Monday, 6 September 2010

Celebrating 14 years of Findlay’s fashion choices

On Friday, we celebrated the end of an era with production manager David Findlay finishing up with THE DM GROUP.

His departure will certainly be felt.

By Craig who needs a new pub buddy.

By Georgia who needs to call a handy man instead of just pestering David.

By the account service team who have many fond memories of storming out of his office after a heated conversation about timings but later having a laugh about it.

And by our studio manager Lil, who will need to find a new work husband after continuously reminding him to bring the job bag or the despatch form.

Either way we are all going to miss his entertaining ways and his ability to find any excuse to model his latest pair of Speedos, fancy dress outfit or his dirty mo.

Despite being here for 14 years, selecting his parting gift was easy, a lime green mankini a la Borat! Naturally he was more than happy to leave us with one last image that none of us will ever forget (although we will try).

The next production manager will have big Speedos to fill!

Wednesday, 25 August 2010

The girl’s got talent

It’s common knowledge at THE DM GROUP, senior account manager Kylie Blatsis has a good eye for detail. What’s also well-known is her passion for fashion, shopping and George Michael. But lately Kylie has been showing off another skill of hers.

Drawing.

Kylie’s whiteboard illustrations have been popping up around the office. When trying to work out her Friday night outfit. When trying to convince Craig Hockley that Lady Gaga is cool. And when she wants to cheer up Stephen, with his own Beyoncé sketch.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words but in this case we only need four – this girl’s got talent.

Monday, 23 August 2010

A real card

Dear Mom,

Everything is going really well at THE DM GROUP.

Everyone is really nice and we have been working really hard – even me.

I’m sending this postcard to show you some of the wonderful work we have been doing here.

And now we have a whole wall of postcards, so I can send you one every week!

It’s nice to get some colour on the wall after looking at black and white all day.

Miss you heaps,

Your son John Jr

PS. These crazy Ozzies have this strange thing called Vegemite here…

Thursday, 29 July 2010

uniformDM?

We think we’re a pretty cohesive bunch here at THE DM GROUP, but there’s such a thing as going too far.

Head of Client Services Brandon Clark, has, in recent times, developed the peculiar habit of dressing identically to his male colleagues. We’re not sure if it’s on purpose or not. He says it’s unintentional.

But whether it’s a coincidence as Brandon claims, or some kind of identity crisis, our male staff are finding it more and more difficult to decide what to wear in the morning.

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.