The Institute of Advertising Practitioners (IAPI) has been appointed the Irish representative to the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. The world’s largest advertising awards festival takes place in June every year with more than 10,000 delegates. Each country involved has one national sponsor. IAPI used to be the lead organiser of the annual Sharks festival […]
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Walsh and O’Sullivan join Marketer of the Year judging
Heineken marketing director Sharon Walsh and Paul O’Sullivan, head of marketing at Volkswagen Passenger Cars, will help judge this year’s Marketer of the Year. Walsh has extensive consumer marketing experience, having held various roles at Coca-Cola Ireland for 13 years and two years at Diageo. She joined Heineken three years ago, initially as interim marketing […]
INM merges Sunday World and Herald
Independent News & Media (INM) is to integrate the editorial staff of the Sunday World and The Herald into one new ‘digital first’ seven-day content centre with the loss of 13 jobs through voluntary redundancies. The move is designed to optimise the news offering of both titles and to ensure that INM’s digital offerings will […]
Land Rover rolls out Horse Show fanpic
Land Rover will capture a 360° image of the crowd cheering on the riders trying to clear the big red wall at the Puissance at the Discover Ireland Dublin Show in the RDS this weekend. When published on Sunday, fans that were at the Puissance will be able to tag themselves in the picture and to […]
Phipps leads Google sales
Google has appointed Eoghan Phipps as head of Irish agency sales. Phipps will lead Google’s partnerships with media and creative agencies as digital advertising grows. Most recently, he has worked for Google in the US managing the group’s partnership with Resolution Media, Omnicom’s search and social agency. He joined Google in 2009 as an account […]
Irish Life selects DDFH&B
Canadian owned insurance company Irish Life has appointed DDFH&B to handle its creative advertising account after a protracted pitch process which saw four agencies make presentations. The other three agencies which pitched were Boys and Girls, Javelin and the incumbent, Chemistry. The appointment of DDFH&B follows research on the final two pitches in contention. Mediaworks […]
Britnell joins McCannBlue
Tim Britnell is to join McCannBlue as executive creative director from Rothco Social+. He previously worked in London at Sapient Nitro and ran his own agency business, Creative Coalition. He was creative director at In the Company of Huskies. McCannBlue clients include Dairygold, Safefood (part), L’Oreal, Zurich Insurance, Health & Safety Authority (HSA), Seat, Nestle […]
Cawley and Hayes exit adland
Chris Cawley has sold his five per cent stake in Cawley NeaTBWA and will soon step down as chairman. The move gives Omnicom’s TBWA full ownership of the Rathmines agency, which Cawley and David Nea set up 22 years ago. Cawley’s career in adland included working in despatch at Peter Owens and then in client […]
Agencies expect revenue and staff numbers to improve
Nearly four-fifths of advertising agencies in Ireland expect industry turnover to increase this year and over half of them predict employee numbers to rise, the latest industry census by the Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI) indicates. The survey was conducted online by Amárach Research in April and May and comprises interviews with 45 […]
OMD announces new team
Omnicom-owned media agency OMD Ireland has announced the formation of a new management team. Headed by managing director Tim Griffiths and deputy managing director Andrew Sinclair, it also comprises of business directors Alan Daly, Claire Butterly, Greg McConkey and Martina Stenson, along with head of digital Garret O’Beirne. Griffiths said the agency’s growth in recent […]
Ocean FM retains licence
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has announced the decision to award the contract for a local, broad-format radio service for Sligo, North Leitrim and South Donegal to North West Broadcasting, trading as Ocean FM. The BAI will now proceed to contract negotiations with the station run by Tim Collins successful applicant and further details […]
Dooley and Brady join Marketer of the Year judges
The chief executive of the Association of Advertisers in Ireland (AAI) Barry Dooley and the head of marketing for News International (now News UK & Ireland) in Ireland Ruth Brady will help judge the Marketer of the Year 2014. Dooley took over as CEO of the AAI this time last year. He has extensive advertising […]
Ryan to market 98FM and Spin
Kathryn Ryan has been appointed to the new role of marketing manager for 98FM, Spin 1038 and Spin South West. She moves from Dublin City BID/Dublintown where she was marketing and communications manager. She was the co-creator of Dublintown.ie and was instrumental in developing the Creative Quarter area brand and served as festival co-ordinator for […]
