PURCELL MASTERSON associates
10 ormonde st., KILKENNY, IRELAND
TEL.: +353 (0)56 7723211
EMAIL: info@PURCELLMASTERSON.COM
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About us
We use our talent, ideas, expertise and experience to deliver creative and innovative communications service, designed to achieve results for our clients and add genuine value to their business or organisation
OUR TEAM
john masterson
John Masterson, Managing Director - has a Ph. D in Psychology from Trinity College, Dublin and lectured in UCG and TCD before moving to RTE as a television producer While at RTE, he produced programmes across the schedule from Today Tonight to the Late Late Show and worked with leading presenters and artists including Gay Byrne, Brendan O'Caroll, Ryan Turbridy, Ray D'arcy, Shauna Lowry, Olivia O'Leary, Dave Fanning, Noirin Ni Riain, Brian Farrell, Mary Kennedy, Marty Whelan, Elanor Shanley, Ronnie Drew and Neven Maguire
John is also a columnist with the Sunday Independent and an indepedent TV producer sunday independent article, 8th january 2012, sunday independent article, 15th january 2012
He is an experienced communications consultant and trainer
john purcell
John Purcell is currently President of Kilkenny Chamber of Commerce www.kilkennychamber.ie
He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Politics and History from University College Dublin and a Masters Degree in Communications from Dublin City University. After a period with leading Dublin public relations firm, Gilmore Communications, he joined Radio Kilkenny as General Manager in 1993
While at Radio Kilkenny he was actively involved in radio industry initiatives and served as a founding Director of Independent Network News (INN) and as Chairman of AIRS, the Association of Independent Radio Stations
John is a shareholder, director and Chief Executive of CK Broadcasting, the company which operates KCLR 96FM, the radio service for Kilkenny and Carlow
He is director of the national independent news station NewsTalk106 and was Chairman and Executive Chairman of that company from 1999 until 2006. John was a founding Director of Beat102 103 and a member of its board until the company was sold to Thomas Crosbie Holdings in 2007
mary tallent
Mary Tallent graduated from DIT with a first-class Masters in Public Relations and also holds a first-class honours Degree in Social Science and a Masters in Sociology from UCD
She joined Purcell Masterson in March 2004, having previously worked with WHPR and Kennedy PR in Dublin and Progress Communications in Kilkenny
Purcell Masterson's media expert, Mary delivers results driven media strategy and tactics to clients across a range of sectors, including The Carers Association, Carlow LEADER Rural Development Company, Carlow EQUAL Employment Programme, Chesterbridge Developments Ltd., Daisy Discs Records and Dunnes Stores
She is also chief publicist for celebrity chef Neven Maguire
naoimh murphy
Naoimh holds an Honours Degree in European Marketing from the University of Ulster and a Masters in Communications from Dublin Institute of Technology
Having worked in Brand and Marketing management roles in the UK Healthcare sector, Naoimh returned to Ireland to work as a Marketing and Communications consultant with PR at the Helme, the communications arm of Grey Helme Advertising, where she was the lead on a number of high profile B2C campaigns, including the launch of PlayStation2 in Ireland and the national launch of the market leading Big Al's chilled food range for Kepak Meats. Naoimh joined Fleishman-Hillard International, Ireland's leading full service communications consultancy in 2001 as a Director for Corporate Communications
Working for a number of blue chip corporates she was responsible for the Corporate and B2B communications for clients including O2 Ireland, Ernest & Young, The Body Shop and Aer Arann, Europe's fastest growing airline. In 2003 she was awarded a PRCA Award for Excellence in Communications for her work with O2
She also developed the through the line marketing communications campaign for the national launch of the award winning Monart Destination Spa in Co Wexford, a campaign which secured her a Failte Ireland sponsored HSMAI Award for Best Marketing of a New Product or Venue in 2006. Naoimh specialises in delivering strategic marketing & commuications advice to corporate and B2B clients including the Irish Institute of Training & Development, t2 and Hooper Doolan Financial
aoife lanigan
Aoife holds a National Certificate in Computer Networking & Optical Communications from Carlow IT, Sage Accounts from Genesis Business College and City & Guilds Certificate in Computer Applications
She previously worked with NTL in Dublin, HSE - South and Kilkenny Communications
She joined Purcell Masterson in Nov 2011, as Book keeper / Accounts Assistant / Web Designer