Thursday, 15 July 2010

Best foot forward

Having a creative services director at THE DM GROUP is an exciting new step. Luckily Monique Martino has just the right shoes for that. Or for just about any other occasion, it turns out.

With experience in publishing, design and branding, Monique has worked in Melbourne and London for clients like GM Holden, the City of Melbourne, the Herald Sun, Melbourne Fringe Festival, the University of Melbourne, iSelect, the London Stock Exchange, the NHS, Rolls Royce, BMW, Barclays and RSPCA UK.

Somehow, amongst all this running around, Monique finds time for coffee, talking shoes, shopping, holidays in sunny places and detailed movie critiques a la David and Margaret.

With all that energy and organisational drive, she’ll have us toeing the line in no time.

Thursday, 1 July 2010

A gift from the heart

Sometimes when creative people put their heads together, something extraordinary happens.

Just like studio manager Liliana Lettieri’s special birthday present for her nephew, Harri.

Harri had an unusual way of dealing with his grandfather passing away. So Lil decided to tell the story of Harri and his Pa in a children’s storybook, in celebration of the bond between the two of them.

Lil’s story moved many of us to tears. It also moved senior art director Craig Sneddon to do the illustrations.

The result is a beautiful story, with stunning illustrations and one very happy little boy.

Amazing, isn’t it?

Tuesday, 29 June 2010

Not just another pretty face

Say hello to yet another new trademarkDM face, account director Jenni Mercer.

She’ll be working with our healthcare clients and we couldn’t have found someone better qualified for the job.

With more than eight years of advertising experience under her belt, Jenni’s worked on several big healthcare brands, including Lilly, Roche and Janssen-Cilag, on everything from ADHD to schizophrenia, so she’s well-equipped to deal with our creatives.

She also hit the million-dollar mark for billings in her first year as account director – a talent managing director John Kilgour is particularly pleased to add to THE DM GROUP.

No pressure, Jenni!

Monday, 28 June 2010

Top of the world

We’re only halfway through the 2010 World Cup and we’ve already seen Italy, France and England fall.

But the biggest upset of all is happening here at THE DM GROUP, where the men are getting their behinds kicked by the little Asian chick.

Top of our tipping league sits Nina Ee – 200 points ahead of the closest competition.

Nina’s ahead partly because of her extensive football knowledge. And partly because half the league don’t realise they need to tip for every round.

But it’s football and what matters at the final whistle is who wins, not how they do so.

Friday, 25 June 2010

Willkommen zurueck Kristin!

For some reason THE DM GROUP staff seem to have trouble returning to work after their holidays.

Pauline Ahola was ‘stranded’ in Paris in April. And this week Kristin Tomuschat turned up a day later than expected after her flight was ‘delayed’.

Kristin’s spent two weeks travelling in Vietnam with her family from Germany and from her new tan, relaxed demeanour and amusing travel stories, we can understand why she might be reluctant to return to the daily grind.

We, on the other hand, are only too pleased to have German efficiency whipping things into shape again.

Welcome back Kristin!