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Anti-Litter campaign launch

John — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:38:20 +0000

Yesterday AV Browne helped to launch the Belfast City Council Litter Campaign in the grounds of City Hall. Anti Litter role plays were reenacted on Belfast’s mini movie set, complete with director, lights, cameras and wardrobe. The launch brought the pop art style campaign creative to life and was the perfect showcase for the highly visual and impactful campaign.

AV Browne recruit new award

John — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:37:22 +0000

AV Browne are delighted to have won the Best Creative Recruitment Advertisement Award at last night’s Irish News’ Workplace and Employment Awards.

The Client of the winning ad was Consensia / Deloitte for Police Service of Northern Ireland recruitment, and was presented at a glittering Gala Dinner and Awards at the Ramada.

This is the third year our recruitment advertising work has won in this category and we are delighted to have kept up the high standard!

Congratulations to our award winning tourism clients!

John — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:27:19 +0000

We’re absolutely delighted for several of our Clients who were successful at the Northern Ireland Tourism Awards 2010 held at Belfast City Hall on Thursday 3 June.

The awards run by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, celebrate the best in tourism and hospitality in Northern Ireland and reward those who have delivered a truly first class experience to visitors - those businesses and individuals who live out the ethos of being Visitor Inspired!

Our congratulations to all of the winners, but particularly to the National Trust for picking up the amazing accolade of ‘Outstanding Contribution to Tourism’ Award and being Highly Commended in the “Marketing and Sales Excellence” category. We’re thrilled that the Ulster Museum was also Highly Commended in this category and Belfast Zoo was Highly Commended in the “Best Visitor Experience”. Well done all!

Help make a Giant difference

John — Fri, 28 May 2010 08:24:13 +0000

The AV Browne team are gearing up for this year’s Giant Walk, on Saturday 19th June. The team will be helping to raise funds to protect Northern Ireland’s iconic World Heritage Site, the Giant’s Causeway.

The National Trust’s A Giant Cause is raising money for new visitor facilities and upgrades to paths and trails so you, and future generations, can enjoy it even more.

Join us as we follow in the footsteps of Giants! Register to take part at www.agiantcause.com

KPL Developments

John — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:32:51 +0000

We’ve just been appointed as the long term marketing partner to KPL Developments who, over the next 10-15 years are building around 2,000 homes and a relief road in the Ballyclare area - indeed creating a new community!

The Regional Development Strategy for Northern Ireland has identified Ballyclare as one of the seven small towns in the Belfast Metropolitan Area and its hinterland for significant planned expansion to accommodate housing need related to the BMA and for economic development, and KPL will be a significant driver of this vision.

Our role will involve everything from the initial branding to the creation and implementation of a long term communication strategy and is a really exciting project for us. We’re delighted to be working with KPL’s other partners such as architects Des Ewing and Alan Patterson and Sales Agents, Templeton Robinson.

The Belfast Marathon

John — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:12:44 +0000

The AV Browne team are once again doing their bit for charity (and their waistlines). Our relay team consists of Grace, Ruairi, Joanne and Lesley-Ann and this year we are running for two charities – Face Inclusion Matters and Macmillan Cancer Support.

You can find out more about these two great causes at www.inclusionmatters.org and www.macmillan.org.uk

Or if you are feeling generous please visit our fundraising page www.justgiving.com/AVBrowne

Lidl

John — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:59:29 +0000

After a rigorous pitch process we’ve just been awarded the advertising contract for Lidl Northern Ireland and we’re really excited to be bringing a Northern Irish flavour to this hugely successful European brand. Prost!

DEL - Design Contract

John — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:30:11 +0000

Following our recent tender submission to the Department of Employment and Learning, we are delighted to have retained their graphic design services account for the next two years. We will continue to work closely with DEL in developing their communications collateral.

Chartered Institute of Marketing – UK Marketing Excellence Award 2009

John — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:20:47 +0000

The Northern Ireland Tourist Board and AV Browne have just picked up Gold for Marketing Excellence in the Public Sector for the NITB Spring Campaign 2009. The ceremony was held last night in the City of London and we’re extra-delighted given the shortlist for this UK award included the NHS, DVLA and the Environment Agency!

Pics and links of the full list of winners to follow.

You can view our work for the Tourist Board here.

Typeface featured in “Design School Confidential”

John — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:56:46 +0000

A modular typeface created by junior designer and former UU student, Katie Brown, has been featured in “Design School Confidential.”

The compilation, co-written by NY Times Art Director and design commentator, Steven Heller, is a collection of 50 class projects from international design schools.

Lesley-Ann is off to South Africa

John — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:24:46 +0000

Lesley-Ann is now off to South Africa for the next couple of weeks. She is heading to Cape Town to work in the Townships as part of the Niall Mellon Township Trust Building Blitz. A big thanks to everyone who has made a donation over the last couple of months. When she gets back she will be full of top tips on how to roof a house!

Go Pink!

John — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:09:26 +0000

With October being Breast Cancer Awareness month the staff at AV Browne felt the need to get involved and support this worthwhile cause.

Now us being us, we are going the whole hog and are devoting the week commencing 26th October to AV Browne ‘Go Pink Week!’ Starting on Monday there will be lots of ways for everyone to get involved and have a little fun (with a pink theme of course).

To kick it off Monday will be Go Pink day. Come in and see the AV Browners dressed in pink – yes the boys too. Tuesday is our ‘Big Pink Pub Quiz.’ There will also be a raffle with some rather fantastic prizes. If you have a sweet tooth then Wednesday is your day. Swing by our office and treat yourself to one of the many cupcakes that we will be selling (Pink icing of course). Thursday is all about pampering. For one day only there will be a nail salon set up in our offices. For only £5 you can get yourself some lovely (pink) digits. To finish up the week on Friday we are having a pink Cava reception. This is just to say a big thank you to everyone and to reveal the final amount raised.

Go on – get your pink on!

BT Experiment gets a Fresh Award

John — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:25:56 +0000

Our work for BT Experiment collected top prize in the ‘Freshest Big Idea’ category at the Fresh Awards in Manchester last night. Congratulations to everyone involved. You can see the full list of nominations and winners here.

http://www.btexperiment.com

Belfast Waterfront & Ulster Hall

John — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:07:23 +0000

AV Browne have been awarded the contract for the advertising, design & promotion of both the Belfast Waterfront Hall and the newly reopened Ulster Hall.

We are delighted to be working with Belfast City Council on the promotion of these iconic Belfast concert and conference venues.

Double success for AV Browne

John — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:27:12 +0000

AV Browne picked up two awards at the Irish News Workplace and Employment Awards in the Ramada last night. We collected both awards in the Best Creative Recruitment Advertisement Category. The PSNI ‘Dilemmas’ Recruitment Campaign won the category and our work for Army was highly commended.

You can see the full list of all the winners here.

Zoo wins a “Chip”

John — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:29:52 +0000

Our ambient campaign for Belfast Zoo picked up a “Chip” at the Chipshop Awards in London last night.
The campaign was awarded top prize in the category for ”Best ad that didn’t run”.

A full list of the Chipshop’s quirky categories and all winners can be viewed here.
http://www.chipshopawards.com/nominations/

Student Workshops kick off

John — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:43:09 +0000

Term-time may be coming to an end for most students, but for nearly 40 students participating in the first ever PANI & UU workshops the celebrations will have to wait a few weeks.

The PANI workshops have been set up to give up and coming talent an insight into what life is like working in a creative agency. Six of Northern Ireland’s leading agencies have signed up to help mentor the students through a creative brief set by PANI. Over the next 3-4 weeks the students will be required to come up with an advertising campaign to raise awareness of why wearing a helmet when skiing or snowboarding could save your life. At the beginning of June, the students will have to ‘pitch’ their idea to an independent panel of judges and the winners will be announced later that month. There will be an exhibition of all the work at an award ceremony on the 9th June at UU Belfast.

The AV Browne student team is:
Sara Madden, Lauren Donnelly, Tierna Magee, John Wynne and Ashleigh Grant.

AV Browne picks up Anti Litter Campaign

John — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:55:25 +0000

After a two-stage process, Belfast City Council has just awarded us the contract for their Anti Litter Campaigns. We’ll begin work from next month and are delighted to be working with the Council on keeping the City clean.

Jameson wins bronze

John — Sat, 02 May 2009 13:55:38 +0000

Big smiles all round as our popcorn campaign for Jameson picked up a bronze award for ‘Best use of Creative Media’ at The Drum’s Rose Awards in Manchester on Thursday night. Winners from all categories can be viewed here.

Also a huge thanks to IAS, Dentsu and Love for a great night at table 26. Pics will be online soon.

Chip Shop Awards 2009

John — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:15:45 +0000

We’ve just heard today that two of our submissions to this years Chip Shop Awards have been shortlisted for an award. Our Stoli dolls and our ambient campaign for Belfast Zoo have both been selected. This years awards will be hosted at Fabric in London on 11 June 2009. For more info on the Chip Shop Awards and a full list of nominations, click here.