Caitlyn Davey has been appointed as Features Writer for 7DAYS newspaper. Prior to joining the team, Caitlyn was Section Editor for Time Out Abu Dhabi, where she took care of the beauty, shopping, community and food pages. In her new position, she will be responsible for writing features across the diary pages and Metro sections, pitching More Info »
NCPR has re-signed the public relations account for Rapid General Trading, a hair and beauty products distributor within the UAE. Launched in 2011, Rapid General Trading distributes celebrated beauty products across UAE-based salons, including KeraStraight, the Brazilian keratin treatment; Hairdo, a collection of hair extensions and hair pieces; Tangle Teezer, the professional detangling hairbrush collection More Info »
Stylist Arabia has announced its ‘Show Us Your Shoes’ competition to win tickets to the launch party of the women’s weekly publication. For a chance to win tickets, those entering simply need to snap themselves in their favourite pair of shoes and tag @Stylist_Arabia on Instagram along with #StylistArabia by October 7, 2014, when the winners will be revealed. More Info »
BlackBerry has announced that BBM Channels – the BBM subscription service – can now be managed with social relationship platform Hootsuite, allowing social media teams to engage with their Channel followers directly from the Hootsuite dashboard. The integration will allow Hootsuite owners to incorporate BBM Channels into their social strategy, leveraging a mobile and highly engaged More Info »
Judy Cogan has been appointed as Lifestyle Editor of Gulf News Magazines’ flagship title, Friday. Having been in the position of Acting Lifestyle Editor since April of this year, Judy takes over from Tabitha Barda and will be in charge of Friday’s fashion, beauty, health, travel, food and review pages. “I’m incredibly excited to be joining the More Info »
MCN agency Lowe MENA has helped its client Unilever obtain an official Guinness World Record for its Ramadan campaign – with the largest collection of clothes for donation, consisting of 146,411 items for the Comfort and OMO brands. The Lowe-Unilever team worked on the project from concept to completion, and were on stage during the More Info »
CNN International has been selected by Ericsson for an integrated advertising campaign to promote the tech brand as the forefront in information and communications technology. Launching today, the ‘Tomorrow Transformed’ campaign comprises a series of documentaries which examines how innovations in society and business have been enabled by technology.The focus of Ericsson’s campaign is on More Info »
MCG Associates, a leading international executive search and recruitment company specialising in the communications industry across the Middle East, has appointed Kate Watson as Director. Kate joins from Fabric Recruitment, where she spent four years as Senior Consultant MENA, responsible for maintaining and growing Fabric’s client and candidate base, as well as developing solid relationships More Info »
COPIA has been appointed to represent Thea Jewelry within the Middle East. Launched by Emilie Duchene with headquarters in Belgium, the custom-made online jewellery collection is available for women, men and children in the form of rings, bracelets, phalanx rings, necklaces and cufflinks. “Emilie’s pieces for Thea Jewelry are so beautiful and unique,” says Rania More Info »
Lucy Moore has joined lifestyle and culture magazine Khaleejesque as Managing Editor. Before joining the Kuwait-based publication, Lucy worked as a Copywriter for JWT where she handled banking clients. In her new position, Lucy will be overseeing all editorial content for Khaleejesque, as well as helping to push the magazine onto the international stage and More Info »