have achieved outstanding brand success through strategic direction, innovation and creative and effective communications. To qualify, […]

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D’Arcy joins Brightwater as commercial director

Former Leinster and Ireland rugby player Gordon D’Arcy has joined the Brightwater recruitment group as commercial director. Based in Dublin’s Merrion Square, Brightwater also has offices in Cork and Belfast. Managing director Barbara McGrath said D’Arcy’s appointment was part of the company’s strategy of doubling in size in the next three years. Last year, the […]

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Sponsorship issues to be discussed in November

Following a record-breaking year for sponsorship investment estimated to reach €226 million in 2019, Onside and the Marketing Institute (MII) again join forces to host the ‘Who Won Sponsorship Series 2019’ at the Aviva Stadium on Wednesday, November 20. The event combines a review of events that attracted significant sponsorship in Ireland this year. The […]

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Zurich uses voice for education cost checks

Zurich has become the first insurer in Ireland to leverage the capabilities of digital voice assistants, such as Google Home and Amazon Alexa, allowing parents to get a quick estimate of the likely cost of their children’s education. Zurich is responding to a growing use of voice assistants, with research showing half of online consumers […]

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Frank and Honest for Zamparelli’s 2FM show

RTÉ Media Sales has signed up Frank and Honest coffee as the sponsor of Jennifer Zamparelli on 2FM. The sponsorship of the three-hour morning programme, which airs weekdays from 9am – 12pm, started this week and runs for a year. The value of the sponsorship was not disclosed by either RTÉ or Musgrave, owner of the Frank […]

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Libresse ‘Viva La Vulva’ wins Sharks grand prix

The grand prix winner at the 56th Sharks creative festival went to AMV BBDO for Libresse ‘Viva La Vulva’ and Omnicom’s BBDO won agency network of the year at the weekend. Chemistry was voted Ireland’s top creative agency.  Stink was voted top production company and Motherland emerged as the Irish winner. Final Cut was named […]

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Climate change top news stories in August

The Amazon rainforest fires and climate activist Greta Thunberg’s 15-day Atlantic crossing to the US  were Ireland’s top news stories in August, research from Core’s Cultural Index, shows. Climate-related stories had the highest awareness, with 90 per cent of people knowing about the Amazon rainforest fires while 85 per cent said it was important or […]

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