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BBDO Dublin’s executive creative director Dylan Cotter is leaving the Omnicom-owned agency to head up Deloitte Digital’s new Acne start-up agency in Ireland. Cotter, who has been with BBDO and its predecessor, Irish International, for over 20 years, will take up his new role at the end of March following a period of ‘gardening leave’. […]

New ads aimed at urging Irish people to quit smoking have been created by JWT Folk for the Health Service Executive (HSE). The TV ad features real smokers and uses their explanations on smoking as a  VO commentary. Excuses to keep up the habit are contrasted with the dangers of smoking and its impact on […]

The Institute of Creative Advertising & Design is calling for entries for its Emerging Directors Awards (EDAs) 2020. The new EDA board comprising Lorraine Geoghegan, John Kilkenny, Mick O’Connell and Emma Sharkey recently announced the fifth year of the awards you talent an important stage and a real opportunity for young directors to be seen. […]

As advertisers spread the joy of Christmas far and wide, it would appear this year’s box office festive ads have seen better years. Of course, revellers are once again reminded by Guinness not to forget to turn the lights off as the snow gently embraces Molly Malone, transforming Dublin streets and the ‘Home of the […]

Creative agency Chemistry is set to close by mid-January after a year of difficult trading. Managing director Ray Sheerin said that it was an “incredibly hard decision”, one that was not taken lightly. However, after a long and considered review, management felt that due to the sustained pressure on margins and lower spend they were […]

Core Creative has been appointed to handle another new account in the shape of the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU), Marketing.ie has learned. The ILCU has been with a number of creative agencies in Dublin in recent years, namely Havas, Focus Advertising and, most recently, JWT Folk, handling  various campaigns for car and personal […]

‘Grace’ composers Seán and Frank O’Meara were invited by Rod Stewart to take to the stage at the 3 Arena last night. The O’Meara brothers became part of the pop superstar’s sell-out concert by joining a troupe of leggy blonde performers while Stewart bellowed out ‘Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?’ to wild applause. Seán O’Meara […]

In the Company of Huskies has launched a new Christmas campaign for St. Vincent de Paul (SVP) charity highlighting the harsh reality of poverty at this time of year.  For most, Christmas is a wonderful time of year, but for those struggling it can be the most worrying. But for some families their Christmas tradition will […]

Jonathan Conlon, the newly-appointed chief operating officer at GroupM and Abi Moran (above), chief executive at JWT Folk, have been elected to the board of the Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI) at its AGM, which looked back on the achievements over the past year and presented the upcoming training and events for 2020. […]

Carolyn Odgers is to join Carat following the recent move of the Vodafone Ireland media account to the Dentsu Aegis Network agency from GroupM’s Wavemaker. A proven planner, strategist and project manager, Odgers worked at OMD Ireland for almost nine years. Prior to that, she was in charge of strategy at Chemistry for five years. […]

GroupM have announced the appointment of Jonathan Conlon as chief operating officer. With over 17 years’ industry experience, Conlon will move to the newly-created position with effect from November 25 from his current role of joint managing director at Wavemaker. Prior to this, he ran GroupM agency Maxus from its launch in Ireland in 2010. […]

In the age of influencers, social pressure and ‘group think’, In the Company of Huskies has rolled out a launch campaign for the new-style Nissan Juke urging young people to be true to themselves. The ad says trusting your instincts and not being the same as everyone else reflects both the Juke’s individuality and those […]