Heavenly achieves Welsh success!

Heavenly are delighted that they have achieved success in their tender for four lots in the Welsh Assembly Government’s Creative Services Framework, the results of which were announced earlier this week.

In a hugely contested process lasting over 8 months, Heavenly secured ‘one of the highest scores’ for each of the lots that they were awarded. The lots were Creative Development & Execution, Brand Strategy, Brand Identity and Brand Tone of Voice.

Speaking of the award, Heavenly’s Managing Director, Richard Sunderland said: “We are hugely proud of this achievement. We have been working with the Welsh Assembly Government for over 6 years now and believe that our empathy with Wales and the excellent creative work that we have produced has helped contribute to our success. “

John Rhys, Managing Partner at Heavenly, a role which he combines with the Chairmanship of Welsh brewer and pub company Brains, added: “We have developed some highly successful work recently, including ‘The Valleys – Heart and Soul of Wales’ brand launch, campaigns to celebrate major events in Wales, such as The Ashes and The Ryder Cup and the relaunch of the ‘Wales The True Taste’ brand. We are delighted to be in a position to work with the Welsh Assembly Government for a further 3 years and look forward to creating plenty more successful branding and marketing initiatives.”

Heavenly acquires Personal Branding Business – Be A Brand

Heavenly announced today that it has acquired personal branding agency, Be A Brand. As a result of the deal, Be A Brand’s Managing Director, James Fenner, has joined Heavenly’s senior management team.

This acquisition follows that of the ML-N partnership in late 2009 and Martin Lambie-Nairn’s arrival at Heavenly as Creative Director.

Be A Brand is a specialist personal branding agency whose clients include McFly, Westlife and Marcus Wareing among others.

Commenting on Be A Brand’s integration into Heavenly, Richard Sunderland, founder and Managing Director said: “More and more celebrities are taking advantage of branding principles to further their fame and fortune. In the future, we believe anybody who’s anybody will manage their personal reputation and identity as a brand. James is a great coup for us and brings some invaluable experience in the burgeoning field of personal branding which will add great value to our existing offering ‘Halo’.”

James Fenner’s experience includes roles as Strategy Director at Interbrand as well as Planning Director of DDB, both in Sydney. He established Be A Brand in early 2009.

Speaking of his new role, James said “Bringing Be A Brand into Heavenly makes perfect sense. The guys are ambitious and up for redefining the way branding is done in the 21st century. I’m looking forward to getting stuck in.”

Design Week - Top 100

Heavenly in at No 44 in Design Weeks' Top 100 Consultancy Survey. Also one of only 3 agencies identified as 'On the Up'!