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Middle East Event Awards shortlist announced

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The Middle East Event Awards 2015 shortlist has been announced. The awards have been split into 20 categories – including Best Corporate Product or Service Launch, Best Event Design, and Employer of the Year – and each is designed to showcase the diversity and excellence of the events and suppliers operating in the Middle East’s event industry. Shortlisted companies include Entourage Marketing and Events, dmg events ME, Viola Communications, ExtraCake and Flash Entertainment.

The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on June 3 2015 at the JW Marriot Marquis, decided by a panel of renowned industry figures.

Aylissa joins the Dubai 92 Breakfast Show

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Aylissa Boyce will join the Dubai 92 Breakfast Show alongside long-running presenter Catboy, upon his return to the radio show on 12 April 2015. The show will retain all of its listener’s favourite segments from the previous Breakfast show lineup, as well as some new features courtesy of its new co-presenter.

Aylissa has joined Dubai 92 from Aberdeen, Scotland where she hosted Northsound 1’s Breakfast show, and presented its Showbiz and Football show every Saturday.

“I’m incredibly excited to be in the UAE,” says Aylissa. “Dubai 92 is a great station with a really strong listener base and I can’t wait to join the amazing team there, this is an exciting new challenge for me and I’m looking forward to giving it my all.”

John Brown Media appoints New Business Manager

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Hannah Brisby has been promoted to New Business Manager for global content marketing agency John Brown Media. Having been with the company since it started in the UAE in 2013, Hannah was previously Advertising Sales Manager on the SpinneysFOOD magazine account where she worked mainly on display advertising and creative solutions.

In her new role, Hannah will be seeking new partnerships for the agency, predominantly in the retail, healthcare and hospitality sectors. Prior to working for John Brown Media, Hannah was Corporate Sales Manager for Explorer Publishing.

“I’m thrilled to take on the challenge of growing John Brown’s business in the region,” says Hannah. “It’s a really exciting time for the agency, having recently expanded our team and moved to new premises, I look forward to taking on new challenges in my role as New Business Manager.”

 

Friday magazine to be relaunched

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Friday magazine has been redesigned and relaunched. The glossy magazine launched in 1997, is published by GN Publishing every Friday alongside Gulf News. It printed an average of 115,000 copies weekly in 2014, and according to the Target Group Index UAE, the magazine has been read by 360,000 consumers in the last seven days. The relaunch is a culmination of six months market research by Friday magazine, resulting in a complete redesign lead by Editor Karen Pasquali Jones, with Art Editor Mark Setchfield.

“Friday has always been the market leader in the UAE, and I’m thrilled that it now looks world-class,” says Karen. “We have done six months of research all over the country to find out exactly what our readers want and give them a magazine to look forward to receiving every week. We have always carried thought-provoking stories, features on people making a difference, and campaigned on national and international issues and now it is wrapped up in a completely new, modern design.”

HELLO! Middle East welcomes Deputy Editor

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HELLO! Middle East has appointed Claudia de Brito as Deputy Editor. With over nine years of experience in media, Claudia previously worked for ITV and 111 Pictures in London, before moving to Dubai. In her most recent role, Claudia was Catalogues Editor within ITP’s customer publishing division, where she worked across all print publications linked to exhibitions at Dubai Trade Centre such as Gulf Food, Beauty World and GITEX.

In her new role, Claudia will oversee HELLO!’s food section, while also contributing to additional features, interviews and local news.

Buzzeff launches mobile video ad format

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Digital communications solutions company Buzzeff has exclusively launched two mobile video advertisement formats in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) as part of a strategic partnership with video ad distributor Teads. The formats – inRead Mobile and inFlow Mobile – will allow publishers to smoothly integrate video formats with their content easily, and allow for a number of audience targeting options.

“Through our strategic partnership with Teads, we continuously provide advertisers and brands with more efficient and innovative advertising communication solutions,” says Jérôme Mouthon, Founder and Chairman of Buzzeff MEA. “The release of mobile video is an important milestone in the world of advertising.”

 

 

Aziza Communications welcomes PR Executive

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Charlotte Tuohy has joined luxury PR agency Aziza Communications as a PR Executive. Charlotte has previously worked as a freelance journalist for the Blackpool Gazette, before moving to Dubai. In her new role, Charlotte will be working across a number of luxury lifestyle and fashion brands such as Toni&Guy, Rami Al Ali and Jelena by J. Bin Drai.

“I am thrilled to be joining Aziza Communications,” says Charlotte. “I can’t wait to get started, and begin contributing to the success of our clients.”