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Encounter Issue #9 Now Live

Tuesday January 3, 2012

Encounter Magazine Issue #9 is packed with loads of exciting and helpful articles to help convenience store owners and independent retailers boost their sales. Features in this issue include the nations top 10 selling brands, a free £5 cheque with ICB, the chance to register your store for inclusion in YourShopLocal and much more! Read Issue #9 here.

Quick links
The Nations Top 10 Selling Brands
Brought Up Over The Shop
Get a Free £5 Cheque
Health Lottery – A Whole New Ball Game

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BRADLEY PROMOTED TO ACCOUNT MANAGER

Friday December 23, 2011

Dan Bradley has been promoted to Account Manager after only five months at Monitor – the Manchester Creative Design Agency

Moray Newberry – MD at Monitor said: ‘Dan hit the ground running when he joined us back in the summer and since then has gone even faster – seems like a PB every day! His stock phrase is – that’s no problem and promoting him to Account Manager gives me real pleasure as I know he’ll be giving me loads of support.’

Dan says he’s really delighted and is looking forward to many more PB’s in 2012!

Contact:
Dan Bradley
Account Manager
Monitor Marketing Ltd
0161 743 0980
Email: daniel@monitorcreative.co.uk
www.monitorcreative.co.uk

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TAMLIN PROMOTED TO SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

Thursday December 22, 2011

Jenni Tamlin has been promoted to Senior Account Executive after only a very few weeks at Monitor – the Manchester Creative Agency

Moray Newberry – MD at Monitor said: ‘Jenni was dropped in at the deep end from day one because we were so busy and proved to be a very strong swimmer! She not only had to learn our systems but also get to know her clients and win their trust. I am very happy to say that the ‘deep end’ posed no threat to her and she’s won her promotion entirely on merit’

Jenni says she’s really delighted and will continue her aquatic training over the Christmas break!

Contact:
Jenni Tamlin
Senior Account Executive
Monitor Marketing Ltd
0161 743 0980
Email: jenni@monitorcreative.co.uk
www.monitorcreative.co.uk

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Monitor looking for Flash Designers

Thursday November 3, 2011

A shout out to all you talented Flash Developers!!
Are you an experienced Flash Designer/Developer and creative prodigy?
We are currently on the lookout for Flash Developers with experience of creating flash banners for websites (Leader boards and Skyscrapers), to help us with our Shop Local project.
Shop Local is an online convenience store directory, due to be launched in the New Year. For more information on Shop Local please visit, Encounter Magazine’s new Shop Local Directory .
To apply to join the Monitor team in a freelance capacity, please send examples of your work through to jenni@monitorcreative.co.uk

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TAMLIN JOINS MONITOR AS ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

Sunday October 30, 2011

Media and public relations graduate and all round creative virtuoso Jenni Tamlin, joins Monitor – Manchester Creative Agency, as an Account Executive on 30 October 2011.

Having experience of working in the events industry and having recently completed an internship in an Account Executive role for a design company, this really does seem like a perfect match.

Tamlin is clearly a very strong candidate for this position; she is conscientious and takes great pride in excelling at her work. She has a confident approach to and, due to well-developed organisation skills, feels comfortable managing a number of projects simultaneously. Further more, her creative flair means that she is happy to put ideas and thoughts across to other team members. Tamlin has much experience of building and maintaining excellent working relationships and her communications skills are simply outstanding, she will fit right in to the Monitor agency environment.

When asked, a colleague of Tamlin’s said: ‘She will thrive in a position such as this; she has a very dynamic approach to work and thrives on a challenge. She has the right personality to do an excellent job and I have no doubt that she will excel, as I have seen her do so many times in the past.’

When asked about the role, Jenni commented ‘I have always wanted to have the opportunity to work within a field about which I feel passionate; I feel that this is a perfect opportunity for me to do just that, I’m very excited.’

Jenni lives in Didsbury relishes a challenge and loves cake!

Contact:
Jenni Tamlin
Account Executive
Monitor Marketing Ltd
0161 743 0980
Email: jenni@monitorcreative.co.uk
www.monitorcreative.co.uk

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Social Media Branding

Thursday September 29, 2011

With the increasing uses of social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Linkedin in a corporate as well as personal capacity it is becoming an increasingly common sight to come across branded social media accounts such as branded twitter backgrounds and Facebook pages with graphics to entice ‘likes’ for a particular page.

The eagle eyed followers of Encounter Magazine will have seen the recently updated Encounter Twitter and Facebook pages. If you haven’t seen them already why not take a look at the Encounter Twitter and the Encounter Facebook pages now.

Social Media accounts can now be branded to act as an extension of any corporate website, with the ability to create eye-catching graphics on Twitter backgrounds through to creating interactive graphics to entice new Facebook followers to ‘Like’ your Facebook page.

Have you seen a great branded Facebook or Twitter page? – let us know! We always love to see what’s new in the wonderful world of social media.

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