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.

Gwen Kotschy joins Martin Lambie-Nairn at Heavenly

Heavenly is delighted to announce the appointment of Gwen Kotschy as Head of Television.

Gwen will report directly to Martin Lambie-Nairn who joined Heavenly as Creative Director in November 2009.

She joins Heavenly from Soho based production company, Smithereen, where she was a Producer. Her extensive portfolio includes individual promos through to channel rebrands across a range of clients that include The Disney Channel, Discovery Networks Europe and MTV Networks Europe.

Commenting on Gwen’s appointment Martin Lambie-Nairn said: “We are exceptionally excited about Gwen’s arrival. She is a hugely talented Producer who will bring real depth to Heavenly’s Broadcast offering. We have already produced some great work in the TV arena and I know that Gwen will enhance that. She is going to help us drive our on screen service and make Heavenly famous in the sector”

Speaking of her new role, Kotschy said “Joining Heavenly is hugely exciting and working with Martin who is one of the world’s leading authorities on TV brand identity is a real honour. Heavenly have got some incredible plans for TV and I’m really looking forward to being part of something new and challenging.”

See Heavenly on BBC One and BBC HD

Heavenly are delighted to be involved in Jo Malone’s TV programme ‘High Street Dreams’ which is being broadcast on Friday 9th July at 19:00hrs on both BBC1 and BBC HD . For more details please see http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t154d