Sinead Mitchell has been appointed by Guaranteed Irish as head of communications, PR and marketing. She has a wealth of experience in marketing and communications with over 15 years working in healthcare, hospitality and within agency and consultancy roles. She will be responsible for the strategy in engaging members, network growth, and the building of […]
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Nilan now VMTV’s programme boss
Anthony Nilan has been appointed by Virgin Media Television (VMTV) as its director of programming in place of Bill Malone who left the broadcaster in December 2022 to pursue other business interests. Nilan has held several roles at VMTV since joining almost a decade ago. He worked in commissioning and, more recently, as head of […]
Dentsu names McGrath in COO role
Ian McGrath has returned to work at Dentsu and has taken on the new role of chief operating officer (COO) for media. He will work alongside group COO, Joe Webb, the former Independent News & Media (INM) director. McGrath spent 13 years at Carat up until the time he left in 2014 to join MediaCom, […]
Fitzpatrick returns to radio at Bauer
Bauer Media Audio Ireland has appointed Eamon Fitzpatrick as its group commercial director. The newly-created role follows the German group’s recent purchase of the Media Central sales house. Fitzpatrick will be in charge of the commercial strategy for Bauer in Ireland across agency, direct and digital audio advertising. He started his media sales career in […]
Kasia Oźmin named ICAD president
Kasia Oźmin, founder and creative director of Together We Create, is the new president of the Institute of Creative Advertising & Design (ICAD) in place of Nathan Reilly. Her career started in New York at Red Antler, Mother and Anomaly working with clients like Apple, Star Wars and Vanity Fair. Since returning to Ireland, she […]
Murphy to head commercial at Virgin TV
Virgin Media Television (VMTV) has appointed Sarah Murphy as director of commercial. She joined the broadcaster three years ago as investment lead and last year became head of strategy, trading and insights. She was previously with Dentsu where she worked as group trading director and group broadcast director over a period of eight years. Before […]
O’Connor elected to PRCA board
Sarah O’Connor of Wilson Hartnell is one of two directors who have been appointed to the board of the Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA). The announcement was made following the PRCA’s annual general meeting this week. O’Connor (pictured), who is WH’s deputy chief executive, will serve on the board for the first time, while Gill […]
Power takes on marketing at Tourism Ireland
Tourism Ireland has appointed Aidan Power to the position of director of marketing. He succeeds Louise Finnegan who stepped up in an acting capacity when Mark Henry moved to TU Dublin as head of marketing. Finnegan herself will soon leave Tourism Ireland. Power was previously director of marketing, communications and corporate affairs at KBC Bank, […]
Baker promoted at EssenceMediacom
Aisling Baker has been promoted to group director at EssenceMediacom Ireland as part of a series of personnel changes. A retail specialist, her new role at the GroupM planning and buying agency will include leading the development and management of growth plans for clients such as Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard, Lidl and Boots. She has […]
Kinsella to chair Effie jury
Tom Kinsella, managing director, Homes at AIB Group, is to chair the Effie awards jury in place of Damian Devaney, principal and senior partner at Dsquared and TBV Global. Devaney led the jury’s three-year set-up phase on behalf of the awards organiser, the Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI). The Effies are seen in […]
Aoibhín Lennon new OMA director
Aoibhín Lennon has been appointed as director of the Outdoor Media Association (OMA) and will oversee the outdoor industry representative body’s development and initiatives. She was previously business director and client director at Core’s Spark Foundry. She also worked overseas, as an account director and implementation planning and investment manager at ZenithOptimedia and GroupM’s MediaCom […]
Concannon new Irish envoy to Canada
John Concannon, who was voted Marketer of the Year in 2010 for his work in rolling out Fáilte Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way and the drive to develop staycations, has been appointed as the Irish ambassador to Canada. The Sligo-born marketer, who has held a series of Government-appointed roles, will be based in Ottawa. He will […]
Loughnane to head up Dentsu X
Shenda Loughnane has been promoted to the role of global brand president of Dentsu X. For the past two years, she was global managing director of the Japanese-owned group’s sister agency, iProspect. Before that she was group managing director of Dentsu Ireland and headed up Ican. She was media director at CDP Associates. She began […]
