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Karim Boutaour nominated as MD of digital agency Emakina.AE

International corporate executive Karim Boutaour has been appointed as Managing Director of digital agency Emakina.AE in Dubai. With the nomination of this respected strategist, Emakina Group (Alternext Brussels ALEMK) further confirms its ambition to become a leading e-commerce and web communication partner in the GCC region and beyond.

June 27, 2019

Emakina and Bardahl win Best Kentico E-commerce Website of the Year Award

We are very enthusiastic of our successful collaboration with Bardahl and the top results it produces! Together we refined the leading lubricant brand’s identity, and brought it to life on their new high-performance website. And now first-rate all-in-one ASP.NET CMS Kentico awards this site with its prestigious E-commerce Website of the Year Award.

May 3, 2019

Luxury Watches… What Makes People Tick?

Facebook’s Asher Rapkin shared some interesting ideas on luxury brands, social media and commerce at the Salon SIHH in Geneva earlier this year. You have to tell true stories, interact, leverage social media using the right ‘lingo’, and create overlapping communities. And then go from social to sales.

March 15, 2019

Emakina’s David te Kloese Honoured as Global Kentico MVP

Congratulations to our colleague David te Kloese! Emakina’s Kentico Lead David te Kloese is awarded the Kentico ‘Most Valued Professional MVP Award. He shares this honor with only 8 other experts worldwide. And what is more, David is part of that exclusive club for the 4th year, a truly exceptional achievement. Kentico is a global supplier […]

January 14, 2019

European Women in Technology 2018

Last 28th and 29th November the conference European Women in Tech has taken place in Amsterdam RAI and Johanna Adamson, Business Analyst, had the pleasure to attend with a few of the awesome women we have working at Emakina.NL. Two days full of inspiration, tech talks, networking and oh my gee, tons of women! Want […]

December 5, 2018

How Alibaba and Mr. Porter sell luxury watches

The SIHH Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva is the annual pow wow of exclusive watches. The dust of the event has long settled, but we take a moment to look back at some ideas Toby Bateman, MD of Luxury platform Mr. Porter and Terry von Bibra, GM Europe of Alibaba Group, shared […]

June 2, 2019

Happy Silver Birthday, The Reference!

Emakina Group company The Reference celebrated its silver birthday. The digital agency is going strong, with teams in Ghent, Antwerp and New York proudly serving a growing customer base, driven by the baseline ‘It’s more than digital, it’s your business’.

April 29, 2019

Facq and Emakina Reinvent Energy Efficiency Showroom Demos

Is it time to (re)design your bathroom? Planning to choose or adapt the heating for your home? Then it’s a smart plan to visit Belgian sanitation and heating expert Facq. Since the company’s launch in 1880 by Jean Facq, five generations sustain and develop the reputation of this strong family brand. Today it’s a household […]

March 13, 2019

Emakina Connects SIHH Fair with Millennials

Emakina.CH is a key partner of the 29th ‘Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie’, the most exclusive watch fair in the world. In team with CREA Inseec school and the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie, they will manage a fresh social media initiative to reach millennials and create buzz around the event. From 14 to […]

January 12, 2019

Emakina Wins WW’s Social Media Management in Belgium and Netherlands

WW has appointed Emakina as its new partner for social media management in the Belgian and Dutch market. Emakina won the challenging competition between six agencies. The collaboration will kick off in December, when Emakina’s dedicated team will start to support the client’s rebranding from the iconic ‘Weight Watchers’ to ‘WW’, and its shift in focus […]

November 28, 2018

Tim Wolfs Returns to Emakina.BE as New Co-MD

Emakina warmly welcomes back Tim Wolfs to its Brussels team. As an experienced interactive marketing expert, he will boost the user agency’s sales and management team. With his return, Emakina further confirms its ambition to build solid bridges between its clients and their end users, the real battleground of today’s economy.

May 16, 2019

When Science Catches up with Sci-Fi

They say the art of writing is to make readers think, as well as entertaining them. Sci-fi authors go even further and inspire their fans to create. To the point where some fans opt for careers in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) so they can turn their favourite authors’ inventions into reality.

April 11, 2019

Emakina in Top Shape at the 2019 AVA Digital Awards

Emakina can add four new shiny trophies to our treasure vault! This time, the AVA Digital Awards honor our teams with two gold and two platinum prizes. The international competition recognizes excellence in planning, concept, direction, design and production of digital communication, and judged some of our projects as ‘top-shelf’. Let’s take a close look […]

March 12, 2019

New Close the Gap Website by Design is Dead Bridges the Digital Divide

Our Design is Dead team created a fresh new platform that invites you to give technology a warm heart Close the Gap and Emakina Group’s digital agency Design is Dead conclude the fifth year of their partnership on a high note. They launched the new website Close-the-gap.org, boosting the social enterprise as a reliable partner […]

December 20, 2018

The World Press Photo Foundation Chooses Emakina as a Digital Partner

We are thrilled to announce that The World Press Photo Foundation has chosen Emakina.NL as partner to develop its new digital platform! We will create a new corporate website that fits the foundation’s full range of programs and digital ambitions. For six decades, the World Press Photo Foundation has been working from their office […]

November 26, 2018