Client services executive Caroline Keogh has been made senior account director at creative agency Boys & Girls. She will work on the Irish Distillers and Three mobile accounts. With a BSc in marketing, communications and advertising from DIT, Aungier St, she has 10 years agency experience and worked with PML and DMA, before joining Modern […]
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Core Media sponsors Our City programme
Core Media is the sponsor of the ‘Our City’ third class student programme promoting the development of towns and cities. Students learn how cities and towns develop as places where people work, live, play and go to school. As citizens of ‘Our City’ the young students also get to build their own city and debate the […]
Blaney decides to quit adland
McCannBlue chief executive Orlaith Blaney is to quit advertising and plans to take a break while considering her next career move. She leaves the industry after 23 years and having served on the Institute of Advertising Practitioners (IAPI) board for 13 years. She began her career in advertising at Dimension where her accounts included Goodfella’s […]
Twomey to take charge at ASAI
Orla Twomey is to become chief executive of the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) when the current CEO Frank Goodman steps down in December. Twomey has been the ASAI assistant chief executive for over 11 years. She has a first class honours in marketing studies from the Institute of Public Administration (IPA) course at […]
Speed dating for would-be creatives
The annual speed-dating and networking event for young talent and Ireland’s leading creative directors takes place next Thursday. Portfolio Lab is run by the Institute of Creative Advertising (ICAD) and aims to help emerging talent break into the advertising and design industry by putting their work under the scope of Ireland’s leading creative directors. It takes […]
Corbett appointed to Mediaworks board
Gemma Corbett has rejoined Core Media from Three Mobile, having held the position of sales director at O2 in recent years. She previously spent five years at MediaVest where she was client director on the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and Nissan. With 13 years experience, she has a degree in marketing from DIT. Her accounts […]
GroupM agrees deal with iReach
GroupM is to enter into an exclusive partnership with market research agency iReach Insights. The partnership provides GroupM’s Mindshare, MediaCom, MEC and Maxus exclusive media agency access to iReach research and analytics services. Up to now, iReach, run by Oisin Byrne, has conducted regular consumer studies for Dentsu Aegis’s Carat Ireland. GroupM is part of WPP and […]
Vast majority of consumers fear identity theft
New research by Core Media agency MediaVest shows that nine out of 10 people fear identify theft. This is despite the fact that over half of consumers would give away their personal data in exchange for discount vouchers. When it comes to what information people are happy to share with companies and organisations, just seven per […]
Deadline for Sharks festival extended
The deadline for entries for this year’s Sharks international creative festival in Kinsale next month has been extended to this Friday, August 14. Festival chairman Peter Brady of Windmill Lane said the organisers appreciate the effort made by ad agencies and production houses to get entries in on time, but sometimes life and work gets […]
Agencies reminded about entering Sharks
Agencies are reminded that the deadline for campaign entries for this year’s Sharks creative festival in Kinsale is August 8. The festival is a showcase for the world’s top creative campaigns and attracts some of the best exponents in advertising, film, design and digital communications. Media agencies are invited to submit award entries in eight […]
McCannBlue adds DBS account
McCannBlue has won the advertising and digital account for Dublin Business School (DBS) after a competitive pitch. Marketing manager Eimear Kearney said with DBS marking 40 years it was important they leverage their position as Ireland’s leading independent business college. McCannBlue worked with Interpublic media agency Initiative in winning the account. McCannBlue has also added […]
Radio app gets 70k downloads
The Irish radio player app had 70,000 downloads in its first six weeks since launch. The app is a joint venture between the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (IBI) and RTE and listeners can download all 43 IBI and RTE stations in the Republic. The app allows easy switching between stations, storing favourites and interacting with […]
Bonfire presses home Alone’s message
As the national body for nursing homes pushes home the message that older people’s needs are best catered for in such care homes around the country, the Alone charity is rolling out a new media campaign which asks the question: ‘Why are we forcing older people out of their homes?’ Created by Bonfire, the ads are […]
