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 and Metia Group 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 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 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.

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