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  CIVIC 16:09 on 24 August 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Carolann Alexander, CIVIC, design, edinburgh (5), edinburgh's Telford College, placement, summer, Visual Communication   

  Summer placement: Carolann Alexander 

  Summer 2010 saw us welcome a new recruit to our design team in the shape of Carolann Alexander, a student on work placement from Edinburgh’s Telford College.

  Currently studying HND Visual Communication (Graphic Design), Carolann contacted us regarding the possibility of building her experience by working on new projects. Impressed by Carolann’s enthusiasm and portfolio, designers Will Price and James Ferguson welcomed her into the team.

  We asked Carolann for her thoughts on joining CIVIC for a short period of time:

  “Being on a work placement at CIVIC benefitted me in many different ways and it was an experience that will help me in the future. I was shown how a high class company succeed on a day-to-day basis, by good planning and communication.

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  CIVIC 13:51 on 10 May 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: CIVIC, news, questions, scott langley, Staff (2), team, victoria krivonos   

  New faces 

  Over the past few months we’ve welcomed a couple of new faces to the team here at CIVIC. We asked them to answer a few questions to help us get to know them better. Meet Scott Langley and Victoria Krivonos:

  

  Scott
  What was your previous job? IT Contractor at RBS
  What is your favourite website & why? BBC- for the sheer quantity and quality of content
  Who is your favourite band/singer? Mos Def
  If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Alaska
  What is one of your quirks your colleagues have to look forward to? Eating a Kit Kat every morning the only way to start the day.
  Do you have any hidden talents? I play the drums and have my own Music blog.
  Who would you rather be stuck in a lift with: Simon Cowell or Jeremy Clarkson? Jeremy Clarkson

  Victoria
  What was your previous job? Manager at Meltwater News – online media monitoring provider.
  What is your favourite website & why? informationisbeautiful.net Because Information IS beautiful – especially on this website.
  Who is your favourite band/singer? The Machine Room
  If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? South East Asia.
  What is one of your quirks your colleagues have to look forward to? This is hard! …a penchant for sparkly clothes…?
  Do you have any hidden talents? Ballroom Dancing
  Who would you rather be stuck in a lift with: Simon Cowell or Jeremy Clarkson? Jeremy….him and his blue jeans and tales of Top Gear…

  Thanks guys and welcome to the team!

   
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  CIVIC 16:00 on 31 March 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: CIVIC, event (4), presentation, slideshare, social media (2), workshop   

  Your social media action plan

  View more presentations from CIVIC Digital.

  Keep an eye on our blog for future workshops & seminars.

   
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  CIVIC 11:37 on 4 March 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: atx, Austin (3), CIVIC, darcie tanner condie (2), digital (4), event (4), interactive (3), kelly jones, sxsw (3), technology, Texas (3), trip, tx   

  CIVIC heads to SXSW Interactive 

  Two of our staff members, Kelly (@kelz71) & Darcie (@darciec), will be flying to Austin, Texas next week for the annual SXSW Interactive festival.

  SXSW Interactive is a series of seminars, workshops, web awards, gaming events, networking and showcases of the latest and up-incoming technologies, digital tools and start-ups.

  During the five day event, they’ll be keeping us updated with videos, images, tweets and tales from SXSW.

  Bring us back something good!

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    Ali Syme 12:29 on 12 March 2010 Permalink

    Have fun! Import some great ideas for us all to enjoy :D

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  CIVIC 22:07 on 14 January 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: CIVIC, darcie tanner condie (2), digital media, edinburgh (5), social media (2), Staff (2)   

  New year, new girl 

  We recently added a new member to our team, Darcie Tanner Condie, who is our in-house digital and social media madame. Coming to us from Channel 4, she is here to provide Civic and our clients with advice, strategies, training and implementation to help meet the needs of the ever growing and demanding digital world. Darcie is experienced across the core disciplines of online marketing, including SEO, PPC, online advertising, social media marketing, viral and PR.

  To throw her in at the deep end, Darcie is one of the delegates providing a workshop at Scotland’s Social Marketing Conference 2010, on 5 February at the Grosvenor Hotel here in Edinburgh on the topic of using social media for social change.

  We are now offering a variety of packages for our clients ranging from social media seminars (introduction or bespoke), social media and digital strategies, team training, consultancy and strategy visualisation.

  If this sounds like something you would be interested in or just want to find out more about how we can help you get involved more online, just drop an email to darcie [at] civicuk [dot] com.

   
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  CIVIC 10:12 on 7 December 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: aggregator, budget, CIVIC, edinburgh (5), marie curie, shoestring xmas, stamp, twitter (2), video (2), vimeo, xmas   

  #Shoestring Xmas 

  

  Last year we were giving for xmas. This year we are giving and saving by doing xmas on a shoestring.

  We have put together a twitter aggregator which pulls in tweets anytime someone mentions ShoestringXmas (#shoestringxmas).

  To promote this fun tool we took old xmas cards – luckily weird people like Darcie collect them – and had rubber stamps made with our message, logo and charity we are donating to, Marie Curie, with the money we saved.

  Many people are having a tough time this year and we felt it would be a good way to bring cheer, cheek and some possibly useful ideas to save!

  Check out the website http://www.shoestringxmas.com and tweet your own ideas.

  Also, you can check out the video below to see the process and the fun we had throughout the project.

  ShoestringXmas: Making Our Cards from CIVICUK on Vimeo.

   
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  CIVIC 09:11 on 16 July 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: awards, CIVIC, digital (4), infoscotland, roses, website, will price   

  CIVIC nominated for Roses award 

  

  The nominations for the Roses Design Awards 2009 have just been announced, and we’re delighted to have been nominated for our work on the recent Positive about Science campaign.

  CIVIC has been shortlisted in the “Digital – Best visual design in a digital medium” category for work on the online branch of the Scottish Government campaign; the campaign challenged misconceptions about science amongst secondary school children and encourage more young people to consider science courses at college and university.

  Will Price, CIVIC’s Head of Design, said; “It’s always good to receive affirmation from your peers, especially with the stiff competition at the Roses. This is also great news for the campaign.”

  The Roses Design Awards promote excellence in design, both graphic and architectural design. The judges are looking for an innovative piece of work, a new approach to design and a concept that’s inspirational.

  Visit the nominated website at http://www.infoscotland.com/science.

  Winners will be announced at the Roses awards ceremony in Nottingham on 23 October. Visit the Roses website for the full list of nominees.

   
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  CIVIC 09:11 on 10 June 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: beer, CIVIC, digital (4), EdCM, edinburgh (5), event (4), peers, socialising   

  CIVIC hosts Edinburgh Beer Evening 

  

  Thursday night saw CIVIC host the first official Edinburgh Beer Evening, a spin-off from the popular Edinburgh Coffee Mornings (ECM) led by DigitalAgency’s Mike Coulter.

  Conversations included starting an online business during a recession, the importance of analysing user trends online, the future of the internet and the merits of 80s music.

  The beer evening attracted many ECM regulars to our offices in South Charlotte Street as well as CIVIC staff. It was a great turn out and we even had to call time on the last stragglers at 10pm. Luckily most of them still managed to turn up to the coffee morning the next day. It was so successful, we plan to run another in a few weeks time, so watch this space for details.

  About ECM

  Every Friday Edinburgh’s creative early risers – producers, marketeers, writers, filmmakers, geeks and the occasional PR person – meet at Centotre from 8am on George Street for breakfast and a chance to share ideas and Web 2.0 finds.

  To find out more about ECM, check out the Facebook page, follow the #EdCM hashtag on Twitter or head to Centotre.