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We make unique people easier to find. Welcome to Big fish Recruitment. Hey there, we’re Big fish, a leading UK recruitment agency operating in the creative space – you know – advertising, marketing, PR, creative, digital and sales’. We connect unique people to unique businesses and our experience comes from working with some of the UK’s most successful companies and agencies, from global giants to creative hot shops and everything in between. But what makes us unique? Great partnerships produce memorable results... When the right people come together amazing things start to happen. It‘s this philosophy that has served us well over the years and we’ve proudly built our reputation on it. By listening attentively to our clients business needs and paying attention to our instincts (rather than just ticking the boxes), we've developed an uncanny ability to match candidates with a role and environment in which they'll flourish and make a difference. Our secret is finding a cultural fit rather than just filling gaps. We know that's unusual for a recruitment consultancy, but then, we've always been a bit different. Specialist industries need specialist consultants... It’s also the quality of our consultants that can make the chemistry happen. We call them talent seekers and they’re passionate about people and what they do. They are bright, ambitious and an incredible amount of fun, just like the industry they’re helping to grow, and their passion will take the pressure off finding your next star player in the marketing and creative space. All our consultants have also worked in the business too. Every one of us. So we understand the briefs we’re talking to you about and are quick to react to new business. Something that a non-specialist recruiter would struggle to outdo. Unique people - when you need them? We’re different from most recruitment agencies. We’re honest, friendly and straight talking which is kind of rare these days and having all worked in the creative industry; know what it takes to produce a great marketing campaign or award-winning piece of creative. And, as a niche recruitment agency, we know just where to look for the right people. We have one of the strongest talent pools for marketing and creative professionals outside of London and our bulging contacts book means we have access to the best talent to help you grow your business. We’re not about keeping faceless CV’s on our database either. We meet every one of our candidates in person to uncover what makes them tick – which means we’re not second-guessing when it comes to selecting the right individual for your business - saving you time and, ultimately, money. What makes us unique? We place service first, second and above everything else we do. Our service is founded on a personal, non-pushy approach that delivers, so if we haven’t got the right candidate on our books – we’ll always tell you how it is. But thanks to a combination of targeted advertising and clever networking, the chances are that the unique people you want have already made their way to us. So how else are we different? Well let's see... • Database search – We hold an unrivalled database of marketing and creative candidates – one of the strongest outside of London – with all candidates pre-screened and with industry experience working with some of the UK’s most exciting brands and agencies. • Integrated media campaigns. We are one of the UK’s largest advertisers of advertising, marketing, PR and creative positions, so if we don’t have the right candidate on our database, we will advertise your vacancies on specialist online job boards and trade publications at no additional cost. • Search & selection. We are able to offer a limited and retained search option to help attract senior candidates, candidates in tricky locations or candidates with specific skill sets • Networking. Our strong links with the marketing and creative community allows us to draw on a deep network of professionals to satisfy even the most challenging recruitment assignment • Psychometric profiling. Big fish work with a number of highly regarded candidate assessment providers to offer clients psychometric profiling to assess the personalities of potential employees • An ‘out-of-hours’ service. Our consultants understand that important meetings may run late and are happy to field important calls out of office hour • Marketing events. We don’t just do recruitment. From time to time, we also hold marketing seminars and special networking events where you can mingle with some of the industries most influential people. Our values. Big fish is built on a clear set of values. Whilst it's easy to be cynical about such things, our values are our touchstone, and they're very real to us. So if you work with Big fish, you can expect to experience our values in everything we do: Our values are Passion, Knowledge, Understanding, Realism, Enthusiasm, Friendliness, Helpfulness and Fun. Drop us a line.. To find out more about how Big fish can help your business, please visit our website or drop us a line to talk to one of our consultants. We’re outdoor, networking types too so why not contact us for a face-to-face informal presentation about we can grow your business – we’d love to hear from you. Call: 0870 871 0070 Contact: info@bigfishrecruitment.com Click: www.bigfishrecruitment.com

www.bigfishrecruitment.com

Blurb enables anyone to design, publish, market and sell commercial quality books. We are a company that is passionate about books. So it is an honour to be involved with the Fresh PR Awards. It is an even bigger honour to witness a wealth of astounding new talent see their work brought to life by books. Download Blurb's free, award-winning Blurb BookSmart® software. Use Blurb's bookstore and online marketing tools to market and sell your books, and keep 100% of your profit. Use Blurb's social and community features to create and share Blurb books with your family, friends and colleagues with ease.

http://www.blurb.com/uk/?ce=google_eu_brand&gclid=CL-m35eRlJ4CFVVu4wodzRkRpg

bradinsight is a leading provider of information and intelligence to media, advertising and marketing professionals. As an agency, media owner or advertiser, bradinsight can help you drive more sales with its business development portfolio or improve your advertising campaigns with its media planning tools. For more information, please visit www.bradinsight.com

http://www.bradinsight.com

Brand Republic

Brand Republic is the place to find all about the UK marketing, media and communications industries. It is the market-leading web site for the online advertising, marketing, media and PR sectors and is the holder of the PPA's best business web site award (free access) for its successful re-launch in 2007. Publishing online since 2001, the site is also the online home for the leading marcomms titles and brands in business publishing, including Campaign, Marketing, Media Week, Revolution, Marketing Direct and Promotions & Incentives. Media Week Providing more news coverage, analysis, comment on industry events and job opportunities than any other single source, MediaWeek is the essential media read for media agencies and media owners. MediaWeek magazine is regarded as a focal point for communication, comment and social events across the industry and is the only business magazine dedicated to the commercial media industry. The MediaWeek website is part of BrandRepublic.com which has over 650,000 unique users per month.

http://www.brandrepublic.com/

Published weekly since 1968, Campaign is Britain’s leading magazine for advertising and communications professionals and is widely recognised as the bible of the creative and media industry. Campaign is authorative, insightful, provocative, opinionated and the only magazine in the market that genuinely champions brilliant creativity across the communications spectrum. Aside from its unrivalled record of breaking news and important news stories, Campaign offers coverage of the international market, celebrates the best breaking campaigns from the UK and international creative work, and has an extensive media section providing features and analysis of the key media issues. Campaignlive.co.uk is part of Brandrepublic.com which has over 650,000 unique users per month.

http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/

City Gateway Media

City Gateway Media Established in 2007, City Gateway Media is an independently owned company involved in large outdoor digital screens. City Gateway’s first screen is the iconic Manchester Tower, Europe’s first and largest ‘skyscraper’ format digital screen. The screen itself is the height of a 6-storey building and has the same profile as an online skyscraper advertisement, albeit some 24,000 times larger. The Manchester Tower dominates a prominent city centre location, adjacent to Piccadilly station delivering a huge audience independently audited at 207,000 daily. The area is known as a major ‘gateway’ to Manchester. City Gateway has adopted the same flexible approach to scheduling generally associated with broadcast media. This year they have added Sky News content, providing updated bulletins appearing every 4 minutes. Campaigns broadcast cover a wide range of categories, including brands like Asda, Bacardi, BMW Mini, British Gas, Cadbury, Co-Op, Disney, NatWest, Nike, Toyota and Vodafone, together with organisations like GM Police and Manchester International Festival. Ian Bohn, sales & marketing director at City Gateway comments ‘ We’re delighted to be involved with the Fresh Awards and very much look forward to the new 2009 format.’ City Gateway also markets advertising on the Reuters screen at London’s Canary Wharf. For more information please contact: Ian Bohn, sales & marketing director City Gateway Media 020 7490 0844 07841 261307 ian@citygateway.co.uk

http://www.citygateway.co.uk/

Creativepool is the UK's largest resource and jobs board for the creative industries with over 50,000 members registered on the site and more than 3,500 businesses using our services including the likes of Electronic Arts, the BBC, John Lewis and MySpace. We enable employers seeking quality creative talent to find the people they need quickly, simply and cost effectively via our online jobs board, CV search functionality and online portfolio database. With over 50,000 creative candidates registered and 1,500 joining every month, Creativepool has the UK’s largest online database of creative candidates. Our creatives upload their CVs and elements from their portfolios giving employers the chance to review their work and experience with the click of a mouse. KEY STATS: 50,000 registered candidates / 70,000 unique visitors pcm / 3,500 employers

http://www.creativepool.co.uk/index.php

Design Week is the magazine of choice for design professionals and those who commission and supply products and services to them. From print to product, packaging, graphics, interiors and digital – Design Week readers have backgrounds in every discipline at every level of commercial design. Design Week is a unique source of exclusive news, sharp commentary and top design-led jobs. The depth of experience found in Design Week is unparalleled in print or on the web. For over twenty years we have been reporting on every aspect of the design industry - breaking news, uncovering big stories and showcasing the best new international work. Designers rely on Design week Design Week’s website contains the latest breaking design news from across a range of commercial design disciplines. We also have an extensive design jobs section where you can search our database of design-led jobs and register your CV for potential employers to view. Subscribers to Design Week magazine have free access to our online archive, which contains fifteen years’ worth of articles, features and information from the magazine.

http://www.designweek.co.uk/

EYE is a global Out-of-Home media company. In the UK, the company manages six airport advertising concessions – Manchester Airport, East Midlands Airport, Bournemouth Airport, Humberside Airport, Cardiff International Airport and Belfast International Airport in Northern Ireland. EYE has invested significantly and redeveloped the media offerings in these environments in order to deliver the most effective and attractive communication platforms for advertisers. Key features of EYE's redevelopment include signature networks, family of standard lightbox sizes, quality landmark sites, premium external locations, and pioneering digital media opportunities

http://www.eyecorp.com

http://www.nabs.org.uk/

Orchardsuits goes casual After 3 years as Orchardsuits, the decision to drop the name Suits and revert to the more well known Orchard brand has been made this month to coincide with the launch of the new website. Early days Way back in 2001 Orchard branched out into Account Management roles. At this time a 'Suit' was an industry term which related quite nicely to the hard working Accounts people who ensured projects were done correctly, on time and more importantly on budget. When looking for a suitable name to market non-creative people, Suits seemed an obvious choice. Suits get a dressing down 4 years on and with Suits well established, Orchard and Suits officially came together as one brand - Orchardsuits, However since this time, the term 'Suit' within our industry seemed to lose a little of its smartness. In this enlightend age of business, successful communicators moved on from the smart suited form to a more casual affair. No longer would a client judge the quality of a company's work by the cut of their jacket. Over the same period of time the very nature of this side of the business changed. Suits had moved on from its humble agency-led beginnings to include clientside marketing roles, and more recently eMarketing roles. Branching into furniture? In addition we became increasingly aware that whilst Google's sniffers loved the name Orchardsuits, our clients just couldnt quite get it right ('Orchard-SUITES' was probably the most common misreading of our non-furniture brand). The two names, Orchard and Suits, were not words of natural association. A quick coat of 'thinking about' was much needed. Keep it simple Given the strength of the Orchard brand, and given that the service Suits offered was simply another facet of Orchard's recruitment portfolio, the decision was made to confine the name 'Suits' to history. Whilst the quality and level of service provided by the team will remain completely unaffected, as of the 1st June 2009 they will now simply come under the brand 'Orchard'... ...a brand renowned in the North or England as the industry's leading Digital, Creative and Marketing recruiter* *not our words, but the words of top gear magazine...! Mike Carter / Andy Chesters

http://orchard.co.uk/

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About Purple Leeds - Toby Thwaites, Paul Wood and Kelly Davison founded Purple Leeds in May 2006. - It is the first regional office of Purple, whose head office is in Islington, London - Purple Leeds provides recruitment consultancy to advertising, design, integrated marketing, publishing and digital agencies in Yorkshire and the North West of England. - Purple Leeds has room for expansion over the coming months - Purple's candidate referral scheme pays out more than other schemes of its kind - Purple is proud to count some of the UK's most successful agencies among its clients - Through innovation and focus on client service Purple still achieves high client satisfaction levels and, despite the current tough economic client, these continue to set it apart from its competitors Kelly Davison said: "We are seeing the market grow again despite earlier set backs in the year. I believe that there's a definite influx of good people wanting to move back north from London and we are finding this is helping to keep the market fluid. Despite the current climate good jobs are available and we're making sure they're filled with good candidates."

http://www.purple-consultancy.com

The SA Digiadvan is a large format mobile TV which targets your brands and services to audiences wherever they may be. The difficulty for many people was knowing just exactly what it is that a Digiadvan can contribute to marketing and advertising. The SA Digiadvans are like no other form of outdoor media and they are not to be confused with the pixilated LED screens which simply cannot link up with elements such as close proximity Touch screen or Augmented reality, please note that SA Digiadvans are the only mobile media screens which can offer you this form of interaction. As the market leader with the largest fleet of Digiadvans we now offer global campaigns through our offices in Ireland, UK, Germany, Amsterdam, France and now USA. The reason the top brands and services use us time and time again is simply down to what the SA Digiadvans can do which other mobile media operators cannot!