Friday, 12 March 2010

Ian Ross caught with hookah

Speaking of political incorrectness and Ian Ross.

Did we happen to mention last Friday night’s AIMIA Awards?

Well…

While it was an enjoyable night, no advertising event would be complete without a little vice.

So after the show the clickDM team indulged in some hookahs.

In this case, exotic Turkish ones.

And while they had a strangely minty fragrance about them, they were needless to say smoking hot.

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Friday, 26 February 2010

Three cheers for Hockley

THE DM GROUP quarterly catch-up is a time for all of us to get together, talk about the work we’ve done and have more than a few drinks.

Now you’d assume a quarterly catch-up happens quarterly but it’s actually been 12 months since our previous catch-up.

That meant some of our more enthusiastic colleagues had 12 months of pent-up PowerPoint slides to get out of their system.

So to keep things moving, we had a strict five-minute time limit with the option to buy an extra minute with a shot.

While there are plenty in THE DM GROUP who love a chin wag, none more so than digital planning director, Craig Hockley.

Craig decided to buy two extra minutes before he even started speaking and ended up having to down a third shot by the end of his presentation.

See, we said he’d fit in.

Friday, 12 February 2010

Hey! We know that guy!

We met Wayne Sullivan in November last year when he came down from Queensland to join our valued client HOSTPLUS as national marketing programs manager.

We’re delighted to hear that Wayne has now been appointed executive manager, marketing.

Is it too soon to say ‘we knew him when…’?

Congratulations on your new role, Wayne. We’re looking forward to continuing to do great work with you.

Monday, 11 January 2010

Making news in the art world

Today, Rob Walker joined us as general manager of artworkDM.

With 20 years solid studio expertise as well as business experience, he’s the perfect person to lead our corporate artwork service.

‘I’ve always seen the huge potential in the corporate artwork sector but most agencies aren’t properly structured to service it.

With artworkDM, however, I saw a real difference.

It’s set up to provide corporates with an agency-quality product and experience minus the account service and creative overheads.’

Rob must have been impressed.

He quit his role as studio head at George Patterson Y&R Melbourne to start the year with THE DM GROUP.

Which is big news for us.

And the trade press, too.

Friday, 8 January 2010

We are legend

Things have been a little eerie at THE DM GROUP this week.

Not inside.

In fact, we’ve kicked off the year with a solid bout of new briefs.

But outside is a different story.

Stepping out is like stepping onto the set of I Am Legend.

Not that we’re complaining.

It sure makes getting a coffee and to work a breeze.

But we’re looking forward to a bit more buzz about town next week.

And a new face too.

So don’t turn the channel.

Twenty-ten is going to be legendary.