Strategy Institute releases agenda for fall investor conference in NYC June 27, 2011 by Super UserThe Strategy Institute’s Investor Conference Oct. 17-18 in NYC now has a fairly robust agenda plotted out, and it’s being sent around looking for attendees. What caught my eye: Garry McGuire of RMG is doing the Day 1 keynote, called Digital Out-of-Home Media 2.0: The Next Generation Is Interactivity There’s a panel on network operations which …
Digital OOH jobs: Context Media hiring for NYC, Chicago June 10, 2011 by Super UserThe folks at Context Media are adding to the team in NYC and Chicago. Advertising Sales We are actively seeking sales executives for our NYC office. We are looking for candidates that have experience and strong results selling strategic advertising/promotional programs into pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers. Physician Practice Sales We are actively seeking sales …
Digital OOH job: Tech lead on Onestop's transport networks June 8, 2011 by Super UserThe guys at Onestop Media Group, which is now a division of Pattison Outdoor Advertising, are looking for someone to take on the job of Transit Development Manager for the company’s digital networks. The gig involves managing the day-to-day build and being the technical lead on Onestop’s transport-based networks, which right now encompasses the Toronto subway system …
Micro-documentaries to tell Japan's rebuilding story on digital networks June 1, 2011 by Super UserNeil van Wouw is an ex-patriate Canadian who has lived and worked for many years in Japan, and was in Tokyo the day the massive earthquale struick and then the tsunami washed into the coastal towns to the north. The event and its aftermath has prompted him to start an organization that will use digital …
DOOHgood: Help the US tornado victims by running Red Cross spots May 24, 2011 by Super UserThe mind-boggling visuals that have rolled in from Joplin, Missouri in the aftermath of Sunday’s EF-5 tornado hit was enough to get DOOHgood into action a little earlier than planned. We wondered about it after the tornadoes in Alabama, but this event – which has taken at least 116 lives – reinforced the need to …
Brinkley leaving Nanonation for Seattle digital services firm May 23, 2011 by Super UserI know Jenny Brinkley mostly through Preset partner Pat Hellberg, who like Brinkley lives in Portland, Oregon. He mentioned the other day that the longtine Nanonation business development exec was taking a new position with a Seattle company. We got in touch and did a quick email interview to find out what’s up. So you …
OMD and Ronald McDonald House big winners at CODACAN's Adlympics May 20, 2011 by Super UserCODACAN managed to squeeze in its second annual Adlympics this week without getting waterlogged, a victory given how damp it’s been in the Great Lakes and eastern seaboard the last, well, forever. The event – which has teams of ad agency people competing in fun mental and physical games – was run at the old …
Adcentricity adds pair to Toronto sales team May 19, 2011 by Super UserI know Adcentricity was looking to add to its Canadian sales team, and evidently the search is done and the new people are in place. Liz Baynes comes out of the agency business and more recently has been on the other side of the table doing media sales. Silvia Ibarra has a background in advertising and …
Weinfeld signs on with ScreenReach as CSO May 18, 2011 by Super UserAnother one of the kids leaves home … UK-based social-mobile start-up ScreenReach Interactive is establishing a full-time US presence and has brought David Weinfeld on as its man on this side of the pond, as well as the small firm’s Chief Strategy Officer. David has been a part of The Preset Group pretty much since its …
LoveContent judges decide what they really loved May 13, 2011 by Super UserUK-based industry group The Screen has released its LoveContent Awards nominee list, with winners to announced at next week’s big ScreenMedia Expo 2011 in London. The judging panel worked their way through over 120 submissions to single out 13 of the very best digital-out-of-home campaigns across the five creative award categories. The nominations covering the …
