Startup job search engine Adzuna wins contract for Universal Jobmatch service

Startup job search engine Adzuna wins contract for Universal Jobmatch service

Adzuna, the UK-based job search engine, has today announced it has been awarded the contract to replace the UK government’s job search platform, Universal Jobmatch. Following a competitive procurement process, the company will be providing the new service from Q2 2018.  As one of the largest online government services, Universal Jobmatch connects millions of jobseekers […]

Kerris Bright to take up new BBC role as Chief Customer Officer

Kerris Bright to take up new BBC role as Chief Customer Officer

The BBC has announced that Kerris Bright, currently Chief Marketing Officer at Virgin Media, will take up the new role of Chief Customer Officer. The role will take responsibility for developing a closer, more personal relationship with BBC consumers, licence fee payers and those signing in to BBC services. The BBC’s existing Marketing and Audiences […]

Wayne Deakin Joins Huge EMEA as Executive Creative Director

Wayne Deakin Joins Huge EMEA as Executive Creative Director

Global brand experience agency Huge announced the appointment of Wayne Deakin as Executive Creative Director to head up its London and European offering. At Huge, Deakin will work alongside Managing Director Mark Manning across the full client base and will be responsible for delivering the creative vision for the agency in the region. Mark Manning, […]

New research by UM shows the negative stereotyping faced by those with disabilities – and advertisers have to do better

New research by UM shows the negative stereotyping faced by those with disabilities – and advertisers have to do better

New research has revealed that extent to which the mentally and physically disabled are being harmfully affected by stereotyping in the UK – and the role being played by advertising and the media. The mentally disabled are the most likely to be negatively stereotyped by society (64% think so, rising to 75% among those actually […]

Prophecy Unlimited boosts strategic power with James Caig appointment

Prophecy Unlimited boosts strategic power with James Caig appointment

Prophecy Unlimited, the CRM agency specialist in joined-up customer journeys, has completed its executive board line-up with the appointment of James Caig as Head of Strategy. Caig’s hiring follows Prophecy Unlimited’s launch last year to create a Bristol-based agency of more than 200 people focused on insight, creativity, data and technology to help clients predict […]

St Ives launches new agency: Edit

St Ives launches new agency: Edit

International marketing group St Ives has announced the merger of three of its businesses, creating a new agency which unites data science and marketing technology to power through-the-line CRM and media. Response One, Amaze One and Occam will merge to become Edit. With clients including Cosmos Travel, Azzurri Group, Pizza Hut along with leading automotive […]

Toyota’s visual impairment filter on Instagram allows everyone to #SeeLikeMenna

Toyota’s visual impairment filter on Instagram allows everyone to #SeeLikeMenna

 Hot on the heels of XXIII Olympic Winter Games, worldwide paralympians are now making their way to PyeongChang, South Korea for XII Paralympic Winter Games. Among them is Welsh Alpine skier, Menna Fitzgerald, flying down ski slopes at speeds of upto 100mph, with 3% visibility, a feat most people with full eyesight are not capable of. To showcase […]