Prosperity will be working on a number of Account Manager/Account Executive and Sales Management roles. Roles will be on our site today and interested candidates can apply immediately. For more details please call Roseanne on 7030430, email Roseanne@prosperity.ie or tweet us @happinessworks

Update:

All Twitter roles are available here - please have a look!

Both companies now have a presence in London, with Prosperity Digital’s new office located in the heart of London close to Regent Street.
“The whole goal is to create a community and for somebody from the community to speak at each meetup,” says Gary Mullan of Prosperity.
The first speaker at the inaugural gathering spoke about her experiences in London. “There was a great energy and enthusiasm at the event.”
The group has been established to appeal to people in the digital marketing industry in London who are Irish and would like to network. “There was a definite need for people in digital and marketing to network because it’s a quite fragmented market over there. They wouldn’t meet each other otherwise,” he adds.
Prosperity has had a healthy amount of interest from agencies that attended the event. It will recruit for London-based roles as well as helping place UK-based candidates with in demand digital media skills who wish to move to Ireland.
The next group meetup takes place on 8 December, 2011. Find out more on Meetup.com/Green-Gathering

A sample of our Outdoor ads, promoting our Happy Seat campaign. And here’s our Happy Seat site: www.happyseat.ie

Students of the course will benefit from Prosperity’s knowledge of the digital media recruitment industry and skills required for digital media roles. Course speakers include journalist Conor Pope, head of Cybercom Rob Reid, Darragh Doyle from boards.ie and Krishna De, experienced digital marketing trainer.
According to Prosperity co-founder Gary Mullan, the recruitment company will be feeding into the course design by identifying areas where there are skills shortages.
The course, according to Mullan is best suited to people who have had “some exposure to digital media and would have some knowledge of the disciplines such as SEO, online advertising, etc.”
Topics covered include website structure, SEO, online advertising, email marketing, online pr, writing for the web, mobile web, semantic web/web 3.
“It would benefit people who have some digital experience but if people are doing it as a hobby, for example, building a music website, they can benefit from it if they have some interest.”
The Irish Internet Association will play an important role in identifying the most suitable trainers in the market. The Irish Times Training section has considerable experience in course delivery.
The course, which is Dublin city centre based, runs over 13 weeks and begins in September. This part-time diploma is FETAC accredited (level 5 minor award).

Detailed outline of course modules and profiles of instructors

Anna has extensive experience and professional qualifications in Digital Marketing and Media, and having previously worked for some years in marketing and media recruitment, she is a highly informed and experienced consultant.

Anna will be a brilliant complement to our digital team, and she will be also managing our TTL Agency clients.

Job description: It was a long held dream of mine to open my own agency. So I’m Founder and Creative Influence and I get to open the post. I manage the business and play a big part in the creative strategy behind all the projects we are involved in. I would lead presentations and pitches. A lot of my time involves project management and direction.

Likes: I’ve never considered it a job. I’ve been involved in some of the most exciting creative agencies in the country and internationally. I love the challenge of providing a creative solution to a business problem/opportunity. I’ve worked on some of the most iconic brands in the country and globally. I’ve met and worked with some of the most creative professionals in a wide sphere of creativity, writers/directors/photographers/illustrators/designers amazing creative people. I’ve learned a lot from some of the most professional marketeers around and had the good fortune to be able to present ideas in most boardrooms in the country – fantastic.

Career ladder:
1970s
I started in this great business in Jan 1970. Arks was my first ad agency. I was hired as a Production Assistant. I knew about printing blocks, stereos and typesetting for my first days of employment in the Irish Independent. I spent 4 years there – the last 2 in the creative department.
Then in 1974 McConnells called and I spent the next 2 years there, learning more about my craft as an Art Director. I went to London in 1977. I went to Beirut in 1978 then on to Kuwait then back home in 1979 to work at Bell Advertising.

1980s
Back to McConnells in October 1980 for the next 8 years. The eighties were creatively one of my best. Great working with Catherine, Michael, Gerry. My creative director was Jimmy Strathern, John Fanning was great, still is. We launched Ballygowan, Kilmeaden, Ryanair. Fantastic work for the IDA, Aer Lingus, Bus Eireann. Did some great work with Conor on Great Southern Hotels, phew!

Late 1980s to mid 2000s
Then a call came in from Bell and Michael and I went off to become Joint Creative Directors. Another great period for ideas and creative work – who for one moment would believe that Peter Mark would allow us to put a perm on a sweeping brush. More great ads followed and Ogilvy the owners of the agency were so delighted that they put us on the international creative roster to help out of big campaigns. I stayed in Ogilvy for 16 years. I made it to Executive Creative Director. In between I was Creative Director of Bell Recruitment. I enjoyed working in this area, we made recruitment ads creative. Added some creative flare to the recruitment pages of The Irish Times and the Irish Independent, won lotsa awards. I resigned from Ogilvy in August 2004, spent November in Sydney with Bernadette and then opened Gospeltm in Jan 2005. Began to lay the creative credentials down, won some great projects: Won two of the three National Newspaper of Ireland competitions’ creative awards for Prosperity. Branding workshops for Dublin Zoo. Relaunching Digital Agency. Was President of ICAD in its 50th year and still working on ideas, who could ask for anything more.

Qualifications: I have an Inter Cert and a Leaving Cert; a Cert and Diploma in Art Direction and Advertising from DIT; an education in Branding from Ogilvy and am still very much a student of life.

Working hours: My first Creative Director informed me that no one in this business got famous between the hours of 9-5. He was right. A spontaneous, inspired creative idea can arrive at any time, anywhere, any place.

Breaktime: Something light to eat. Then off on a walkabout, a museum. A gallery. A music store, maybe into Champion Sports to have a look at what Nike are doing in store. Then pop over to HMV have a look at some CD covers, good for type and direction. Things like that over lunch.

Social media credentials: Not very good at that, don’t Twitter. Working on my Weedle profile at the moment, want to get that right. I have a look at Linkedin, not hot on Facebook.

News: The Digital Agency – great guys there. Keeps me right up to date on things. I keep an eye on the Prosperity site and the ezine.

Onsite or offsite: The odd travel away. I like to have my meetings out of the office. Brooks hotel in Drury Street is my favourite place. Sometimes the Morrison, sometimes The Queen of Tarts, great coffee there.

Why do you love Mondays? I’ve never considered it a job. I’ve been very fortunate to be in a position where my creative talents have been appreciated and awarded. I’ve worked with some of the most creative people in a wide creative field. It’s been a real joy. Don’t get me wrong it been up and down, where hasn’t. But I wouldn’t change the last 40 years for anything else. The first series of ads I did was for CIE, a campaign of filler ads for Rambler Tickets. The last one I did was the rebranding of a digital agency, cant wait for the next one.

When we began to put this event together in conjunction with The Irish Times, we were hopeful that there would be no Volcanos in Iceland that would force us to cancel it. We hoped in vain. Volcanos permitting, we will endeavour to bring Guy to Ireland on another date. We will keep you informed.

The first of these, ‘Breaking the Boundaries’ takes place on Friday, April 23rd in the Mansion House in Dublin city centre, from 2pm to 4pm.
At the event key speaker, Guy Kawasaki will advise his Irish audience on how to set new standards of innovation that will drive the Irish economy and change the world.
Guy established his professional reputation as a software evangelist at Apple Computer Inc in the 1980s and is internationally renowned for advising companies on how to innovate.
He is the author of nine books including The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way; and he now counts blogger, venture capitalist, author and speaker amongst his credentials.
Speaking alongside Guy will be emerging international home grown talent in the form of John Dunne of Intune Networks, Iain MacDonald of Weedle, and Santina Doherty of Hostel World who was also highly instrumental in the expansion of Ryanair.
Numbers are limited, so to secure a ticket for this highly exciting event, please go to http://www.irishtimes.com/events/spotlight/

If you would like to be in with a chance to win a pair of tickets to the above Spotlight event, answer the following question correctly to have your name entered into the draw.

Guy Kawasaki established his professional reputation as a software evangelist at which organisation in the 1980s?

A) Microsoft Corporation
B) Apple Computer Inc
C) IBM

Please email your answer and your contact details to info@prosperity.ie by 5pm on Thursday April 15th. Correct answers will be entered into a draw. The winner will be notified on Friday April 16th. For further information on this seminar, please keep an eye on our Prosperity Digital Facebook page – www.facebook.com/Prosperity.digital

The key speaker will be Guy Kawasaki who established his professional reputation as a software evangelist at Apple Computer Inc. in the 1980s. He is the author of nine books including The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way; and he now counts blogger, venture capitalist, author and speaker amongst his credentials.

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As Ireland is now positioning to become an international leader in all things digital, it is essential that the vision is informed by the experience and expertise of individuals such as Guy.

Guy is internationally renowned for advising companies on how to innovate. He lays out the strategic steps on how to create new World beating products and services by calling upon his experience with Apple as well as his study of dozens of world-class companies. Guy will advise his Irish audience on how to set new standards of innovation that will drive the Irish economy and change the world.

Other speakers on the day will include the very best of our home grown talent – individuals who are already innovating and pushing the boundaries of business in Ireland. Speaking alongside Guy will be the emerging international heavyweights of John Dunne of Intune Networks and Iain MacDonald of Weedle, and Santina Doherty of Hostel World who was also highly instrumental in the expansion of Ryanair.

The Irish Times Newspaper will be running regular updates on this forthcoming event.

Numbers are limited, so to secure a ticket for this highly exciting event, please go to http://www.irishtimes.com/events/spotlight/

We look forward to seeing you there.