Digital Marketing Legends Touching Down

Cork’s Digital Legends returned in numbers to celebrate the Cork Digital Marketing Awards in the Carrigaline Court Hotel on the 21st October. The awards, presented by MC Sinead Kennedy, recognise the unique and valuable contributions made by digital marketing teams and individuals to their brands and businesses. Annie FitzGibbon, Director of Member Services at Cork Chamber said “We’re so thrilled to have all the gang back together tonight having met virtually the last 2 years. Every year we are blown away by the number, and the quality of entries across all 17 categories, demonstrating the breadth of channels and media that digital marketers harness to drive awareness, underpin brand values and convert sales.” On the evening, the Overall Digital Legend 2022 was announced as IMART and Fuller Marketing. In accepting the Award on behalf of IMART, Alan Craughwell, Director said, “This is a great honour for the IMART team and Mixed Ability Sports Ireland. We recognised the need for digital marketing at the beginning of this project but only came to fully appreciate its huge impact as our event campaign developed. In Fuller Marketing, we found a partner that really understood our vision for breaking down barriers to participation in sport and for promoting social inclusion in our communities. It was a stellar partnership that delivered our message from a local to a global audience to a level deserving of a world-class international tournament hosted in Cork.” Speaking on behalf of Fuller Marketing, Sheila Kelleher, Strategy Director said, “We are absolutely thrilled to be awarded Overall Digital Marketing Legend 2022! To have our work acknowledged and rewarded amongst our industry colleagues, who are some of the best and brightest in Ireland’s digital marketing world, is a huge accomplishment for us. But to have our work on IMART in particular recognised and highlighted is an even greater triumph. It reaffirms and validates our own belief that by harnessing the power of digital marketing, we can effectively communicate with people all across the globe, that we can engage with them and use the power of storytelling to carry important messages on sport, equality, inclusion, fun, people power and to ultimately drive change for the better.” As well as taking the Digital Marketing Legend award for 2022, IMART and Fuller Marketing also won the great prize of a Content Studio Package courtesy of the Irish Examiner. The list of winners:

• Overall Digital Marketing Legend 2022: IMART &

Fuller Marketing • Best Use of Digital by a Start-Up: Bridgewater

Construction • Best Website – less than 20 employees: Dance Cork

Firkin Crane • Best Website – 20 or more employees: Wisetek

• Best in Content Creation – less than 20 employees:

IMART & Fuller Marketing

• Best in Content Creation – 20 or more employees:

Carrigaline Court Hotel

• Best Use of Instagram – less than 20 employees:

AML Property Services • Best Use of Instagram – 20 or more employees: The

Montenotte Hotel

• Best Use of Facebook – less than 20 employees:

Graffiti Theatre • Best Use of Facebook – 20 or more employees: Fota

Island Resort • Best Use of Twitter for Business: Port of Cork

Company & Fuzion Communications • Best Use of LinkedIn for Business: Crowleys DFK

• Best Use of Digital Marketing for the Greater

Good: IMART & Fuller Marketing • Best Social Media Campaign: Cork Simon Community • Best Digital Marketing Team: RDJ • Best Digital Marketing Student: Craig Sykes, The

Pavilion Garden Centre

• Best Transformation – Traditional to Digital

Marketing: DexGreen Ltd