Wilson Hartnell

🏈 Touchdown for Dublin! 🏈 We were thrilled to support the Aer Lingus College Football Classic, as their official Communications Partner, as they brought the excitement of college football back to Dublin for another year! This year’s clash between Georgia Tech and Florida State University took place in the Aviva Stadium on Saturday and saw over 25,000 American fans making the journey to experience this incredible event. It is estimated this year’s game will generate in excess of €115 million for the local Irish economy. We're proud to play our part in supporting this significant initiative.   #MuchMoreThanAGame #TouchdownIreland

Our client eBay hosted an event to celebrate the importance of the major online marketplace platform for the watch enthusiast community. Timepiece lovers, collectors, and dealers gathered at the stunning 15th- floor Juwel Wien private venue for an evening of good conversation and #RareFinds watches. aBlogtoWatch founder Ariel Adams was on the scene and spoke about his 20-year-plus experience with eBay, along with fellow watch media personality and collector Kristian Haagen, from Denmark. #RareFinds

We were thrilled to host an enlightening discussion on the role of brands in engaging with the LGBTQ+ community, during Pride and beyond. Featuring industry leaders from Boots Ireland LGBT Ireland Ogilvy UK and our very own DEI Committee at Wilson Hartnell.

So proud of our very talented colleagues, Gillian Herlihy and Sarah O'Connor, who co-authored this fascinating new report that explores the power of sport as a common language in a fractured world, and what it means for fans, brands, and sport itself. The report is available for download here. Well worth a read. #OgilvySport https://lnkd.in/enfX86_m

Ogilvy Group Ireland, which includes Ogilvy Advertising and Wilson Hartnell, is delighted to announce the appointment of Brian Melarkey to the role of Group Creative Director. This newly created Group role will put earned first thinking and experience at the heart of the creative proposition at Ogilvy further fuelling engagement and impact for clients.   As a multi award-winning Creative Director with almost 20 years’ experience working in creative communications, Brian’s earned first background and channel-agnostic approach to creative has seen him oversee large scale campaigns featuring PR, advertising, social media, and experiential marketing in both Ireland and in other markets around the world.   Brian’s experience includes multiple high-profile consumer, health, and corporate campaigns. He is a two-time Cannes Lions winner and has served twice as a Jury member at the Cannes Lions Festival. Brian is an active member of IAPI as well as Board member of The Dublin Fringe Festival. A very warm welcome to Brian!

Creativity is… The thing that makes everything go further and faster. Or as Kim Potters puts it, it’s the accelerator. And when our foot is on the peddle, creativity is the vehicle that makes an impact. It’s the drive we all want to be on, the road trip we’ll never forget, and it makes the journey a lot more enjoyable for everyone. It hence needs true cheerleaders such as Kim Potters - urging everyone around her on to elevate what we do with enthusiasm and positivity... and that is contagious! Are you having fun being creative? PS. ❤️❤️❤️ for our work for Dulux Heritage reimagining the covers of 12 literary classics to create an entirely new way to choose color. "Dulux Heritage Editions" are a collection of luxury paint hues that have been paired with iconic novels ranging from War of the Worlds, Dracula and Moby Dick to 1984, Little Women and Frankenstein. The covers were created by hand to demonstrate the genuine application of paint, with the spines acting as paint swatches and the inside covers showcasing the wide range of Dulux Heritage. https://lnkd.in/eV9WQzQS #BorderlessCreativity #TeamOgilvy

How are business leaders responding to the AI revolution? Now is the time for company executives to start preparing comprehensive strategies to use AI effectively and safely. Gerard Grant, Head of Strategic Initiatives at our client Tata Consultancy Services - UK and Europe, shares his views on leading tech news site, Silicon Republic, for how business leaders can best respond to the AI revolution. He highlights how leaders need to foster a culture of innovation and adaptability.   #TCS #AI #Siliconrepublic #GerardGrant

We are so thrilled for our clients and team having won 4 Awards for PR Excellence today. We were awarded for our work on Boots Ireland, Guinness Storehouse, KPMG Ireland and Specsavers in the consumer PR, media relations, sponsorship, and healthcare categories. Huge thanks to the judges and Public Relations Institute of Ireland and PRCA teams for all your work on the awards. We are bursting with pride and very grateful to our clients for giving us the opportunity to produce these award-winning campaigns. Congratulations also to all the fellow award winners. Great to see everyone today!

We are delighted to be attending the PR Excellence Awards later today in which we are shortlisted for six client campaigns!   Huge thanks to our clients for their ongoing support and partnership and best of luck to all those shortlisted.

This month, we worked with Electric Ireland to launch the Electric Ireland GAA Minor Championships - bringing the #ThisIsMajor campaign to life!   Working with our legend ambassadors; Richie Hogan and Bryan Sheehan, we celebrated the Minor Moments that last a lifetime. We are excited to follow the rest of the epic clashes to come in the Championships this year!