Allied Irish Bank (AIB) and ROTHCO launch the latest campaign ‘Jeff and Kammy’s Journey to Croker’ in support of AIB’s sponsorship of the Gaelic Athletics Association (GAA) Senior Football Championship. Previously, the brand has challenged professional athletes including rugby players, cricketers, footballers and NFL players to see if they can prove tougher than their homegrown […]
Weetabix Food Company UK & Ireland has appointed Becky Hain as the new Head of Category. Becky joined Weetabix as a graduate commercial trainee in 2003, after which she held several National Account Management roles across Morrisons, Iceland, Coop, J Sainsbury’s, Netto and Waitrose. In 2011 Becky left Weetabix to work for Findus Group as […]
On Friday 7th July, Allied Irish Bank and Rothco launch the second phase of their touching campaign ‘The Last Repayment’. Earlier in 2017, they released ‘The Last Day of Kate & Mick’s Mortgage’, seeking to challenge the way that hopeful home-owners look at the commitment of a mortgage. Directed by Zak Emerson, ‘The Last Repayment’ […]
TBWA\Dublin strengthens its senior creative team with the appointment of John Kilkenny. In his new role as Creative Director, Kilkenny will be working closely with clients and driving forth the creative output of the agency. The move is part of the agency’s expansion, which saw it welcome a new Director of Social Media & Content, […]
Kerry Foods announced the appointment of Nick Robinson as Chief Marketing Officer. Nick will be responsible for Kerry Foods brands in the UK and Ireland which include household names, from Cheestrings, Yollies, Denny and Dairygold to Mattessons, Wall’s and Richmond sausages. Nick joins Kerry Foods from AB InBev where he was Marketing Director for the […]
Bosch Home Appliances has launched a striking new OOH advertising campaign in Dublin to promote its Vitafresh fridges freezers, including a special build featuring a giant 3D strawberry. The 4 x 2 metre, hand painted strawberry appears in the famous Wexford Street and has been designed to look like a padlock to represent the Vitafresh […]
In a brand new campaign aimed at extending the reach of their official rugby sponsorship, Heineken and creative agency, Rothco, are opening a bespoke online platform for fans. Heinekenrugbyclub.com has been created to enable and inspire rugby supporters to share the social opportunities of rugby. Phase one of the campaign launches on Wednesday 16th March […]
Paul Frampton has been promoted to Chief Executive of Havas Media Group in the UK and Ireland. This announcement follows the recent move of Pedro Avery to Global CEO of Havas Sports & Entertainment. As Havas Media Group’s UK MD, Frampton unified the management teams across the group for the core media agency brands, Havas […]
In a global first, Irish International BBDO, Ireland’s leading communications group and Littlstar, a worldwide network dedicated to immersive virtual reality and 360-degree video have delivered the world’s first ever 30 second 360-degree TV spot, for client Virgin Media. The ‘360’ spot will run on Littlstar’s Apple TV app and will be the first of […]
YouTube has launched its standalone app for child-friendly content in the UK and Ireland, aiming to offer parents and carers a source of streaming video that they can be assured is suitable for young children. The YouTube Kids app launched nine months ago in the US, and has since been downloaded by over 10m American […]