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A Very Merry Christmas

Just a quick note from all the Hatchlings.

Thank you for visiting the site in 2009 and we wish you a very merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

Posted by James in Fun stuff, Hatch / Wed 12/09 / 12:29

Tags: santa, hatch

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We just love Gold.....

Don’t worry this post is short and sweet and will not be littered with any other bad Austin Powers quotes. We just thought we’d let everyone know about our very successful night at this year’s Yorkshire CIPR Awards.

We were shortlisted in two categories, Best Event and Outstanding Small Consultancy and despite some very stiff competition the Hatch team walked away as winners of both categories.

A big thanks goes out to the team who’ve worked their socks off over the past 18 months. Hopefully there will be many awards to come!

Posted by James in Awards, Fun stuff, Hatch, PR / Fri 11/09 / 10:07

Tags: awards, hatch, pr, cipr, leeds

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Sorry, we forgot to mention.

We have been that immersed in work recently that we completely forgot to mention that we have yet another new member of staff. Well, she is not entirely new, but she is here 100% of the time now.

Anna Wilson has been with us pretty much from day one, working a couple of days a week whilst completing her public relations degree at Leeds Met University.

A few weeks ago Anna finally finished her degree, and because we couldn’t bear the thought of some other agency getting her, we snapped her up and got her working here full time.

As an added bonus (and to make us feel like we can identify a good candidate) Anna this week was awarded a First in her degree. We are all very proud of her!

Posted by James in Hatch, new staff, PR, Graduate / Thu 06/09 / 12:23

Tags: pr, graduate, new staff, anna wilson, pr team, events

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The lost art of head shot photography

In the wonderful world of PR we are often asked to organise photography for a whole plethora of things. Events, launches, stunts and of course the ubiquitous cheque presentation, are always being briefed into our ever-helpful photography colleagues.

But out of all these photo necessary situations, the humble head shot is often the most difficult to master.

Luckily our fearless leader, Mr Jason Madeley, has kindly created a very simple ‘how to’ guide for photographers everywhere.

The basic premise of the guide is to try NOT to recreate any of the shots below.

So, if at any time your client/model/new staff member turns up to a photo shoot bringing with them a Morrissey-esc haircut, an appallingly patterned tie, a green crushed velvet background and someone else’s hand to put under their chin, I beg you, please, kill them.

Posted by James in Fun stuff, Hatch, Jason, Photography / Thu 04/09 / 15:27

Tags: jason madeley, pr guide, photography

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It's been a while....

Yep, it's been a good week since we last posted something. Mainly because I (James) was on holiday last week enjoying a snow and sun filled break in Meribel. Much hilarity was had, but thankfully no broken bones!

Anyway, another reason for the lack of updates has been due to the sheer amount of work we have been getting through over the past week. Not only were we a man down, but we also picked up a hat trick of new business, which I am sure we will tell you all about once they are fully bedded in.

Another snippet of good news is that we have a new team member joining us this week in the form of Katie. As well as Katie’s obvious skills and experience in the PR world she also brings with her her love of unusual sandwiches, something I can assure you all, she is very famous for around these parts.

So the Hatch team extend a big warm welcome to Katie and her Lasagne Sandwiches.

Recipes available on request

Posted by James in Fun stuff, Hatch, New Business, new staff / Wed 03/09 / 13:40

Tags: katie eborall, james hickman, sandwhiches, meribel

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The Damned United

Tenuous stardom alert.

Much amusement has been had today after watching the new trailer for The Dammed United in which Jason’s dad gets name checked

How cool?

Watch it here

Posted by James in Fun stuff / Wed 03/09 / 18:22

Tags: fame, the dammed united, paul madeley, brian clough

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It was just like the Oscars!

Okay maybe a slight exaggeration. Anyway, last night the Hatch team donned their party frocks and headed over to the wrong side of the hill (Manchester) for the inaugural Fresh PR awards.

Excitement was high, and we were convinced our work for Peel and the Ocean Gateway Challenge was worthy of a gong. Sadly our much practiced mockery of Ms Winslet’s BAFTA speech was not to be heard by our fellow nominees as we were piped to the Best Event/Stunt award by a great campaign from the guys at Brazen.

However, we didn’t walk away empty handed, our campaign got a highly commended and we were presented with a lovely certificate, which now fills the space where my 'Views of Yorkshire Calendar' once hung on the wall behind my head.

A good night was had by all, with some seriously entertaining shapes being thrown on the dance floor, that I’m sure will ensure the Hatch team are not forgotten in a hurry.
Big congrats to our table mates Dig PR and Kavanagh Communications, who both picked up a number of awards, and who also helped Hatch win a free bottle of bubbly for being one of the noisiest tables of the evening.

Same time next year?

Posted by James in Awards, Hatch / Fri 03/09 / 17:41

Tags: fresh awards, hatch team, shapes, pr

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Self promotion

Check out these guys. Nice bit of self promotion.

Click here!

Posted by James in Fun stuff / Wed 02/09 / 14:05

Tags: self promotion

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Valentine's Campaign

Here's one for all you romantics out there.....

It has been created by the very talented team at McCann's. Two of the agency's creatives fancied doing something fun for Valentine's Day, and without a brief created this for their client Mastercard. Isn't that nice.....

Check it out here

The guy in the chair is the campaign copywriter and the girl is his real missus. Nice way of taking a one off event and creating some buzz, both on and offline.

Posted by James in Fun stuff, Campaign of the week / Mon 02/09 / 15:06

Tags: great campaign, online, mccann erickson

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Spoof Ad Campaigns

Just stumbled upon this.

Great spoof of the Barclaycard Slide advert.

Nicely done.

Posted by James in Fun stuff / Fri 02/09 / 16:25

Tags: spoof advert

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