FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
12/10/07
Artisan Complete Adds Another Digital Signage Expert
Stephen Ghigliotty joins Artisan Live team.
MARKHAM - Artisan Complete, one of North America’s leading providers of retail communication solutions, is pleased to announce the addition of Stephen Ghigliotty to its Artisan Live division. Ghigliotty will bring his 15 years of digital and interactive marketing experience to clients looking to extend and adapt their message onto the rapidly growing medium of digital signage.
“The addition of Stephen further strengthens our position as
leaders in this emerging medium,” said Mike Brown, Managing
Director of Artisan Retail and Artisan Live. “As in-store digital
communication becomes more and more interactive, Stephen will be a tremendous resource for our retail and brand clients in building effective communication with their consumers”.
Stephen Ghigliotty was a founding member of brand consultancy ScreenVox, which offers creative, research and professional consulting services for digital signage networks. Prior to launching Screenvox he was Global Product Marketing Director for Digital View Media, a leading provider of services to the global screen media industry since 1995. In addition, Stephen was Director of Interactive for Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Canada, managing integrated campaigns for P&G, Toyota Canada, Maple Leaf Foods and McNeil Consumer Healthcare. He has been a senior manager at Nortel Networks, Director of Programming for Freefone and Director of Client Services at ACG Communications and Euro RSCG Life, part of Havas Worldwide.
“I’m very excited to be joining the Artisan Live team,” said
Ghigliotty. “They’ve got an industry pioneer in Raji Kalra, an award winning digital content team led by Kris Steeves and their head of Sales and Marketing was just named Digital Signage Man Of The Year”.
At the recent Strategy Institute conference on the medium, the Digital Signage Forum gave its Man of the Year award to Artisan Live’s Kris Matheson. This capped off a year of accolades for Artisan Live that included winning a Digital Marketing Award and six out of the eight digital signage trophies handed out by POPAI at GlobalShop 2007.
About Artisan Complete
Artisan Complete is one of North America’s largest providers of retail communication solutions, offering creative and production services for static, digital and interactive POP signage and display services for static, digital and interactive POP signage and display. Through the manufacturing capabilities of Artisan Print+, the design and marketing services of Artisan Retail and the digital expertise of Artisan Live, we offer comprehensive in-store marketing solutions for brands, retailers and their agencies.
About Artisan Live
Artisan Live is a pioneer in the use of digital and interactive
communications within the retail and out-of-home environments. As a unit of Artisan Complete, Artisan Live works with retailers, brands and their agencies to integrate digital signage and interactive platforms with traditional POP. With award-winning digital content services and an expertise in the constantly evolving technology landscape, Artisan Live provides a single source to marketers looking to extend their message onto new media at retail.
Artisan Complete
100 Bentley Street
Markham, Ontario L3R 3L2
Phone: 905 475 2860 x 276
E-Mail: kris.m@artisancomplete.com
Website URL: www.artisancomplete.com