Brian Sheehan is digital director at Mediahuis Ireland. He had a similar role at Joe Media where he was also in charge of advertising operations. He previously worked on the client side in display advertising with Paddy Power Betfair and in customer service and broker support at Standard Life. 01 What was your earliest ambition? […]
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20 Questions with Hilary Quinn, Diageo
Hilary Quinn is marketing director at Diageo Ireland. She started her career at Unilever in the personal care division before joining Coca-Cola Western Europe. She led the launch of Coke Zero, the brand’s first innovation for over 20 years and Coke’s partnership of the London 2012 Olympic Games. She joined Diageo in 2020 and has overseen two […]
20 Questions with Tara Moran, VMTV
Tara Moran is head of client solutions at Virgin Media Television (VMTV). She was previously head of partnerships and digital innovation. She joined VMTV from Maximum Media. She is a graduate of the UCD Michael Smurfit Business School where she earned a masters in marketing and she also has a bachelor of commerce international (Spanish) […]
Twenty Questions with Elizabeth Sheehan
Elizabeth Sheehan is a marketing consultant specialising in strategy, sustainability and innovation. She started her career at Allied Domecq in the Netherlands working on the C&C International portfolio. She returned to Ireland in 1998 to work with Mars before joining PepsiCo in 2004. In more recent years, she was marketing director at Lucozade Ribena Suntory […]
20 Questions with Joanne D’Arcy, Circle K
Joanne D’Arcy is director of market development at Circle K and leads the marketing, category management and buying teams. She was previously the company’s director of retail operations and led the rollout of the Circle K brand in Ireland. She is a fluent German speaker and has a master’s degree in personal and management coaching […]
20 Questions with Stha Banks, Core
Stha Banks has worked across all aspects of digital advertising. Starting off as a digital client manager, she now works on social strategies and team operations. She mentors and serves on the Core diversity and inclusion (D&I) committee and represents the industry on the board of the Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI). 01 […]
20 Questions with Simon Delaney
Simon Delaney is an actor, director and writer who starred in the comedy drama Bachelors Walk and now co-presents Ireland AM on Virgin Media One at weekends. He has worked with Sean Penn, Keira Knightly and Vince Vaughan. His TV roles include The Good Wife, Moone Boy, The Fall, Coronation Street and Emmerdale. His stage […]
20 Questions with Jimmy Murphy, Publicis
After a brief stint as a cheesemonger, Jimmy Murphy worked as an account handler in several ad agencies before starting his own shop, The Hive, which was acquired by Publicis in 2011. He’s an executive board director, co-owner and client lead at Publicis. He does most of the agency business development and a lot of […]
20 Questions with Sarah Maguire
Sarah Maguire is a partner and executive creative director at True Story branding agency. After graduating from NCAD with a a degree in visual communications, she returned to Dublin and joined Brand Union as creative director. During her 11 years there, she created identities for Cully & Sully and the National Lottery. She set up […]
20 Questions with Patrick Kinsella, Virgin Media Television
Patrick Kinsella is head of creative partnerships and AFP on Red Hot at Virgin Media Television (VMTV). He started life in the broadcast world having completed communications in DCU as a mature student. He was a news editor before becoming a producer on Ireland AM. He has produced a host of diferent shows and documentaries […]
20 Questions with Sarah McInerney, RTÉ Radio 1
Sarah McInerney is a broadcaster, journalist and columnist. She presents Today with Sarah McInerney weekday mornings on RTÉ Radio 1 and writes an opinion column in The Sunday Times. She has presented various shows across RTÉ television and radio. She hosted Drive on Newstalk, winning IMRO current affairs show of the year and IMRO news […]
20 Questions with Sarah Deeny
Sarah Deeny is client service director at In the Company of Huskies. She first fell in love with advertising as an AE in O’Connor O’Sullivan and now has over 20 years’ experience in agencies such as Arks, Cawley Nea\TBWA and BBDO Dublin. Her clients down the years have included Guinness, Heinz, HSE, IDA and, more […]
Twenty Questions with Elaine Knowles, 123.ie
Elaine Knowles is head of marketing for 123.ie and RSA. She has built a new brand positioning and a campaign called ‘Give Better a Try’. She was previously business director for In the Company of Huskies and was part of the brand team at Telefonica’s O2 for 11 years. When not playing tennis, she tries […]
