Prime prize for combined potential rugby group at Cork Digital Advertising Awards

A rugby match took residence the silverware at this 12 months’s Cork Digital Advertising Awards hosted by the Carrigaline Court docket Resort on Friday night time.

The Worldwide Blended Potential Rugby Match (IMART) beat off stiff competitors to win the general digital advertising award for 2022, organised by Cork Chamber of Commerce.

Sinead Kennedy offered the awards night time, established to recognise the precious contributions made by digital advertising to their manufacturers and companies.

“2022 has been one other fantastic 12 months by way of entries for the Cork Digital Advertising Awards,” mentioned Annie FitzGibbon of Cork Chamber. “It’s heart-warming to see IMART convert yet one more try to take residence the title of Digital Advertising Legend.

“On and off the pitch, on and offline, the Worldwide Blended Potential Rugby Match World Cup introduced invigorating vitality to Cork and has left an enduring impression on the group right here,” added Ms FitzGibbon.

“It is a nice honour for the IMART staff and Blended Potential Sports activities Eire,” said Alan Craughwell in accepting the Award on behalf of IMART. “We recognised the necessity for digital advertising in the beginning of this venture however solely got here to completely recognize its large impression as our occasion marketing campaign developed.

“In Fuller Advertising, we discovered a accomplice that actually understood our imaginative and prescient for breaking down limitations to participation in sport and for selling social inclusion in our communities. It was a stellar partnership that delivered our message from an area to a worldwide viewers to a stage deserving of a world-class worldwide match hosted in Cork.”

In thanking the judges, Mr Craughwell acknowledged that: “Awards are so essential to the work that we do in showcasing our actions and highlighting the advantages of inclusion on us all, and we’re delighted that tonight is a celebration of our collective efforts.”

Sheila Kelleher, Technique Director for Fuller Advertising, mentioned, “we’re completely thrilled to be awarded General Digital Advertising Legend 2022. The night time means a lot to us for a lot of causes.

“To have our work acknowledged and rewarded amongst our business colleagues, who’re a number of the greatest and brightest in Eire’s digital advertising world, is a large accomplishment for us. However to have our work on IMART specifically recognised and highlighted is a good larger triumph.

“It reaffirms and validates our personal perception that by harnessing the facility of digital advertising, we are able to successfully talk with individuals all throughout the globe, that we are able to have interaction with them and use the facility of storytelling to hold essential messages on sport, equality, inclusion, enjoyable, individuals energy and to in the end drive change for the higher.

“The power of our partnership with IMART and the powerhouse that was the staff behind this occasion, is a testomony to how dedication, experience and fervour can kind, construct and form a motion – and alter lives alongside the best way,” mentioned Ms Kelleher.

Ms FitzGibbon continued, “digital advertising has seen large development lately and these awards are a key platform for the popularity of worthwhile contribution made by this dynamic, fast-changing enterprise operate. Congratulations to all of the class winners who’ve proven excellence and innovation of their strategic considering, artistic supply and constant implementation.

“Now we have seen some inspiring examples of bravery, as groups and leaders of their advertising subject delivered new concepts with conviction, and confirmed actual outcomes for his or her enterprise.

“The Cork Digital Advertising Awards has over 12 classes, demonstrating the breadth of channels and media that digital entrepreneurs harness to drive consciousness, underpin model values and convert gross sales. Thanks to our sponsors and media accomplice the Irish Examiner for his or her assist of those awards,” added Ms Fitzgibbon.

The checklist of winners are:

• General Digital Advertising Legend 2022: IMART & Fuller Advertising 

• Finest Use of Digital by a Begin-Up: Bridgewater Development 
• Finest Web site – lower than 20 workers: Dance Cork Firkin Crane 
• Finest Web site – 20 or extra workers: Wisetek 
• Finest in Content material Creation – lower than 20 workers: IMART & Fuller Advertising 
• Finest in Content material Creation – 20 or extra workers: Carrigaline Court docket Resort 
• Finest Use of Instagram – lower than 20 workers: AML Property Providers 
• Finest Use of Instagram – 20 or extra workers: The Montenotte Resort 
• Finest Use of Fb – lower than 20 workers: Graffiti Theatre 
• Finest Use of Fb – 20 or extra workers: Fota Island Resort 
• Finest Use of Twitter for Enterprise: Port of Cork Firm & Fuzion Communications 
• Finest Use of LinkedIn for Enterprise: Crowleys DFK 
• Finest Use of Digital Advertising for the Larger Good: IMART & Fuller Advertising 
• Finest Social Media Marketing campaign: Cork Simon Group 
• Finest Digital Advertising Workforce: RDJ 
• Finest Digital Advertising Pupil: Craig Sykes, The Pavilion Backyard Centre 
• Finest Transformation – Conventional to Digital Advertising: DexGreen Ltd