Kiren Pooni
…Its not all talk
Kiren joined Flagship in 2007 after working at a Midlands-based PR agency. Since then, she has worked on a wide range of clients, running consumer campaigns for Norwegian Cruise Line, Kuoni, Opodo and Maritime Greenwich, business to business projects for Business Link in London and SHL plus social awareness / charity campaigns for Sumitomo and the Family Holiday Association .
Kiren enjoys nothing better than a holiday adventure – she did a 14,000ft skydive whilst visiting Australia and is committed to filling her passport with as many stamps as possible. She’s also Flagship’s official ‘chatterer’, honing her communications skills as a radio presenter for Asian station Radio Faza, where she co-hosted a weekly talk show.
- Education: B.A. (Hons) Media and Cultural studies (Nottingham Trent University)
- Hobbies: Music is one of Kiren’s real passions - she knows the coolest bands and is a dedicated festival-goer. Exhibitions and general London exploration also rate highly.
- Favourite book: Anita and Me by Meera Syal
- Favourite TV: Kiren is Flagship’s resident Reality TV Guru and dedicates endless hours to this cause. More useful than a copy of Heat, Kiren’s knowledge extends beyond simply watching these shows; she also has extensive experience of product placement (including getting clients onto the X-Factor), tapping into consumer trends to align her clients with prime time TV.
- Proudest work moment: Launching Norwegian Epic – Norwegian Cruise Line’s biggest ship Which she says was all worth it after many many months of planning. Kiren was also particularly excited about being able to visit the ship in France whilst it was being completed
- Biggest Media Coup: Getting the JISC ‘Freeze Frame’ project onto Metro’s coveted page three slot, the homepage of Sky News online and BBC News online.
Pressure Chamber
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Guest post: The Last Laugh: Women and Work
I work for a company (Flagship’s US partner, Peppercom) that is known as much for its hard work as it is for its hard play. From Kangoo lessons at work to relentless e-mail banter to jovial pranks (not sure if co-founder Ed Moed, who was photo shopped onto David Beckham’s underwear ad, would call his
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Should we be forced to hire British?
Imagine! You are at the race course, the pressure is on, the horses are in the ring and the ground is in top form. Now it is up to you. Based on all the information you have – performance, track record, appearance, training and attitude – you have to choose which one you think will
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Snap to it with Instagram
Suddenly, everyone’s a photographer. Retro inspired shots of door handles and street scenes litter my twitter, and Facebook’s just a mélange of sepia snaps. Instagram fever is sweeping the nation, as users take and share photos with their smart phone, using filters to add vintage effects. Originally exclusive to iPhone users, the Android app launched
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#craphashtags
Only three years ago the hash sign suffered a meagre existence. Its purpose unknown to the upcoming generations, hash’s humble façade was seen only as part of an emoticon or on a sheet of music. And then came Twitter. Twitter did for the hash sign what Charlie Sheen did for addiction. Hash (in the tag,
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Conversation – a dying art?
Recently I have been prompted to reflect on the meaning of ‘conversation’ in this digital world, when everyone seems glued to their smart phones and tablets. An example is a recent ‘conversation’ (yes, we did converse face-to-face) with my daughter where I asked if she had spoken to a friend; she responded saying yes, they
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