Monday July 5th 2010
Click on image to zoom inThe TUC Communications awards 2010 proved a fruitful occasion for CWU and mightysmall. The evening held on 1 July at TUC headquarters Congress House in London brought all UK unions' communications teams together for the announcements of the very competitive awards and was hosted by Frances O'Grady, TUC Deputy General Secretary.
The judging panel had carefully considered what they called "very high standards of communication" in several areas. The panel included Nita Clarke, Director of IPA and former number 10 adviser.
CWU had their most successful year ever, winning outright the "best campaign" section for Keep the Post Public. Speaking about the best campaign, the judges said "a national campaign impacting on media and parliament, which both mobilises members and raises public support. Strong use of visuals adds to the sense of an imaginative campaign that really hits home. Powerful and clearly effective"
CWU was the big winner on the night and the union's Head of Communications Kevin Slocombe was understandably delighted. "The awards are a great reward for a hardworking communications team and reflect the value and effort our whole union places on communications" he said. When collecting the "best campaign" award during the ceremony, Kevin said "this campaign took a big issue to parliament, CWU members and the UK public with a high profile. The only sad thing is this government thinks it's still a good idea to ignore the British public and intends to try and sell the postal service this year. They will find us taking the campaign to them again".
Thursday June 24th 2010
Click on image to zoom inIain Nevill is undoubtedly one of this country’s best creatives. But he never really got the opportunity to show how good he can be while he was here (which says a lot about the state of our industry at the moment).
So when he decided to try his luck in the big apple we gave him the glowing testimonial he needed to get the green card.
Now he’s settling in and in this is how it’s going, in his own words:
“Arrived at the beginning of the month and it’s been non-stop ever since. Already had two all nighters and it’s been a whirlwind of pitches, huge brands and scorching heat. Fucking love it.
The agency itself is quite small – probably only about 20 people in total with only 7 of us creatives which is the perfect situation – small independent agency with the clout and backing of WPP… totally is the best of both worlds and the whole ethos of the place is really geared towards doing things differently /untraditional thinking/etc.
Oh, and I’ve attached a collage to prove that your kind words were not in vein – thanks again, man.”
Now we’re looking forward to free holiday accommodation, for life.
Wednesday June 9th 2010
Click on image to zoom inWe’ve just written a film for our new client, Scottish Business in the Community.
They were playing host to HRH the Prince of Wales as he attended their conference and awards ceremony celebrating Scottish businesses that have demonstrated green credentials. (And are members of MAYDAY, the Prince’s own UK business organisation created to promote and encourage sustainable business practices.)
Taking the view that adopting green business practices will be of most benefit to the next generation of employers and employees, we created a two and a half minute film starring the business tycoons of the future (including, a certain Niamh and Harris McGregor, who you may have spotted share the same name as our resident art director, Brian, no coincidence there).
We’ll post the film in “our work” soon. Bring a hankie.
Monday May 3rd 2010
Click on image to zoom inWell we would have big grins wouldn’t we since we’ve just won the pitch to produce a press/poster and ambient advertising campaign for Scotland’s police forces. (alongside our friends at Hookson).
We’ll be reminding drivers and bikers that these unfairly hated devices are actually safety cameras not speed cameras.
So keep an eye out for the work and for that matter the actual cameras themselves.
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