CATEGORY: Advertising & Marketing, Awards, Events, Irish Digital, My work


What I’ve been up to the past few weeks


Rule No 7 of blog-writing says: ‘Don’t start a post apoligising for not having written in a long time.’.

Well…this pretty much is a diary type entry, focusing on (I blush) me, and it’ll explain why I’ve been so quiet on the blog front after doing quite well for some time.

First of all, I joined Rothco (one of Dublin’s leading advertising agencies) some 2 months ago. It’s early days yet, so I leave the grump at home for the moment and I seem to get along very well with everyone. Well, by that I mean no-one’s called me a ‘moody French prick’ yet… (more…)





10 DMA nominations for Cybercom!


Delighted to share that Cybercom have received 10 Digital Media Awards nominations. The most of any entrant! (more…)





7 nominations at the AIM awards

February 28 2009, Awards, Cybercom, My work

AIM Awards

Some great news for Cybercom with 7 nominations at the AIM awards. Read http://www.aimawards.ie/finalists.htm.
The campaigns in question are for the following brands: adidas, Guinness Storehouse, Bushmills, Ulster Bank, Vodafone and Carlsberg. (more…)





Cybercom win Best Agency at the DMAs

February 17 2009, Awards, Cybercom, My work

DMA

Bit of a rollercoaster on Friday evening…Things were getting increasingly tense as it was looking like none of our 9 nominations were going to win us any dust-collectors..which might explain why we lost some our blazé cool when it was announced we’d won Best Agency for the fourth time! Followed by Best Search Campaign! Not bad. Not bad at all.

PS: this photo’s from last year…

Link to DMA site

 

 

 

 

 

The nominations :

Best Digital Advertising/Marketing Campaign
RBS: eSavers*
Bushmills: The Bushmills Trek*
Best Search Marketing Campaign
Guinness Storehouse*
Best Viral Marketing Campaign
Vodafone: ‘Bosco is Back’*
Best Use of Social Media
Powerade: ‘Never Give Up’*
Best in Design (Mobile or Website)
Carlsberg: Live It Euro 2008
Bushmills: The Bushmills Trek*
*projects I was involved in