How exciting to be asked by Nigeria’s leading paint company, Chemical and Allied Products Plc (CAP), to support them with a strategic branding project and fly to the capital, Lagos, for hands-on workshops. With a new management team in place, CAP is intent on streamlining and strengthening its brand portfolio in line with its vision of “creating a new Africa inspired by colours.”
Great news. We're super happy that Daniel Enervald, an expert in filmmaking, 3D motion graphic, AR and VR has joined the Open creative team in Stockholm to support our growing international client roster. Welcome aboard Daniel!
Feeling grateful for all the good received during the year. One thing that running an international agency has taught us is to embrace differences all around the world. Whatever your holiday tradition (if it's even your holiday) we wanted to take this opportunity to send a big thanks to our friends, customers, partners and family for all the fantastic support and feedback during 2019.
28 days. Not exactly Amazon shipping times. But when you’re delivering tons of stainless steel coiled tube products across China and the Asia Pacific region, it’s pretty fast. At least compared to waiting four to six months for longer length reels to arrive from abroad. Thrilled to help Sandvik launch this new service in the region with a host of digital tools – and now very successful sales!
Big thanks to all our clients and our staff for a fantastic spring season. Now it's time to grab a cold drink in the sun, find a good book and recharge the batteries. See you soon in early August.
Emotions matter. Especially in B2B marketing. That applies to your selection of visual imagery for social media, ads, trade shows and more. Used effectively, high-impact images can grab attention, build your brand, differentiate your offering and drive sales, according to research from Google, CEB and Harvard.
If you work internationally, you may have already solved many of your English communication needs. Perhaps you’ve got a writer or international agency that knows your business and tone of voice. Or you get by with translations. If so, great. However, if you have a sneaking feeling that your English content could be sharper and tighter and you need a writer, you may find these 10 tips useful.
Peek into any Swedish family’s bathroom and you’ll find at least one PROFFS hairstyling product. The distinctive pink packaging is synonymous with professional quality at affordable prices. Since the 1980s, the family-owned company has built an enviable market position in Sweden. Now they’ve asked Open to help take them to the next level.
When Bluewater founder Bengt Rittri gave us a call, he was on fire. He talked passionately about getting rid of plastics in the oceans, bringing the world clean water, improving human health and restoring the planet. But how? By harnessing the power of human ingenuity to solve some critical challenges. It was an exciting vision and we were immediately hooked.
We’re delighted to be helping to launch ROOFTOP, an exclusive office located just a stone’s throw from Stockholm’s Central Station. The two penthouses, to be built in 2017 on the 7th and 8th floor of the centrally located Fleming7 building, offer panoramic city views . The marketing involves a mix of online and offline tools, including films for multiple channels. www.fleming7.se/rooftop
Open Communications is delighted to announce that Daniel Askergren has joined its Stockholm creative hub as Senior Account Director. From strategy to brand activation in multiple channels, he brings deep knowledge of both B2B and B2C brands with more than 15 years of international experience. We're delighted to have Daniel joining our growing team.
It's a fact - at last! We’re thrilled to announce that Daniel Askergren has joined our growing pool of international talent at Open Communications as Senior Account Director. Daniel is a true internationalist with an extensive background in the agency world, having worked as an Account Director at Ottoboni, one of Sweden’s largest digital agencies, and at DDB as Nordic Client Services Director.
Magdalena William, a former Managing Director within McCann and Account Director at Lowe Brindfors and Peacock Advertising, is joining Open Communications, an independent brand communications agency. She brings with her extensive international experience from both B2B and B2C brands , including brand development projects, event activation, digital, social and content marketing.
Open Communications, the international brand communications agency, has added two senior recruits to support its growing business. Magdalena William, a former Managing Director at McCann and Account Director at Lowe Brindfors and Peacock Advertising has joined the account team. Jeanette Anderson, formerly a designer at MullenLow, King and DDB Paradiset, joins the Open creative studio.
What an exciting and rewarding year 2015 has been! To all of our customers, colleagues and friends across the world, we wanted to say THANK YOU for all your fantastic feedback, kind words, endless support, trust and love. Now it's time for all of us to relax, be close to our nearest and dearest and have a joyous holiday. Have a truly fantastic holiday season! From all of us at OPEN.
Let us start by making a confession. We at Open have a love-hate relationship to content marketing. On the one hand, the term bugs us because it's so all encompassing, vague and devoid of strategic emphasis. Content marketing? Come again? At the same time, we love the possibilities that exciting new digital tools and platforms are opening for the world’s storytellers. In a way, we are hooked too.
To build awareness about its innovative materials solutions for the offshore oil and gas sector, Sandvik has launched a long-term communications program together with Open Communications, the Stockholm-based strategic brand communications agency. The program, which started in the spring of 2015, has already won several industry awards for its creative approach in this conservative sector.
Award-winning and long-time Lowe Brindfors Art Director Håkan "Hank" Fagerstedt has joined Open Communications, the independent global brand communications firm, as Creative Director. He will work alongside Co-Creative Director & American copywriter David Gray and Gunilla Lundström, CEO, Partner and Account Director, to ensure that Open's growing client roster is getting top-quality service.
Award-winning and long-time Lowe Brindfors Art Director Håkan "Hank" Fagerstedt has joined Open Communications, the Stockholm-based independent global branding firm, as Creative Director. He will work closely with Co-Creative Director David Gray and CEO Gunilla Lundström to oversee the agency's creative work and ensure that clients are getting world-class service.
A true internationalist at heart, Eva has worked at Ogilvy, Lowe Brindfors, McCann and Ehrenstråhle BBDO. Over the years she has handled multinational accounts ranging from Kraft and Electrolux to Marbodal and Sandvik. While at BBDO, she was was responsible for the global Alfa Laval account and worked for Sandvik and SKF, delivering both traditional and interactive projects. Welcome to Open Eva!