JWT Folk have appointed Jonny Cullen and Keith Lawler to the position of creative directors. Cullen joined the Ballsbridge agency from Rothco where he held the same position. He has 20 years of experience during which time he created award-winning work during previous stints at Boys and Girls as head of art and and McCann […]
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Aviva hires UK agency for stadium tour revamp
The Aviva Stadium tour has undergone a revamp with UK design agency Mather & Co hired for the job. The Cheshire-based consultancy specialises in museum, leisure, retail and entertainment projects. Clients include the Olympic Museum, Coronation Street: The Tour, York Minster Revealed, Downton Abbey: The Exhibition and the Royal Mint Experience. Neither the project’s cost […]
Many Irish people say digital fails to fulfil needs
A new report on consumer attitudes to digital services in Ireland shows that 43 per cent of Irish people do not believe their digital needs are being met. The study, ‘Digital Society Index 2019: Human Needs’, was conducted by Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN) in tandem with Oxford Economics. It is the first time Ireland has […]
Brennans backs bike rally to help young people
The 26th annual Bloomsday messenger bike rally and lunch in support of the Irish Youth Foundation (IYF) will see hundreds of people take to bikes of all shapes and sizes soon to celebrate Bloomsday and James Joyce’s masterpiece Ulysses. The annual bike rally, sponsored by Brennans Bread, raised €50,000 last year and €1.1 million in […]
Tourism Ireland ramps up its interest in China
Tourism Ireland is doubling its marketing investment in China to €1 million and will also double its marketing team to 12 over the coming months in a bid to grow Chinese visitor numbers to 200,000 by 2025. The announcement was made by Tourism Minister Shane Ross ahead of Tourism Ireland’s largest ever sales mission to […]
Over €247m spent on TV advertising
Total advertising spend on TV in 2018 was €247,520,977, an increase of five per cent on 2017 spend figures. Television Audience Measurement (TAM) claims the performance surpasses the wider trend of total ad revenue increases in Irish media, averaging 2.2 per cent. It means that with the growth TV now has a 23.8 per cent […]
Conor Murphy heads up new Dentsu Consult
Conor Murphy has been appointed chief executive of Dentsu Consult, a new offering from the Japanese owned Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN) whose other agencies in Ireland include Carat, Vizeum, Isobar and iProspect. The group’s chief executive is Liam McDonnell. Murphy was up to recently DAN’s chief growth officer and headed up Vizeum for almost eight […]
Corrigan and Smith promoted at Packed.House
Media and content studio Packed.House, the agency which create online, cinema and digital out of home content, have announced the promotions of Mark Corrigan to head of revenue and Eilís Smith to head of marketing and research. Corrigan has over nine years’ experience and most recently held the role of head of client strategy at […]
Concannon gets development role at NUI Galway
John Concannon, Marketer of the Year 2011 winner for his work in promoting Fáilte Ireland’s staycations, has been appointed to a new role as vice-president development at NUI Galway. Concannon is currently assistant secretary general in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the role of director general of Global Ireland. Global Ireland is […]
Avengers: Endgame sees record audiences
Irish cinemas enjoyed a record-breaking surge in attendances over the weekend as Avengers: Endgame made its debut. After taking over €1 million on the day it opened here in the Republic, it had already made it to number 10 on the national list of top-grossing movies of 2019. By Sunday evening, it had taken over […]
McCannBlue rebrands as McCann Dublin
Dublin creative agency McCannBlue has rebranded as McCannDublin as it becomes more closely integrated into McCannWorldgroup. Since it became affiliated to the McCann international network in late 2013, McCannBlue established a reputation as an integrated creative and digital agency operating from the Malting Tower on Dublin’s Grand Canal Quay. The rebrand does not involve any […]
Steven Courtney joins Event Junkies
Dublin-based content creative agency Event Junkies has hired Steven Courtney as managing director. Courtney cut his teeth as a director in 1999. Fresh out of college, he went straight onto creating online video content at Eircom, now Eir. He went to animation and production studio Piranha Bar where he worked in authoring, graphics and post […]
Mike Garner joins Core as creative consultant
One of Ireland’s most acclaimed advertising creative directors Mike Garner has been hired by Core as creative consultant. He was most recently head of creative strategy at Ogilvy Dublin where he worked on Boots, Ford, Glenilen Farm, Siro and Trocaire. The move is seen as the latest effort by Core’s Alan Cox to develop the […]
