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New arrival at North East recruitment firm set for success

August 10, 2011 in News Roundup

Gail & Laura

Gail Affleck Ward joins Laura Sharpe in turning recruitment on its head.

A Newcastle-based recruitment consultancy has announced that it has expand its team.

Sharpe Recruitment has experienced growing demand for their recruitment service in the digital media, creative, PR, marketing and IT sectors.

The company, headed up by Laura Sharpe, has added Gail Affleck Ward who arrives with 20 years of experience as a communications professional.

“Its exciting to be part of such a refreshing recruitment consultancy and I am able to utilise my business and marketing skills and make a difference”, Gail said.

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Twitter slip costs PR agency a huge account

June 20, 2011 in News Roundup

duke_nukem_foreverA single tweet has proved disastrous for the US PR agency Redner Group.

The Santa Monica based agency was sacked by its biggest client, 2k, after tweeting about blacklisting bad reviewers of the game ‘Duke Nukem Forever’.

The game hasn’t had the best possible reception, prompting a self-destructive tweet from the PR company.

“#AlwaysBetOnDuke too many went too far with their reviews…we r reviewing who gets games next time and who doesn’t based on today’s venom.”

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Head of Marketing / Advertising


March 29, 2011 in Jobs

Location: Washington, Tyne and Wear
Salary: 
£30k – £40k

An unprecedented opportunity to control all marketing and advertising activity for two £20m turnover retail brands.

As Head of Marketing / Advertising you will be responsible for coordinating the work of the offline marketing department, in addition to preparing and working to budgets.

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Studio Administrator

March 16, 2011 in Jobs

Location: North Yorkshire
Company: Better
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: Dependent on experience
Closing date: 31 March 2011

Creative agency Better is currently looking for a well organised individual to join their team as Studio Administrator.

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Social PR 2011

February 15, 2011 in Events

Date: 28 February 2011, 9:30am – 6:30pm
Venue: Cavendish Conference Centre,
22 Duchess Mews, London, W1G 9DT,
Cost: £145
Event Website

How to survive and thrive in a world of real-time communications.

People are probably talking about your organisation online right now. The question is: is this as an opportunity, or a threat?

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Digital Marketing & PR Executive

November 19, 2010 in Jobs

Location: 
Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £18k – £20k

We’re looking for bright, highly motivated web-savvy individual with an interest to play a key part in the creation & growth of a new exciting B2C Website to be launched within the popular comparison market.

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CIPR Digital Impact conference

May 13, 2010 in Events

Mon 24 May, 2010 from 8:45am – 5:00pm
Chartered Institute of Public Relations
52 – 53 Russell Square
London, WC1B 4HP, UK
Cost: £395 + VAT for members and £495 + VAT for non members.
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Description

CIPR Digital Impact conference

Are you ready to start integrating digital channels with your usual communications activities? As digital becomes part of the communications mix, digital communication become part of your role. Digital portals have become valuable tools and are increasingly being aligned alongside traditional mediums to engage and interact with stakeholders.

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Robert McKee – The Power of Story

May 13, 2010 in Events

Time: May 24, 2010 to May 25, 2010
Venue: Tyneside Cinema,
Pilgrim Street,
Newcastle upon Tyne
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Description:

World famous story/screenwriting guru, Robert McKee, brings a 2-day version of his famous Story Seminar to the Tyneside Cinema on Mon & Tues, 24 & 25 May.

The course is attended by screenwriters, media & marketing executives, creative agency professionals and just about anyone who needs to communicate more clearly and convincingly.

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Affiliate Marketing Roundtable

August 28, 2009 in Events

Date15th September 2009 (1:00pm – 3:00pm)
VenueLudgate House, London, United Kingdom
DurationAbout 2 hours
CostIncluded with Platinum and Diamond membership plans

Overview

Circa. 12 – 20 attendees, no journalists, no audience, no sponsors, chaired and facilitated by E-consultancy.

Objectives:
To share knowledge, experiences and best practice on the topic in question, also covers issues, trends and developments. Network with like-minded industry peers.

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Do the little guys have a digital marketing advantage?

August 13, 2009 in Features

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Brian Fetherstonhaugh, chairman and CEO OgilvyOne Worldwide is a guy who talks to a lot of CMOs. And insofar as digital marketing is concerned, he’s not impressed with their either their knowledge or skill-set.

“Marketers lag behind consumers in digital adoption,” he told an audience at Search Engine Strategies, speaking at a session devoted to selling search to the C-suite. “Your average 12 year-old has a better-integrated performance dashboard than a CMO,”  he pointed out, illustrating his point with a World of Warcraft screenshot.

 

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