Spiced Caribbean rum brand The Kraken is launching an interactive out-of-home (OOH) campaign using augmented reality (AR) to invite people to star in their very own advertisement with the mythical sea beast. Planned by Media Campaign and created in conjunction with Ocean Labs for Proximo Spirits, the eight day campaign breaks across Ocean’s The Loop city […]
Live experiences agency WRG, a division of The Creative Engagement Group, has put together a luxury pop-up installation to celebrate the opening of the newly refurbished Selfridges Beauty Hall in Manchester’s Trafford Centre. For five days, from 10th to 14th October, The Social Studio will provide a bijou venue for events, workshops, and meet-and-greets. It […]
The Manchester office of Dentsu Aegis Network is enhancing its insight and strategy credentials with the addition of leading growth specialist, Liz Lavelle. Lavelle, founder of leading Manchester-based growth consultancy PDIQ, will join Dentsu Aegis Network Manchester as Head of PDIQ and Chief Insight Officer at the start of October. In the new role, Lavelle […]
WRG, the experience agency that is a division of The Creative Engagement Group, has hired two new design specialists to join its existing team. Richard Hague and Oliver Webley will boost WRG’s creative department in Manchester. Hague joins WRG as graphic designer from special projects graphic design and branding studio Hague & Hague which he […]
Manchester based creative and digital agency Access has been appointed by international non-profit organisation WaterAid as its global web development partner. The appointment follows a competitive four-way pitch for both the charity’s ongoing platform support and future digital design, development and project work, including the growth of its current digital portfolio from seven member sites and three country […]
Dentsu Aegis Network has named Naim Halloum as Business Development Director at its Manchester office to spearhead the agency’s continued growth in the region. Naim brings 20 years of experience to the role working across print, TV and most recently mobile programmatic. He spent the early part of his career working for The Evening Standard […]
gyro Manchester has hired Kate Pickering to the new role of Head of Content as it boosts its offering for clients. Pickering joins the agency from Dentsu Aegis Network’s sister agency, John Brown Media in Manchester, where she was Director of Content Planning for three years. In her new role, she will lead gyro Manchester’s […]
gyro UK, Dentsu Aegis Network’s business-to-business marketing agency, has appointed Steve McCarron to lead the charge as Managing Director of its Manchester office. McCarron joins from Cheetham Bell JWT, where he has been Managing Director since November 2014 having been Head of Planning there since 2008. Prior to Cheetham Bell JWT, he was Head of […]
Digital marketing agency Ignition Search has picked up the top prize at the recent Northern eCommerce Awards in Manchester. The Sheffield-based company won ‘Best eCommerce Search/Marketing Campaign’ for its revenue-boosting campaign on behalf of clothing company Pretty Green. The strategy, described by judges as a ‘definite stand-out campaign’, saw Pretty Green’s revenue for June 2017 increase 299% on the previous […]
Scotland’s largest PR and digital marketing agency, BIG Partnership, has boosted its senior team with the appointment of a new client services director. Colin McNab, who has more than 25 years’ experience working with some of the UK’s largest digital marketing and design organisations, has been appointed to lead BIG’s client services strategy. In addition […]