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Vivid shines through as Business of the Year in Action Coach 2020 awards

Vivid shines through as Business of the Year in Action Coach 2020 awards

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At a time when many businesses are feeling the pinch of the pandemic and scaling back, full-service creative agency Vivid has managed to grow, taking on new staff and developing its creative operation. “We’ve taken on a performance marketing team this year and that puts us in a great position”, says Gerry Arcari, Vivid’s founder...

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Vivid launches new Performance Marketing team

Vivid launches new Performance Marketing team

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At a time when many businesses are feeling the impact of the pandemic, Vivid is building its team with a new Performance Marketing function. The move puts the agency, says founder and managing director Gerry Arcari, in a position to offer clients a truly integrated, results-driven service that is designed to perform. The new team...

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Bringing it home for Sheffield City Trust

Bringing it home for Sheffield City Trust

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The story so far Since opening in 1988 as Sheffield International Venues, or SIV, these venues have become part of life for the city – places people come to for entertainment, wellbeing, community. From the grandeur of City Hall to the state-of-the-art facilities at Ponds Forge, they’ve been inspiring and improving the health and wellbeing...

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Harmony in the home

Harmony in the home

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Symphony kitchen

Vivid reimagines the fitted kitchen for Gallery 20/21 launch Symphony is the UK’s largest privately-owned manufacturer of fitted kitchen, bedroom and bathroom furniture with a reputation for high quality, design-led, adaptable solutions. Supplying residential developers, social housing providers, independent retailers and merchants, we’ve been working with Symphony for 5 years across their brand family, and...

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First Bus Tap & Cap Campaign Achieves National Recognition

First Bus Tap & Cap Campaign Achieves National Recognition

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First Bus Tap & Cap campaign

Vivid campaign shortlists for Northern Marketing Awards 2020 We’re proud that our marketing campaign for First Bus has reached the shortlist for this year’s Northern Marketing Awards. First Bus selected Vivid to partner in launching its innovative new tap and cap system in South Yorkshire, which allows passengers to pay quickly and easily using contactless....

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Zahina further adds to our class of 2020

Zahina further adds to our class of 2020

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Zahina Choudhury

Zahina joins us with 15 years of Paid Search experience in agencies across London and Yorkshire. In that time she’s worked on some great UK and International accounts across a spectrum of sectors such as Retail, Tech, B2B, Travel, Beauty, Finance, and Charity. She works closely on account implementation, strategy, processes, proposals, and training team...

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Marathon Performance

Marathon Performance

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David Weir in London Marathon 2017 (by Mark Shearman)

Over the weekend, Vivid was proud to deliver a range of results-driven marketing activity during the 2020 London Marathon. This project was developed from the strategic partnership between our client, Eastern Adaptations and British Paralympic wheelchair athlete David Weir CBE. As a leading mobility organisation, Eastern Adaptations provide a wide range of solutions with a...

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Christie’s first week at Vivid

Christie’s first week at Vivid

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Christie Collins

When starting a new job, you envision your first day to include; settling into your environment, building relationships with the team, getting up to speed on current projects, whilst immersing yourself in a whole new culture. My first week at Vivid included all of the above, however, I joined the business working remotely – something...

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Shoring up our digital offering

Shoring up our digital offering

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Usman Yousaf

Hot on the heels of Lucy joining the team, we’re also excited to have Usman join us as a PHP developer, he comes on board with over 2 years of experience working in ecommerce. He is responsible for all aspects of web development, from concept to requirements definition, design, development, launch, maintenance, and user support....

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Welcome to Sheffield, Lucy!

Welcome to Sheffield, Lucy!

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Lucy Whiley

We’re really excited to welcome Lucy to the Vivid team, joining us as a Junior Designer. She’s moved from Stamford for her role at Vivid, and joins us with 3 years of experience in the industry. Lucy’s skills range across design, animation, and illustration, she is a keen learner and is looking forward to continuing...

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Covid-19 & the new office norm…

Covid-19 & the new office norm…

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After 12 weeks working in home isolation, we are really happy that most of the Vivid team were able to return to the office on Monday 1st June! So what's changed, and what's the 'new normal'?

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Google Grant Lifeline for Charities

Google Grant Lifeline for Charities

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Google Grant for Charities

It has been widely reported that UK charities are experiencing significant challenges due to the Covid-19 crisis. With most fundraising activities and events suspended or cancelled, some charities will inevitably struggle to survive but there is a lifeline…

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