March 20th, 2012 Posted in Advertising, Creativeity, Great Ideas, jobs
Two enterprising job hunters in Melbourne have created an interesting strategy for making contacts. Andrew Grinter and Lee Spencer-Michaelsen bought up countless URLs matching carefully chosen executive creative director’s names.
They then mailed mysterious letters directing them to their digital ransom note with the demand to ‘arrange a creative meeting or else the site gets it’.
It gets even better, too. When they were given meetings with the directors they then showed up wearing ski masks, terrifying numerous receptionists along the way. You can watch a video of their exploits here.
Source: Digital Buzz Blog
December 14th, 2011 Posted in LinkedIn, Social Media, jobs
Finding a job can be quite challenging these days. Are you searching for vacancies in the local newspaper? Or do you go to job listing sites every now and then?
Well that’s the familiar road to walk. These days job seekers are massively using social media as a tool to find their next job.
Facebook has integrated deeply within society today, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise 18 million Americans already found their next career opportunity at the king of social networks. Social media has become like a second nature to us, it’s our online identity.
This definitely shows in the statistics – nearly 9 out of 10 job seekers have a social media profile.
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March 31st, 2011 Posted in Mediacontact.ie News, jobs
Mediacontact.ie is Ireland’s leading media intelligence agency. We are a fast moving online business, and are looking to hire a talented Training & Conference Organiser. The deadline for applications has been extended to May 20th 2011.
The successful candidate will have at least 18 months – two years experience working in a busy environment organizing training programmes and organising conferences.
A strong organisational skills, good commercial acumen and a knowledge, and understanding of training programs and conference organisation are necessary.
A knowledge of social media, and experience of using a range of platforms, including LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter would be very useful.
Media and news writing skills are also very important.
The role will focus on:
- Managing and developing the Mediacontact.ie training programme.
- Managing Mediacontact.ie’s two international conferences Content is King and Mash.
- Delivering key financial performance targets for each event.
- Planning and implementing a sales programme for conferences and events, including personal, telephone and corporate selling.
- Managing customer bookings and orders.
- Setting and managing budgets for all events.
- Identifying new speakers and topics for talks, training programmes and conference keynote speeches.
- Managing conference and training administration
How to apply:
Please send a one page covering letter and CV in a single word (.doc) file to jobs@mediacontact.ie before Friday May 20th 2011. The word document should be no longer than 3 pages.
March 23rd, 2011 Posted in Advertising, Mediacontact.ie News, jobs
Mediacontact.ie is Ireland’s leading media intelligence agency. We are a fast moving online business, and are looking to hire a talented project manager/e-commerce strategist.
The successful candidate will have at least 18 months – two years experience working in a busy environment managing projects and delivering for clients.
A strong commercial sense and a knowledge, and understanding of
e-commerce and online businesses are necessary.
Candidates should also immersed in the world of social media, and have commercial experience of using a range of platforms, in particular Facebook, Twitter.
Media and news writing skills are also very important.
The role will focus on:
➢ Managing and developing the Mediacontact.ie website.
➢ Managing Mediacontact.ie’s relationship with key clients of Media HQ – Ireland’s leading online media directory and press release service.
➢ Daily management of ongoing web development projects.
➢ Editing online newsletter (MediaFlash), the Mediacontact.ie blog and other Mediacontact.ie publications.
➢ Developing important online commercial relationships for Mediacontact.ie.
How to apply:
Please send a one page covering letter and cv in a single word (.doc) file to jobs@mediacontact.ie before Friday April 8th 2011. The complete word document, including the letter, should be no longer than 3 pages.
January 6th, 2011 Posted in Internet, Online, Social Media, Social Network, jobs
550 job
s are due to be lost at MySpace by the end of this month, as the social network struggles to stay afloat after a steady loss of traffic to its site. Its parent company, News Corporation, is contemplating selling off the site, possibly by the middle of the year. Mooted buyers include Zynga games company, who make Farmville and Cityville.
Despite an extensive overhaul last year, the situation has disimproved further. MySpace unique users fell by 26.$% between September 2009 and November 2010. In the UK alone, 2.8 million users were lost over the same period. Chase Carey, News Corps chief operating officer, has said that the losses were “not acceptable or sustainable”. The majority of the staff cuts will come from it’s international offices, with just a skeleton staff left.
Source: The Guardian.
October 18th, 2010 Posted in Media, Mediacontact.ie News, jobs
Mediacontact.ie is hiring an intern in a paid position for a 12-month contract starting in December 2010.
We are looking for somebody very clever, with drive and ambition, who has an interest in the media, and is looking for a start in the world. The job title is media researcher.You don’t need to have a media-related degree, because we firmly believe in the maxim ‘you hire for attitude and you train for skill’. So if you’re clued in, curious, and not afraid of hard work, we’d like to hear from you.
If you’d like to be considered please read the checklist below. We will only consider applicants who follow the specific requirements outlined.
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July 13th, 2010 Posted in Movers & Shakers, jobs
Angie Grant has joined Pembroke Communications as senior account manager where she will be managing a number of leading consumer and lifestyle accounts, including Hotels.com, UPC, Peter Mark and Crown Paints.
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June 30th, 2010 Posted in jobs
Research Communications Manager, UCD (Temporary)
Applicants are invited for the post of Research Communications Manager located within UCD Research. This appointment will be offered on a specified purpose basis as the appointee will temporarily replace a permanent member of staff whilst on Maternity Leave.
The successful candidate will be required to lead the planning, development and implementation of traditional and technology focused communication channels (e.g. Web and Intranet), whilst supporting the strategic goals and research priorities of the University. This role contributes to the promotion of UCD’s Research reputation by building and enhancing internal and external networks to promote and profile research at UCD to multiple diverse audiences.
Salary scale: €55,035 – €88,120 p.a.
Appointment on scale will be made commensurate with qualification and experience.
Closing date: 23.30hrs on Tuesday, 6th July 2010
To apply for this role or to get a full job spec visit this link:
https://hrweb.ucd.ie/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_search_package.search_form?p_company=1&p_internal_external=E
In the ‘Search by UCD School / Unit’ filter select ‘research administration’ and you will be brought to the job spec.
June 30th, 2010 Posted in Public Relations, jobs
Anyone seeking to hire a public relations graduate should visit www.prstudent.com.
The site, the work of students at the Dublin Institute of Technology’s MA in public relations, showcases students who are shortly to complete their courses, with a picture of each graduate and information about their background and interests. It currently features 46 students, and was revised by students Ali McKeever and Emma Williams.
”This is an innovative and time-efficient way of attracting the attention of an employer,” said course director John Gallagher. ”It gives the employer with a recruitment need an opportunity to see who is available, what are their skills, their range of experience and their professional interests. It can save a lot of time and expense for employers, because they can get a fairly clear idea of the person before they are invited for interview.”
The site also includes information about the MA in public relations at DIT.
June 15th, 2010 Posted in Journalism, Newspapers, jobs
The Irish office of the Daily Mirror and the Sunday Mirror are unlikely to escape the latest round of cutbacks that have been announced by parent company Trinity Mirror. The company have announced that it is seeking to cut 200 of the 550 editorial staff.
The cuts are on top of the estimated 1,700 people who have left the group over the past 18 months. It is understood that management want to cut up to 140 full time editorial staff, in addition to another 60 part-time positions.
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