EssenceMediacom won the coveted Grand Prix at the annual Media Awards which were held in Dublin last night while Spark Foundry picked up the award for Agency of the Year with Core winning Network of the Year for the second year running. EssenceMediacom picked up the Grand Prix for its work with SKY and its […]
The Dublin-based creative agency Bloom has appointed Liam Wielopolski as its executive creative director. Wielopolski joins the agency from Core where he was executive creative director for the last four and a half years, working with clients like the National Lottery, KFC, SKY and Failte Ireland. A South African native, he previously worked for DDB […]
The significant uptick in advertiser investment in the medium is evident across classic, transport and digital OOH formats and represents the best start to a year for the sector for some years.
New figures published by Radiocentre Ireland show that revenues generated by the Irish radio sector rose by a modest 2% in the first quarter of 2024. According to the Radiocentre figures, revenues of €39.6m in the first three months of the year, a 2% increase on the same period in 2023. This follows on from […]
Chris Cashen has been elected as the new vice president of IAPI. Cashen is currently the managing partner with Mindshare Ireland and was unanimously elected as vice president role following a board vote earlier this month. Cashen began his career at AFA O’Meara and has over 15 years of experience in creative, full-service, and media […]
A year on from its acquisition by the Stagwell-owned Forsman & Bodenfors, F&B Huskies, formerly In the Company of Huskies, has completed its integration into the agency group and has now rebranded as Forsman & Bodenfors Dublin. Forsman & Bodenfors is a global collective of 450 people working in eight different markets and the agency […]
With the countdown to Effie Awards Ireland 2024 well underway, IAPI has published a collection of case studies from last year’s awards. “IAPI and our sponsors An Post Commerce, ESB, and RTÉ Media Sales are thrilled to publish this, our second collection of Effie Awards Ireland winning case studies,” says Charley Stoney, CEO, IAPI. “IAPI […]
The Dublin Samaritans, together with TBWA\ DUBLIN, has launched a powerful campaign to show how talking and being listened to helps the process of mending by drawing a comparison to the Japanese artistic practice of Kintsugi. Involving a mural by artist Joe Caslin, Kintsugi, a centuries-old artistic practice meaning ‘golden joinery and involves repairing ceramics […]
OOH media agency Talon and OMD teamed up for an eye-catching stunt that involved a van seemingly submerged in the Mill Pond at Dundrum Town Centre. This innovative execution, however, was for Specsavers and served to amplify Specsavers’ humorous brand platform, “Should’ve gone to Specsavers. Talon and OMD worked alongside Sipit and Eclipse Media on […]
TU Dublin Advertising & Marketing Students Make Final Presentation to Aware. For the fifth year in a row, the final year advertising and marketing communication students at TU Dublin presented to an audience of clients, agency leaders and lecturers as part of an annual initiative spearheaded by Javelin. The presentation took place in The Warehouse […]
The Brill Building was the big winner at the annual APMC Star Awards which were held in Dublin on Thursday, April 18. The agency stormed through the awards picking up seven gold stars, a silver as well as the coveted Grand Prix on the night. The agency picked up its haul of awards for two […]
While issues like housing, the economy and the cost of living may have overshadowed environmental challenges over the last 12 months, they haven’t gone away and there are still plenty of opportunities for brands to step up to the plate and make the case for sustainability, according to Derek Bell, Associate Director, RED C. It […]