Emakina Group and Metia Group Sign Strategic Partnership
BRUSSELS and LONDON, September 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
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Emakina Group and Metia Group, two independent full-service digital marketing agencies
announce a strategic partnership. The geographic and organizational alliance will generate
new opportunities to the benefit of existing and future clients.
The two groups will now provide a local presence to execute digital marketing
programmes in the USA, UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland and Singapore,
through a combined workforce of some 600 digital marketing professionals.
Brands are increasingly looking for cross-border digital marketing solutions. Both
Emakina [http://www.emakina.com ] and Metia Group [http://www.metia.com ] are at the
forefront of this evolution, creating consistent international brand experiences that
leverage the full potential of the digital world. They support client programmes to
sustain continuous conversation through social channels and build rich, interactive
experiences.
Metia CEO, Steve Ellis: "We both execute global campaigns from our offices around the
world for clients who apply a centralized approach. Many brands also want a local presence
to support their country marketers, engage local audiences and directly build their
customer communities. Emakina's expertise in marketing and digital projects and their
presence in key European markets will be very beneficial to our clients, both existing and
future ones."
Pierre Gatz, Emakina Group Executive Partner: "The world is getting smaller and
communication more complex. Our partnership with a strong, respected international company
such as Metia Group will add important organizational strength, high added-value skills
and experienced resources to our service offering, across borders. Together we increase
our international coverage considerably, particularly in terms of joining the US / UK
presence of Metia, with our own strong presence across continental Europe."
Emakina Group [http://www.emakina.com ] is a European group of digital agencies that
helps its clients to benefit from the new digital era. Its agencies are Emakina (Brussels,
Paris, Limoges, Geneva, Rotterdam, London), Emakina.EU and Emakina/Media (Brussels),
Design is Dead (Antwerp) and The Reference (Ghent). The group has 450 collaborators and
works for large organisations and international companies. Emakina achieved a turnover of
41.3 million euro in 2011. (mnemo: ALEMK) (ISIN: BE0003843605).
Metia Group [http://www.metia.com ] is a digital marketing agency with operations in
London, Seattle, New York and Singapore. Employing some 150 professionals, Metia delivers
digital experiences, solutions, services and tools that are focused, smart and repeatable
- and that generate measurable value.
Emakina Group and Metia
CONTACT: Contact: Luc Malcorps, T +32-2-788-79-73; Chanda Gathani, +44-203-100-3605