We’ve moved the Heavenly Blog!

We’ve moved the Heavenly Blog so that it is now an integral part of our recently redesigned website.

The Blog can now be found at http://www.heavenly.co.uk/brand-agency-news/ Here you’ll find out all about our latest news, appointments, client wins and awards.

Why not have a look at the site in detail?, it showcases some great examples of work from the brand consultancy that the industry is talking about. http://www.heavenly.co.uk

Industry comment on Heavenly’s campaign

Our current advertising campaign has received very positive feedback from a key industry publication this week.

The campaign which launched at the end of July in Design Week and Broadcast and is being followed by extensive activity in the Financial Times and other industry publications has led Lynda Relph-Knight, editor of Design Week, to suggest in her weekly blog, that it ‘could change attitudes to advertising within the design sector’ and ‘should provoke a long-overdue debate about good branding’.

Heavenly hires Andy York from Interbrand as Head of Verbal Identity

Heavenly’s senior team is being further strengthened by the arrival of Interbrand’s Director of Verbal Identity, Andy York, who joins the agency as Head of Verbal Identity.

York had been at Interbrand almost three years working with Rio Tinto, Nissan, Hays, Petroc and KPMG. His career has been unusually wide ranging, spanning agencies from PublicisDialog and Leagas Delaney to projects with Landor, Interstate, and The Brand Union where he worked on the groundbreaking Ericsson story-telling project.

Speaking of his move, Andy York said: "The new role at Heavenly is all about giving our clients exciting creative thinking that also makes them more commercially successful. I don’t think one needs to exclude the other. It is about work that will make you smile as much as it makes you think. I think we can push how brands use language much, much further. I’m hugely looking forward to a fresh challenge.

Talking of Andy’s appointment, Nick Sunderland, Creative Strategy Director at Heavenly, said: "We have long been an admirer of Andy’s work and have courted him for some time. He shares our views that we need to make brand personality and tone of voice one and the same – it’s as much about how a company behaves as it is about writing and speaking”.

York’s arrival comes after a series of recent high profile appointments and acquisitions including Paul Franklin as Deputy Creative Director, Gwen Kotschy as Head of Television and the acquisitions of Be A Brand and Martin Lambie-Nairn’s partnership ML-N.

Commenting on the recent activity, Richard Sunderland, Heavenly’s Founder and CEO said: "Andy is the latest piece in our management jigsaw and gives us fantastic firepower in verbal identity alongside our strategic and visual strengths. We’re delighted that Andy has chosen to join us”.

Heavenly launches new website and press campaign

Heavenly launches a redesigned website and press campaign today.

The site, which replaces the critically acclaimed chalkboard concept that the branding agency has used since 2005 has been built in conjunction with digital agency Clusta. Speaking about the new site, Commercial Director, Graham Barnetson said “It is clearer, bolder and more confident than our previous site and it marks a clear transition in Heavenly’s development. It also provides a better showcase for the breadth and depth of our excellent creative work and enables the work to stand independently of the site.

The launch coincides with a press and online campaign initially focussed on the arrival of Martin Lambie-Nairn as Creative Director at the agency headlined “If you are looking for Martin Lambie-Nairn he's gone to Heavenly” that will roll out across Design Week and Broadcast. The activity will also be supplemented with FT activity over the forthcoming months. The new site remains on Heavenly's old url - http://www.heavenly.co.uk/

Heavenly on BBC Radio 5 - Is Tony Hayward right to go?

Our Creative Strategy Director, Nick Sunderland, was featured on Victoria Derbyshire’s programme on Radio 5 Live today. He was one of a panel that included shareholders, environmentalists and other business leaders who discussed Tony Hayward’s handling of the oil spill and asked whether in "negotiating his exit" the BP Chief Executive is he right to go.

Follow this link to listen to the progamme on BBC iPlayer

Over 2m people watch Heavenly on BBC1

Figures just released show that 2.07m people watched Heavenly in BBC’s ‘High Street Dreams’ shown on BBC 1 and BBC HD on Friday 9th July.

The BARB ratings issued on 16th July show that the programme featured in the Top 100 Network Programmes of the week attracting even more viewers than ITV’s News at Ten on Wednesday of the week.

The episode featured Jo Malone and Nick Leslau helping two entrepreneurs who were keen to enter the home ware market.

Heavenly were approached by Jo to help one of the entrepreneurs, Harry Singer, brand his innovative picture frames. The branding agency created the concept of ‘Photo Liberation’ and from that derived the brand name ‘Phlib’. They helped Harry create an iconic brand identity and messaging that was based around displaying photographs rather than storing them on hard drives or Flickr accounts. The consultancy created messaging that included “Mo’ Foto!!”and “Don’t be a F**CKR, Set your photos free!”

Speaking about the programme, Richard Sunderland, Heavenly’s CEO said “We were delighted to be involved in the show and working with Jo and Harry was great fun! Harry has created a brilliant product and we were able to create a brand and messaging that really gave it character and set it apart from anything else in the market. The audience figures are a real bonus and we wish Harry and Phlib all the best for the future. We know that Phlib will be a great success”

To find out more about how to liberate your photos visit Phlib at http://www.phlib.co.uk/

Paul Franklin joins Martin Lambie-Nairn at Heavenly

The appointment of Paul Franklin as Heavenly’s Deputy Creative Director will see the reinstatement of his creative partnership with Martin Lambie-Nairn.

Paul will report directly to Martin, providing a dynamic complement to him that will drive Heavenly’s creative output.

Paul, who has an extensive freelance portfolio, worked at Lambie-Nairn with Martin and was Creative Director on numerous projects with him, including projects for the BBC and a full rebrand of Abu Dhabi TV. His time with the WPP subsidiary also included directing work on Swiss Telco –Sunrise, O2 and EA Games. Prior to this, Paul was Lead Senior Designer for the Nokia Design Brand Team where his work included harmonising their global identity.

Martin, commenting on Paul’s appointment said: “I am delighted to be working with Paul again. He is one of the most talented and inspirational designers that I have ever worked with. His vision, insight and creativity will add real value to Heavenly and our clients and his appointment is a further sign of our commitment to create great design.”

Speaking of his appointment, Franklin said “Being reunited with Martin is great and I am very excited about what the future holds. The team at Heavenly are very gifted and I am delighted to be part of it. The role at Heavenly is one that any designer would be excited by.”

Franklin’s arrival further strengths the senior team at Heavenly and follows Gwen Kotschy’s recent appointment as Head of Television and the Company’s acquisition of Personal Branding Business ‘Be A Brand’ and the arrival of its MD, James Fenner.