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Recognises Ever Evolving Digital Landscape

Friday 30^th March – Convention Centre, Dublin

Over 600 guests, including the cream of Ireland’s digital media world were out in force last Friday evening (30^th March) at the 10^th annual Nokia Digital Media Awards.  The Gala Dinner and Awards ceremony took place at the Convention Centre, Dublin and was hosted by Après Match Comedian and Entertainer Barry Murphy.

 A record number of entries were received this year demonstrating how important the medium of digital has become to all organisations from SME’s, NGO’s and multinationals. The range of categories was extended to 10, a clear reflection of the ever-evolving digital landscape in Ireland.

  A real life David vs Goliath example of how the SME market has embraced digital media and experienced major wins is Dublinbusiness Argus Car Hire, who beat off stiff competition from major multinationals by scooping the 2012 Grand Prix accolade. This award is presented to the most highly acclaimed project of the year.  Argus Car Hire’s entry “Working Local, Thinking Global” was given the top grade by the esteemed judges across all 25 categories. This was an outstanding achievement and indeed, a significant victory for a company that has wholeheartedly embraced digital media in their marketing strategy.  Argus Car Hire also picked up the new award for Best Search Marketing Campaign, for their “Working Local, Thinking Global” Campaign.

 One member of the revered adjudication panel remarked “Argus Car Hire was a phenomenal and expansive entry showing impressive growth even in the mature areas of their business.”

 Another new addition to the list of awards, Best Digital Marketing Campaign, went to Target McConnells for their Vodafone Cherry Points Campaign and Ogilvy Dublin collected Best New Media Campaign by an Agency for their Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project. 

 Online food safety management software solution, Safefood 360, ensures food businesses worldwide have access to a best practise enterprise software solution for the management of food safety, so it’s no wonder they collected The Cloud Innovation Award.

 The final honor of the night was the Best Agency Award, which was won by OMD, one ofIreland’s leading media agencies.   The judges were impressed by the agency’s examples of how brands can lead by being innovative and investing in clever integrated online and offline campaigns and “own” online research for their sector. 

 Commenting on the awards, Event Manager Tracey Carney said: “I am astonished at the amount of talent which is in the room right now! We have such amazing, world-class digital geniuses here in Ireland and I’m looking forward to seeing what they’ll do next.”

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Jim Jim Nugent, Host of the Nokia Digital Media Awards 2012

We are delighted to announce that FM104′s Jim Jim Nugent of the Strawberry Alarm Clock is the host of the 2012 Nokia Digital Media Awards! With an avid interest in social media combined with a comical view on pretty much everything, Jim Jim is sure to be a delightfully entertaining host!

Jim-Jim Nugent has been a radio presenter for the past 20 years. Starting off in pirate radio, Jim quickly moved from a late night talk show to breakfast radio where he has been a familiar voice for the past 12 years. He has won eight prestigious PPI Radio Awards for his show The Strawberry Alarm Clock (which he presents and produces) including this year’s ‘Best Breakfast Show’. The Strawberry Alarm Clock is the No.1 Breakfast Show in Dublin.

Jim has written and produced many comedy items over the years including sketches, songs and calls and 2010 saw him perform his first stand-up comedy shows. He has co-presented a game show on RTE Television and appeared as a guest on numerous TV shows including The Podge & Rodge Show, Tubridy Tonight and many others. He became a father for the first time in August last year.