Malaysia’s top retailer calls for a media pitch
(marketingmagazine.com.my)– By: Malati Siniah The owner of some of Malaysia’s top retail brand GCH Retail has kicked off a media tender earlier this month. The company which operates and owns Giant, Cold Storage, Mercato, TMC and Jasons in Malaysia is looking for an agency to handle its media planning and buying across traditional medias. When […]
Did you know there are only 300 Data Scientists in Malaysia?
INTI International University & Colleges recently hosted a panel discussion with its industry partners from IBM Corporation, MDEC, and JobStreet to address the employment gaps and opportunities in the age of data analytics. The panel included. Amy Hirst, Director, Power, z Systems, and Storage WW Technical Training, IBM Corporation;. Gopi Ganesalingam, Vice President, Enterprise Development, […]
Ensemble sheds some light on their 4As rejection
Following up from a statement released last week by 4As on the rejection of Ensemble’s application to join the 4As, Bala Pomaleh, CEO of IPG Mediabrands and Amit Sutha, Managing Director of Ensemble Worldwide shared their side of the story. Ensemble applied to be a 4As member through Futureplay Sdn. Bhd. and was rejected. We […]
#IWD: My advice to a young girl looking to break into the industry….
We asked 7 leading female leaders who are at the top of their game give their advice (marketingmagazine.com.my)– By: Malati Siniah Happy International Women’s Day or IWD! Getting ahead in the advertising, media, marketing and communications industry is no easy feat especially with its reputation of being typically dominated by males. Glass ceiling or no, […]
Emir Shafri named ECD for Y&R Malaysia
(marketingmagazine.com.my)– Y&R Malaysia today announced the appointment of Emir Shafri to Executive Creative Director, reporting to Y&R Asia Regional Chief Creative Officer Marcus Rebeschini. Following a successful 5 years at Y&R Singapore, where he helped expand its digital division as the agency’s Digital Lead, Emir returned to KL as Creative Director in 2016. Now as […]
Adhering to the right guidelines
(marketingmagazine.com.my)– By: Malati Siniah MARKETING recently had the pleasure to have a sit-down interview with Ahmad Izham Omar, Chief Executive Officer of Media Prima Television Networks and Primeworks Studios. Known to many as the king of content not many know that apart from being the driving force behind Media Prima’s content innovation Izham is also […]
APPIES Malaysia 2017 now open for entries
All smiles from last year’s APPIES Malaysia winners. (marketingmagazine.com.my)– Fame starts here! Almost all of last year’s APPIES Malaysia winners went on to win big in regional and global awards shows which is why we are bringing back Malaysia’s “TED for Marketing” for its second year! Your campaign will be judged by over 25 leaders in the […]
May Ling is On for Yangon!
Chan May Ling, Head of Marketing Services at Digi Telecommunications, is moving to Telenor Myanmar as Vice President & Head of Brand starting March 15 in Yangon. Myanmar Post and Telecommunications (MPT) is the main mobile player with Qatar’s Ooredoo and Norway’s Telenor. In April last year, Vietnamese military-owned group Viette secured the nation’s […]
Digital-Data-Disruption: What it means to Out of Home in Asia
(marketingmagazine.com.my)– By: Ron Graham Anyone in marketing today is very aware of the impact of digital across all media channels. In tandem, there has been an explosion of available data and an increasing desire for more data about consumers, brands and marketing solutions. Every part of the communications industry is being transformed. Advertising media is […]
4A’s releases a statement on Ensemble’s application rejection
(marketingmagazine.com.my)– Ensemble’s application to join the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia (4As) was rejected as it did not comply with the Rules of the Association, clarified Dato’ Johnny Mun, 4As President in a statement. Mun added that only a registered company can qualify to apply to be a 4As member. Ensemble, part of the […]
