09 Feb 2001
| by GIDON FREEMAN
Top 5 global computer company Electronic Data Systems has ended its search for a PR firm, handing...Top 5 global computer company Electronic Data Systems has ended its search for a PR firm, handing the huge fee account to Ogilvy PR Worldwide.
Said by both client and agency to be worth 'in the hundreds of thousands of pounds,' the work was awarded this week after a four-way pitch. Firefly ...
09 Feb 2001
| by GIDON FREEMAN
Top 5 global computer company Electronic Data Systems has ended its
search for a PR firm, handing the huge fee account to Ogilvy PR
Worldwide.
Said by both client and agency to be worth 'in the hundreds of thousands
of pounds,' the work was awarded this week after a four-way pitch ...
22 Oct 1999
| by MARK JOHNSON
vacant Asia region role after a seven month
search to find a candidate....HONG KONG: 3Com, the networking company with 300 million customers
world-wide, has upgraded its vacant Asia region role after a seven month
search to find a candidate.
Since the vacancy first appeared in March, the role has been expanded to
include overseeing China and Japan and include a more ...
23 Jul 1999
| by MARK JOHNSON and JULIETTE GARSIDE
, is searching for an Asia-Pacific PR
director....HONG KONG: Gateway, the US manufacturer and distributor of desktop
and portable personal computers, is searching for an Asia-Pacific PR
director.
The position would be based in either Singapore or Hong Kong, reporting
to senior vice-president and regional managing director Frank Smilovic ...
26 Mar 1999
| by SIMON ELLERY
STOCKHOLM: US software company Veritas is searching for its first
agency in Scandinavia for a...STOCKHOLM: US software company Veritas is searching for its first
agency in Scandinavia for a campaign covering Sweden, Finland, Norway
and Denmark.
Three agencies have been invited to pitch for the work which would be
led out of the company s Scandinavian base in Stockholm.
The brief ...
14 Feb 1997
| by JOHN-PIERRE JOYCE
Dell Computer Corporation has ended its six-month search for a
European public relations chief...Dell Computer Corporation has ended its six-month search for a
European public relations chief with the appointment of Annick
Devillard.
French-born Devillard joined the company last week in the role of
European corporate communications director. She was previously a
freelance consultant.
Devillard ...
03 Apr 1998
| by IAN DARBY
UMIST, the Manchester-based university for science and technology,
has begun the search for its...UMIST, the Manchester-based university for science and technology,
has begun the search for its first director of external relations and
communications.
The post has been created as a result of the retirements next September
of the current information director, Tim Yates, and development director
Bland ...
26 Jan 2001
| by JENNIFER WHITEHEAD
After a six-month search, Microsoft has announced the agencies for the pounds 330m European launch...After a six-month search, Microsoft has announced the agencies for the pounds 330m European launch of its gaming console, Xbox.
Manning Selvage & Lee takes the role of lead agency, handling ...
.
The search began following the appointment of Paul Fox as Xbox head of European communications (PRWeek, 18 ...
07 Aug 1998
| by IAN DARBY
Unisys, the computer systems and services group, has ended its
year-long search for a UK PR head...Unisys, the computer systems and services group, has ended its
year-long search for a UK PR head with the appointment of Jill Pearcy as
UK country communications manager.
The position has been vacant since the departure of Chris Alder, who
left to join German software manufacturer SAP (PR Week, 15 August
1997 ...
25 Oct 1996
International software firm Restrac is searching for a PR firm to
spearhead a UK marketing drive....International software firm Restrac is searching for a PR firm to
spearhead a UK marketing drive.
The move comes just over a year after the American-owned human resources
software firm moved ...
Airways.
Jay Fleming, international sales and operations director, said the UK
search follows ...