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Will the real downtown please stand up?
April 24, 2013
What happens when you invite people who live in downtown Winnipeg to weigh in about what it’s like to live, work, learn, play and invest in the area? You have to book a second session. “For the first time in the many years we’ve been facilitating stakeholder sessions, we got more participants than we could [...]
New staff at MCG
April 22, 2013
Tamara Adams Tamara Adams recently joined our account services team as Account Coordinator. She is a graduate of Red River College’s Creative Communications program, where she majored in advertising. She also studied psychology and English at the University of Manitoba. Tamara was first drawn to advertising as a teenager. “I often took piles of fashion [...]
2013 Signature Awards
April 11, 2013
MCG has been named a finalist 19 times in the 2013 Signature Awards – the most honours for any one agency. The annual event that showcases the best advertising, marketing and design produced in Manitoba during the previous year. The competition is organized by the Advertising Association of Winnipeg. Winners will be announced May 9. [...]
Top Honours for Trailblazers
March 21, 2013
The Trailblazer campaign for the University of Manitoba has earned nine more CASE Communications Awards, including two grand golds. The university was also honoured with the prestigious 2013 Virginia Carter Smith Grand Crystal Award, which recognizes the year’s most outstanding communications program and is the highest honour for a post-secondary institution marketing campaign in the [...]
Winnipeg Folk Festival and MCG Partner Again
March 14, 2013
The Winnipeg Folk Festival and McKim Cringan George are pleased to announce we will partner again for creative and advertising services. MCG provided creative services to the WFF in 2010 and 2011. “The creative MCG produces for the Winnipeg Folk Festival resonates with fans and helps us achieve and exceed our goals,” says Lynne Skromeda, [...]
Polo Park’s Black Friday a Smash
December 20, 2012
MCG would like to congratulate client Polo Park in the successful launch of its first-ever Black Friday event. As one of Winnipeg’s top retail destinations, Polo Park wanted to offer local shoppers a premiere alternative to shopping in the United States, where the Black Friday sales day originates. MCG worked closely with Polo Park to [...]
University of Manitoba ‘Trailblazer’ Campaign Evolves
October 24, 2012
A campaign for the University of Manitoba that celebrates the geographic and human landscape of Manitoba and its largest university has evolved to its next phase with national and local executions. Throughout October and November 2012, on billboards, websites, bathroom mirrors on campus and lenticular movie theatre posters, Manitobans are witnessing the transition of young [...]
The Exchange Group’s Unveiling
October 18, 2012
MCG congratulates new client, The Exchange Group (EXG) on the successful launch of their student recruitment program. EXG is a boutique accounting firm that enjoys an energetic and dynamic culture. The team approached MCG to design and develop a small marketing campaign to attract high quality accounting students to the program. A targeted microsite, and takeaway [...]
Regina Revitalization Initiative
September 21, 2012
Congratulations to our client the City of Regina on the launch of the Regina Revitalization Initiative (RRI). The program has been in the works for many months, and MCG was tasked over summer 2012 with developing a visual identity, website and communications collateral for the project. The website and program were launched to the public [...]
Funkins Take Flight
The agency would like to congratulate our new client, MyFunkins, on the successful launch of their new website. MCG also developed a series of marketing collateral materials for the client. MyFunkins is an online store that sells Funkins, cloth napkins for kids. “Working with the enthusiastic team at MCG has been an absolute delight!” says [...]
