Communicorp Media’s Newstalk bagged a host of gongs at this year’s IMRO Awards, including Ireland’s top national station. The talk station also claimed a number of top presenter awards, including best speech broadcaster, top national sports broadcaster and top news broadcaster going to Ciara Kelly (above), Joe Molloy and Susan Keogh. Waterford-based WLR was voted […]
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Marketer of the Year postponed until 2021
The premier award honouring Ireland’s top marketing practitioner, Marketer of the Year (MotY), has been postponed until next year due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Irish business. Launched by Marketing.ie in 1993, MotY salutes Ireland’s top marketers, who through their passion and commitment have created winning strategies for their brands. A wide […]
Griffith College wins two Smedia photo awards
Two Griffith College students have won top awards at the annual Student Media Awards, aka the Smedias. Dubliner Kate Swift was named news photographer of the year and Juliana Falange won photographer of the year. Over 1,500 media students from colleges throughout the country entered the virtual awards this year. Swift has finished her second […]
ICAD announces its advertising jury
The Institute of Creative Advertising & Design (ICAD) has announced the judging panel for its advertising awards. With the deadline for entries just three weeks away, ICAD has announced the next round of judges for its advertising jury 2020. The closing date for entries is Friday, July 24 and the entry fee this year has […]
PR Excellence awards shortlist announced
Every year, the Awards for Excellence in Public Relations, organised by the Public Relations Institute (PRII) and the Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA), celebrate the best in Irish PR and communications work over the previous 12 months. A panel of awards judges, headed up by Neasa Kane-Fine, have now finished their deliberations. The votes have […]
IAPI decides to postpone Effies until next year
Following talks with Effie Worldwide, IAPI has decided to postpone the inaugural awards for Ireland until 2021. The Effies are going ahead in countries where entries are already being processed but most of the regional awards scheduled for later this year are in doubt. No gala events are being held and the judging and awards […]
Wilson Hartnell shortlisted for four major awards
Four campaigns devised by Wilson Hartnell are in the running for the Sabres, regarded as the world’s top PR awards programme, which recognise achievement in strategic planning, creativity and business results in North America, EMEA, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, South Asia and Africa and delivered by Provoke, previously the The Holmes Report. Out of more than […]
Verve nominated for 16 Star awards
Verve has been nominated for 16 awards for this year’s APMC Star Awards. Within the categories of discipline or technique, the agency, founded and run by Ronan Traynor, has been nominated for best innovation for Coca-Cola’s Melodic Wood, best use of experiential for Coca-Cola and Diageo and best use of digital for KBC Bank and […]
Core seventh in Best Workplaces
Core is ranked seventh as the best workplace in Ireland for large companies with 251 or more employees in the Great Place to Work 2020. Core, described “as a collective of nine practices, working to a single purpose”, was also officially recognised as one of the best workplaces for women in Ireland – one of […]
Deadline looms for Marketing Institute’s AIMs
Entry is now open for the All Ireland Marketing Awards 2020. Now in its 14th year, the AIM Awards showcase achievements in Irish marketing across a series of categories and is organised by the Marketing Institute. These ‘Oscars’ for marketing performance are centered on the strategic value of marketing as a driver of business success. […]
Libresse ‘Viva La Vulva’ wins Sharks grand prix
The grand prix winner at the 56th Sharks creative festival went to AMV BBDO for Libresse ‘Viva La Vulva’ and Omnicom’s BBDO won agency network of the year at the weekend. Chemistry was voted Ireland’s top creative agency. Stink was voted top production company and Motherland emerged as the Irish winner. Final Cut was named […]
Call goes out for marketer award entries
The call for entries for this year’s Marketer of the Year (MotY) award has been made. The criteria for entering the competition, launched by Marketing.ie in 1993, apply to Ireland’s top marketers with a proven track record – persons who have achieved outstanding brand success through strategic direction, innovation and creative and effective communications. Entry […]
Wolfgang lands yet more SEO gongs
Wolfgang Digital won the best SEO agency title at Search Engine Land’s Landy Awards in Seattle. The Landy Awards recognise the best search marketing work from around the globe and are judged by the highest echelons of the search marketing industry. Wolfgang’s work with the Digital Marketing Institute picked up the best SEO campaign for enterprise gong. […]
