Following a senior team restructure, John Doe has hired James Wilkins as creative director. Wilkins will work closely with Rosie Holden, who continues to lead the UK business, and digital director Jilly Gray, who now leads the US business. Holden said: “Over the past six years, John Doe Communications has established itself as an agency […]
Missed out on this week’s PR News? Get your handy round-up of the essential highlights of PR and media stories, features and events content over the last seven days on Gorkana News. AMEC Summit 2016 – highlights Gorkana won seven AMEC Awards at the ceremony last night which marked the end of the annual two-day […]
Winners at the IBP Communication and PR Awards included Goodfellow Communications, which won both Best Business Communications Campaign and Campaign of the Year for its Stone Stories campaign.The awards programme by IBP (International Building Press), recognises communicators and campaigns within the built environment sector. The winners were announced at an awards party last night (Thursday 16 […]
Over the next 12 months, every member of staff at Beattie will undergo at least three days of residential training in Scotland. Beattie staff will undergo personal development, problem solving, client management and advanced digital strategies training at the Beattie Bootcamp in Falkirk. Training will be administered by in-house experts and external training consultants. Laurna […]
Hudson Sandler has been appointed by Summa Group private holding, to support on international media engagement regarding Far Eastern Shipping Company (Fesco Group), a Russian transport operator. The Hudson Sandler team working on the account will consist of chief executive Andrew Hayes, financial communications consultant Yulianna Vilkos and client manager Emily Dillon. Summa Group has significant […]
10 Yetis Digital has been appointed NR Studios to promote it as the only tattoo studio allowing customers to pay in regular instalments. The agency will carry out a PR campaign to gain the attention of regional, national and trade press. It aims to draw attention to NR Studios and promote that it lets customers pay-off […]
Ketchum has changed its global leadership structure by appointing a new Global Leadership Council (GLC) in place of its existing Executive Committee. The GLC is comprised of Ketchum senior leaders; those responsible for the agency’s largest “geographies”, business units and key client relationships, as well as other areas of high strategic importance, such as corporate functions. As […]
As the conference comes to a close, we look back at the highlights from the second day of the AMEC summit 2016 in London. The Association for the Measurement and Evaluation of Communication (AMEC) held its annual International Summit in London this week (15-16 June). You can catch-up on the highlights from the AMEC summit on Gorkana’s […]
Ahead of Father’s Day on Sunday, Gorkana’s Ebunola Adenipekun caught up with John Adams, founder of one of the UK’s most influential dad blogs, DadblogUK, to find out about what’s made him stand out in such a crowded parenting market, his successful move into vlogging this year, why PRs should pay more attention to YouTube subscribers, […]
Here are some of the highlights from day two of the AMEC International Summit 2016, including notes and comments from the speakers and the community. AMEC launched its Integrated Evaluation Framework with an interactive tool to promote effective measurement and bring The Barcelona Principles to a wider audience. Tina McCorkindale, president and CEO at Institute […]