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The Newsletter for Clients and Partners
Dear clients, dear partners of MEDIA CONSULTA, Despite the ongoing economic crisis MC managed to win numerous new accounts this year. In the last three months alone we were able to secure highly remunerated budgets with a total volume of almost 30 million euro for the coming years. In particular, the services of our international agency network convinced brand clients such as the luxury hotel chain Lotte and the clothing company Gant. Winning the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSZE) as a new client demonstrates how important it was to strengthen the agency’s USPs: internationality and integrated communications. For the Kazak OSZE presidency, MC accounts for the complete international communications work, especially in Europe and in the USA. In addition, we will undertake a travelling exhibition for the German Embassy on the theme “Modern Germany”. In January 2010, we will found a MC network agency in Kazakhstan’s capital city Astana. Furthermore, I held on-site talks with the oil and energy company KazMunayGas regarding possible communications co-operations.
After having enlarged our network in Latin-America in 2009, we will establish two new service units MC Global Translate and MC Global Travel in early 2010. MC Global Translate will offer professional translations services and editorial adaptions in order to realise worldwide campaigns, thereby covering the fields of advertising, public relations, economy and finances for print and online media as well as for audio-visual media. Our MC Event Unit organises more than 100 national and international events every year. For handling flight and hotel bookings as well as conferences, we have established the in-house IATA travel agency MC Global Travel. With this advanced network and portfolio, we are even better positioned to respond to our clients’ and partners’ needs.
I wish you a pleasant pre-Christmas period and lots of success and healthiness for 2010!
Yours sincerely,
Harald Zulauf CEO MEDIA CONSULTA International Holding AG
Projects and Accounts
Gant counts on MC HungaryThe premium lifestyle brand Gant has entrusted MEDIA CONSULTA with its integrated campaign in Hungary. MC has taken charge of the entire press work, event management, graphic design and the development of an innovative brand strategy for the Hungarian market. In order to deliver a target group specific and consistent communications message, MC has developed a specific wording for the client. Gant has also entrusted MC with the organisation of several events, amongst others two shop openings. For these, MC designed the graphical materials, organised the catering and coordinated the invitation management of the journalists and the special guests. At a press luncheon, Gant’s CEO Dirk Jan Stoppelenburg provided background information to the journalists. MC has also taken care of setting up and maintaining contacts to high profile fashion and design journalists and editors. The Sweden-based clothing company Gant was originally established in the US and has been active in Hungary since 1999.
MC Russia has taken charge of the PR campaign for the Lotte Hotel MoscowThe South Korean premium chain Lotte Hotels and Resorts is opening a 5-star complex in the heart of Moscow at the start of 2010. The pan-European agency network of MEDIA CONSULTA (MC) has been entrusted with the pre-launch communication campaign. MC Russia, MC’s Russian sister agency, is coordinating the on-site press work. Besides, the agency accounts for the graphical implementation of the campaign and a comprehensive optimisation of the website. The current Moscow-focused PR measures will soon be adapted for the European market. The goal of this campaign will be to increase publicity for the largest South-Korean luxury hotel chain in Europe. In addition, the campaign will highlight the Moscow hotel’s supreme international standards of understated exclusivity. The communication measures will be in place until July 2010 and are primarily directed at tourists and business people. Lotte Hotels & Resorts is part of the Lotte Group, which comprises 50 companies from various sectors. The conglomerate has been active in Russia since 1997.
MC implements EU campaign to bolster small and medium enterprisesFor the second time in a row, the European Commission, Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, will present the SME Week (small and medium enterprises) from 25 May to 1 June 2010. MC takes charge of the organisation and implementation of the European-wide campaign for the promotion of SMEs, providing services from the fields of Event, PR, Advertising, Online and TV. The aim of the SME Week is to provide and disseminate information about supportive measures of the EU and the national authorities. This will motivate potential entrepreneurs to work towards achieving their goals, whilst encouraging existing SMEs to further develop their business to maximise its full potential. The integrated campaign comprises the development of an encompassing communication strategy and the optimisation of the website. MC will also implement online advertising measures and will produce several viral spots, posters, brochures and merchandising products, in order to raise awareness of the European-wide event week. MC’s event unit will arrange the opening ceremony for the SME Week.
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MC Clip of the Month
 | Mads Mikkelsen and Christiane Paul fight climate changeClient: European Commission, Directorate-General Environment In December, the high-ranking international government representatives will discuss prospective outlooks regarding climate change. MC promotes the European Commission’s campaign in the run-up to the UN Climate Change Conference among others with two video spots. The spots were produced together with Mads Mikkelsen, known as adversary of James Bond in the movie “Casino Royale”, and the German actress Christiane Paul. You can watch the clips at MCTubeTV.
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Welcome to MC
 | Benjamin Müller-Grote (32) - Head of Advertising Unit, MC BerlinBenjamin Müller-Grote studied Marketing Communications at the Communications Academy, Hamburg, Germany and has longstanding experience with agencies and brands at his disposal. He has worked as an Account Director at the communications agency TBWA, the advertising agency KNSK, at SelectNY in Hamburg and New York, at Draftfcb as well as at Scholz & Friends. Since November 2009, he has lead MC’s Advertising Unit where he is responsible for the development of integrated communications strategies, the evaluation of campaigns and for all new business activity in the Advertising Unit. |
 | Polina Nepryakhina (24) – PR Manager, MC MoscowPolina Nepryakhina studied International Journalism with a specialisation in Business Public Relations and Law of the European Union in Moscow. Afterwards, she worked as a PR Manager at DP-Trade Ltd., a Russian wholesaler of elite wines and spirits. From 2008 to 2009, she was a Public Relations Executive Director at the Moscow affiliate of Austrian M.S.I. Vertriebs GmbH and Expoevents GmbH, organisers of international trade exhibitions and conferences. Since October 2009 Polina is working for MEDIA CONSULTA, she most notably advises clients like Lotte Hotel Moscow and is participating in preparations for the French-Russian Year 2010 tender. |
Vacancies
• Managing Director (f/m), Brussels/Belgium • PR Consultant (f/m), Paris/France • Senior PR Consultant International PR/Brands (f/m), Berlin/Germany
For further vacancies please visit www.media-consulta.com/vacancies.html.
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MC Data and Events
Date: December 7–18, 2009 in Copenhagen/DenmarkUN Climate Change Conference Client: European Commission, Directorate-General Environment MC contact persons: Volker Thoms, Alice Milstein At the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen on 7th-18th December, high-ranking international government representatives will negotiate a follow-up agreement for the Kyoto protocol expiring in 2012. On behalf of the European Commission, Directorate-General Environment, MC has taken care of the EU campaign “Fight Climate Change” in the run-up to the conference. MC has also implemented measures in the fields of PR, Advertising, Event, Online and TV, to raise awareness of the high-level meeting. For the campaign, MEDIA CONSULTA produced two clip with the actors Mads Mikkelsen and Christiane Paul which can be seen on the platform MCTubeTV. For further information on the EU campaign, please visit www.fightclimatechange.eu.
In the End
In its first participation in the survey "Agency Images 2009“, MC performed successfully and reached position six of twenty in the category “Integrated Communications”. Thus MEDIA CONSULTA was able to compete with renowned agencies as BBDO, Fischer Appelt, Saatchi & Saatchi as well as Kolle Rebbe. The image ranking was initiated by the German business magazines “Handelsblatt” (English: commerce paper) and “Absatzwirtschaft” in cooperation with the market research bureau Innofact. 375 marketing experts evaluated 30 agencies that had been selected previously.
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Chief Executive Officer: Harald Zulauf Editorial Desk: Shila Meyer-Behjat, Gregor Spitzer, Julika Witte |  |
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