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Agency Life
Agency Leader Chats: Changes, Culture, Themes for the Year Ahead
The outlook for agencies is “steady.” Satellite offices are popping up, business is on the rise, and development, hiring, marketing and launching new services are among the major investments that agency leaders say they are making for 2025. A three-year trend continues with creative and account services roles serving as top headcount growth areas, as […]
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Agency Life
Q4: Event Industry People Moves, News, and Deals
Welcome to the latest event marketing industry news digest, featuring updates on new hires, promotions, acquisitions, and launches. Submit your news here. Promotions & Hires Renée Austin has joined Civic Entertainment Group as managing director, head of growth. Austin’s 21-year career has spanned roles at IPG and The Weber Shandwick Collective. Cheerful Twentyfirst has announced […]
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Anniversary Stories: Get to Know Maureen Ryan Fable, 20-Year CEO at FIRST
Over her 20-year tenure as the group ceo of FIRST, a global brand experience agency which creates global events leveraging content, creative, digital technology, management and delivery, and data and insights, Maureen Ryan Fable has leaned on a formula for success that involves creating opportunities for clients and employees, and executing on a variety of […]
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Agency HR Update: Hiring Trends, Mentorship, and the Role of Freelancers
According to findings from EventTrack 2025, EM’s annual research report on experiential marketing, eventgoers are preparing for an active 2025, with 56 percent of respondents planning to show up to more b-to-c and b-to-b events in the coming year than in 2024. Add to that the fact that 74 percent of Fortune 1000 marketers expect […]
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5 Lessons in Immersive Storytelling from DesignScene and Secret Theatre
In 2023, global brand activation agency DesignScene acquired Secret Theatre, led by artistic director Richard Crawford, known for immersive productions like Edward Scissorhands in New York and the internationally acclaimed Hell Hath No Fury, which toured London, Hong Kong, and Singapore. It’s a partnership and evolution for both companies, as the worlds of immersive theatre […]
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A Day of Collaborative Learning: What to Expect at Agency Forum 2024
The third annual Agency Forum convenes at Dream Downtown in New York City on Nov. 13, where experiential agency leaders will hear about agency growth strategies and blueprints, trends, client retention, and driving innovation. But this year, we’re reimagining the format. Leading Agency Forum 2024 are the experts from Projectory.live, who will incorporate playful, collaborative […]
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Agency HR Update: The Talent Pool and Creative Roles
Data from Event Marketer’s annual Event Agency Business Forecast indicated that 2024 would be a year of growth, as agency leaders reported business development, hiring and marketing among their top three investments. Early findings from our 2025 forecast (out this November) show “people” continue to be a key investment for agency leaders, remaining second in […]
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LEO Events Launches Event Minor and Fellows Program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
LEO Events has formed a strategic partnership with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, launching a new corporate event strategy, promotion and production minor offered jointly through the College of Communication and Information (CCI) and the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. Beginning this fall, students will learn b-to-b event marketing, production and event management […]
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Q&A: Award-Winning Perspectives with Grand Ex Recipient Little Cinema
Little Cinema, which burst onto the experiential marketing agency scene in 2016, has helped clients, ranging from Amazon Prime Video to the Kansas City Chiefs to Disney, reimagine their creative possibilities through technology integration and content. It’s been a busy season since the group picked up the 2024 Grand Ex award for Taco Bell’s Live […]
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Agency Life
Q3: Event Industry People, Deals, and Moves
Welcome to the latest event marketing industry news digest, featuring updates on new hires, promotions, acquisitions, and launches. Submit your news here. Promotions & Hires rEvolution has appointed Ross Arnold to the newly created position of Head of Europe. He most recently led the Sports & Entertainment Consulting team at Wasserman, and prior to that, […]