Factory supports the Shoe Box-campaign
02. December 2011.
Factory Creative Studio Kft., as the first step in our CSR program,
supports and coordinates the Shoe Box-campaign of Baptist Charity
Service in Szeged. The charity organization started with this campaign 8
years ago to surprise as many poor children as they can with a gift at
Christmas.
More than 24 000 Christmas gifts were handed out last year.
We, the colleagues at Factory Creative Studio believe that lots of love can be placed into a shoe box.
We hope that we can make the Christmas for the children much more happier and nicer with our action.
More about the campaign: www.ciposdoboz.hu.
Gifts from Karina to a four year old little girl
More than 24 000 Christmas gifts were handed out last year.
We, the colleagues at Factory Creative Studio believe that lots of love can be placed into a shoe box.
We hope that we can make the Christmas for the children much more happier and nicer with our action.
More about the campaign: www.ciposdoboz.hu.
Factory won the Family-Friendly Workplace Award
25. November 2011.
Factory Creative Studio won the Family-Friendly Workplace award following the Golden Brain and The Best Workplace For Women 2010 awards. The creative agency creates a playroom, employs a baby-sitter and grants advisory services for colleagues
Factory Creative Studio took over the prize in the Hungarian Parliament on Friday. The Ministry of National Resources distributed the award and the associated financial support to 19 organizations out of 89 applicants. The ministry advertised the competition in four categories: small businesses, medium-sized businesses, large companies and budgetary institutions - and shared 20 Million Forints among the winners. The largest amount of financial support – 1.4 Million Forints – was awarded to the media-communication agency from Szeged and two more companies.
‘There are all together 27 children at Factory. They are from newborns to university-students and three of our workmates are looking forward to newborns’ – said Ildikó Bíró F., the co-owner of the company. ‘It has always been important for us - at our 11-year-old company - to ensure the well-being of our colleagues. We provide many amenities - besides the excellent work environment - to support their comfort and happiness. In addition to the existing extras - like fruit-day, cake-day, free and unlimited tea- and coffee consumption, massages, cooking school, financial support for bicycle purchases, cultural programs and company parties - we wanted to offer something that will support our workmates’ private lives, something that makes them stronger and helps their family.’
The management of the company has decided to spend the financial support on a baby-sitter who will help out parents during work time and create a playroom for the Factory-kids.
‘Even a speech therapist, a family therapist and a nutritionist will be available for our workmates if necessary’ – commented Enikő Lilla Szénási, the Head of HR. She also noted that the target is the sustainability. Factory would like to continue all of these services even after the financial support has been spent.
Factory Creative Studio took over the prize in the Hungarian Parliament on Friday. The Ministry of National Resources distributed the award and the associated financial support to 19 organizations out of 89 applicants. The ministry advertised the competition in four categories: small businesses, medium-sized businesses, large companies and budgetary institutions - and shared 20 Million Forints among the winners. The largest amount of financial support – 1.4 Million Forints – was awarded to the media-communication agency from Szeged and two more companies.
‘There are all together 27 children at Factory. They are from newborns to university-students and three of our workmates are looking forward to newborns’ – said Ildikó Bíró F., the co-owner of the company. ‘It has always been important for us - at our 11-year-old company - to ensure the well-being of our colleagues. We provide many amenities - besides the excellent work environment - to support their comfort and happiness. In addition to the existing extras - like fruit-day, cake-day, free and unlimited tea- and coffee consumption, massages, cooking school, financial support for bicycle purchases, cultural programs and company parties - we wanted to offer something that will support our workmates’ private lives, something that makes them stronger and helps their family.’
The management of the company has decided to spend the financial support on a baby-sitter who will help out parents during work time and create a playroom for the Factory-kids.
‘Even a speech therapist, a family therapist and a nutritionist will be available for our workmates if necessary’ – commented Enikő Lilla Szénási, the Head of HR. She also noted that the target is the sustainability. Factory would like to continue all of these services even after the financial support has been spent.
Client Service Director at Factory
19. October 2011.
Zsuzsa Mező has joined Factory Creative Studio, which has the most employees among the rural mediacommunication agencies in Hungary. Previously she held the position of Creative Service Director at Sony Pictures Television Networks. Before that she was the Regional Marketing Director at the same company.
Zsuzsa Mező Client Service Director, Factory
The experienced marketing, production and communication specialist will supervise big international clients' commissions as Client Service Director, and she will take part in the planning of the strategic portfolio of the company. The company's management hopes that Zsuzsa Mező, who was transferred from a costumer's side, will be able to serve Factory’s clients more efficiently and implement a competitive advantage by providing the most innovative solutions to its partners in the broadcast industry.
The appointment of the experienced Client Service Director, who has extensive international experience, means a significant improvement for Factory, as the company delivers fifty percent of its commissions to abroad. Among mediacommunication agencies, Factory Creative Studio is one of the most dynamicly developing companies, specialising with strong features. Factory has recently received several large orders from the television industry, including Sony Pictures, HBO, The Walt Disney Company and SanomaMedia. The company is also responsible for rebranding of the educational channels run by the Berlin-centered Da Vinci Learning.
Factory Creative Studio - headquartered in Szeged with a branch in Budapest - has more than 60 employees. The company was founded at the turn of the millennium. Besides the tasks of a classic creative agency, Factory invests considerable R&D efforts into software and new platform development. As an integrated communication agency, our main aim is the “broadcast” industry. With our diverse portfolio, we belong to a handful of Hungarian companies which are able to offer “crossmedia and multiscreen technology”, as well as „on air, online, on paper” solutions. Our treasured advantage comes from the synergy of these competences. One third of our orders arrive from two centres of television and film industry: London and Los Angeles. Our agency found it can operate in the international business environment just as well as in the domestic market. Our aim is to play a leading role in the region, focusing on education, innovation, research and development.
Zsuzsa Mező Client Service Director, Factory
The experienced marketing, production and communication specialist will supervise big international clients' commissions as Client Service Director, and she will take part in the planning of the strategic portfolio of the company. The company's management hopes that Zsuzsa Mező, who was transferred from a costumer's side, will be able to serve Factory’s clients more efficiently and implement a competitive advantage by providing the most innovative solutions to its partners in the broadcast industry.
The appointment of the experienced Client Service Director, who has extensive international experience, means a significant improvement for Factory, as the company delivers fifty percent of its commissions to abroad. Among mediacommunication agencies, Factory Creative Studio is one of the most dynamicly developing companies, specialising with strong features. Factory has recently received several large orders from the television industry, including Sony Pictures, HBO, The Walt Disney Company and SanomaMedia. The company is also responsible for rebranding of the educational channels run by the Berlin-centered Da Vinci Learning.
Factory Creative Studio - headquartered in Szeged with a branch in Budapest - has more than 60 employees. The company was founded at the turn of the millennium. Besides the tasks of a classic creative agency, Factory invests considerable R&D efforts into software and new platform development. As an integrated communication agency, our main aim is the “broadcast” industry. With our diverse portfolio, we belong to a handful of Hungarian companies which are able to offer “crossmedia and multiscreen technology”, as well as „on air, online, on paper” solutions. Our treasured advantage comes from the synergy of these competences. One third of our orders arrive from two centres of television and film industry: London and Los Angeles. Our agency found it can operate in the international business environment just as well as in the domestic market. Our aim is to play a leading role in the region, focusing on education, innovation, research and development.
Best Workplace for Women 2010 Award for Factory
29. September 2011.
Factory Creative Studio Kft. received the Best Workplace for Women 2010 award in the cathegory of 20-250-employee companies.
The Hungarian Women Carrier Development Organisation give the prize for fourth time with the aim to pay attention for equal opportunity and for the importance to employ women in the economy. The aim was also to show good examples for other companies.
The reconsideration views were the balance between carrier and family, honourable working terms, possibility for carrier, skill developement.
Factory is proud to ensure very good working circumstances and the company can give intersting work and challanges.
The Best Women Workplace 2010 Award ceremony was in Budapest on 29th September.
Award was taken over by Zsolt Fábián managing and creative director and his wife, Ildikó Bíró company leader.
The collogues of Factory: proud of the Award
The Hungarian Women Carrier Development Organisation give the prize for fourth time with the aim to pay attention for equal opportunity and for the importance to employ women in the economy. The aim was also to show good examples for other companies.
The reconsideration views were the balance between carrier and family, honourable working terms, possibility for carrier, skill developement.
Factory is proud to ensure very good working circumstances and the company can give intersting work and challanges.
The Best Women Workplace 2010 Award ceremony was in Budapest on 29th September.
Award was taken over by Zsolt Fábián managing and creative director and his wife, Ildikó Bíró company leader.
The collogues of Factory: proud of the Award
Golden Brain Award to Zsolt Fabian
27. September 2011.
It was the second occasion this year that prominent communication professionals had gathered at Reklámkonferencia in Egerszalók. Golden Brain Awards were given in seven categories. Nominees, who were candidated by the business world, were evaluated by a professional jury. In the category of Agency Leaders, Zsolt Fábián, managing and creative director of Factory Creative Studio, received a Golden Brain Award.
Zsolt Fábián founded Factory Creative Studio Kft in 2000 with his wife as a family venture. The nomination is justified by the fact that our Golden Brain awarded managing and creative director succeeded to build an empire where 70 talented professionals are housed in a world-class office with a continuously renewing appliance park - offering access to vast amounts of knowledge over 11 years. The knowledge of Factory employees is recognized all over the world. The managing and creative director was able to bring the mostly Budapest-centric activity to Szeged. Moreover, Factory has American, Finnish, English and German clients, who are very pleased with the Szeged-based company and regularly visit Hungary’s largest rural creative agency. The loyalty of employees is rock solid - confirmed by the a submitted application for the "Best Workplace in Hungary" award.
At the same time, Zsolt Fábián is a local patriot: the madeinszeged.hu webpage, which collects the work of creatives of Szeged, was made with his help. Further, he takes active part in organization and coordination of Advertise Week in Szeged with his colleagues.
The Szeged-based Factory Creative Studio – with a presence in Budapest as well – achieves software and new platform-development through significant research and development work.
With its diversified portfolio, Factory belongs to a handful of Hungarian companies that can offer „on air, online, on paper” solutions - which means the capacity to design and produce content for any type of media surface.
More than a third of Factory's projects come from market leaders across Europe and the USA. Factory and it's employees handle the international business world just as easily as they do the local Hungarian market - in a professional and courteous manner.
Happy moment: Zsolt Fábián with his Golden Brain Award
Zsolt Fábián founded Factory Creative Studio Kft in 2000 with his wife as a family venture. The nomination is justified by the fact that our Golden Brain awarded managing and creative director succeeded to build an empire where 70 talented professionals are housed in a world-class office with a continuously renewing appliance park - offering access to vast amounts of knowledge over 11 years. The knowledge of Factory employees is recognized all over the world. The managing and creative director was able to bring the mostly Budapest-centric activity to Szeged. Moreover, Factory has American, Finnish, English and German clients, who are very pleased with the Szeged-based company and regularly visit Hungary’s largest rural creative agency. The loyalty of employees is rock solid - confirmed by the a submitted application for the "Best Workplace in Hungary" award.
At the same time, Zsolt Fábián is a local patriot: the madeinszeged.hu webpage, which collects the work of creatives of Szeged, was made with his help. Further, he takes active part in organization and coordination of Advertise Week in Szeged with his colleagues.
The Szeged-based Factory Creative Studio – with a presence in Budapest as well – achieves software and new platform-development through significant research and development work.
With its diversified portfolio, Factory belongs to a handful of Hungarian companies that can offer „on air, online, on paper” solutions - which means the capacity to design and produce content for any type of media surface.
More than a third of Factory's projects come from market leaders across Europe and the USA. Factory and it's employees handle the international business world just as easily as they do the local Hungarian market - in a professional and courteous manner.
Fish-soup Festival 2011
02. September 2011.
And… on the 3rd of September, the fishfolk of Hungarian pusztas will arrive!
Rascal foods, bullwhipping, fishes in and out of the cauldron, puszta-fish night party – this is the program we are looking forward with our invited clients.
You can follow our continuous updated blog here: http://blog.netfactory.hu/2011/09/halfesztival-2011/.
Our fish-soup blogs from 2010 and 2009: http://blog.netfactory.hu/category/halaszle-fesztival-2010/ and http://blog.netfactory.hu/category/halaszle-fesztival-2009/.
Rascal foods, bullwhipping, fishes in and out of the cauldron, puszta-fish night party – this is the program we are looking forward with our invited clients.
You can follow our continuous updated blog here: http://blog.netfactory.hu/2011/09/halfesztival-2011/.
Our fish-soup blogs from 2010 and 2009: http://blog.netfactory.hu/category/halaszle-fesztival-2010/ and http://blog.netfactory.hu/category/halaszle-fesztival-2009/.
The re-cultivation of landfills has started
19. August 2011.
The contractor has started the re-cultivation works in Bordány, Üllés and Zsombó on the first week of August. We organized a news conference for this occasion in Bordány on last Wednesday, where the media delegates had the possibility to meet with the leaders of the contributing organizations and to discover the local landfill with Tamás Beke S., the project’s technical supervisor.
Gábor Tanács, the Mayor of Bordány is interviewed
There will be complete re-cultivation in all three settlements. This means that the waste will be organized onto a smaller area, it’s surface will be compressed. The next step will be to create a top layer which will keep the rain away from the compressed waste and reduce the environmental damage. After this, soil 1 meter high – rich in humus – will be placed on this hill. The process ends with grassing and afforestation.
Tamás Beke S. shows the landfill
In August, works will start at 8 more settlements: Algyő, Baks, Forráskút, Mórahalom, Ruzsa, Szatymaz, Pusztamérges and Zákányszék.
The re-cultivation of 27 landfills in 26 settlements is supported by the European Union with 2,79 billion Forints – the settlements don’t incur any expenses during the project. Our company is responsible for the project’s communication duties.
Working machines on the landfill
Gábor Tanács, the Mayor of Bordány is interviewed
There will be complete re-cultivation in all three settlements. This means that the waste will be organized onto a smaller area, it’s surface will be compressed. The next step will be to create a top layer which will keep the rain away from the compressed waste and reduce the environmental damage. After this, soil 1 meter high – rich in humus – will be placed on this hill. The process ends with grassing and afforestation.
Tamás Beke S. shows the landfill
In August, works will start at 8 more settlements: Algyő, Baks, Forráskút, Mórahalom, Ruzsa, Szatymaz, Pusztamérges and Zákányszék.
The re-cultivation of 27 landfills in 26 settlements is supported by the European Union with 2,79 billion Forints – the settlements don’t incur any expenses during the project. Our company is responsible for the project’s communication duties.
Working machines on the landfill
Successful ISO-audit at Factory
01. August 2011.
The revisory audit – conducted at Factory in the last month – finished with success. Our company’s operation meets the MSZ EN ISO 9001:2009 Quality Standards after the experiences of an independent, external auditor.
We started the forming of the preparatory system which confirms the creative work processes in 2004. Our target was to make our job and works effective, and to keep the standard of good quality services for our customers.
Finally, after a two year preparation work, our improved system was accepted in the aspects of MSZ EN ISO 9001:2001 Quality Management System. Revision should be conducted every year, based on the system’s quality assurance aspects with assistance of an external auditor.
We are continuous renewing and correcting our operational workflow, internal and external communication. Our featured targets are to make our integrated communicating agency's rather complex workflow fit for our customers’ quality expectations and to serve their targets effectively.
All of our servises will be checked on the next renewal audit in 2012.
We started the forming of the preparatory system which confirms the creative work processes in 2004. Our target was to make our job and works effective, and to keep the standard of good quality services for our customers.
Finally, after a two year preparation work, our improved system was accepted in the aspects of MSZ EN ISO 9001:2001 Quality Management System. Revision should be conducted every year, based on the system’s quality assurance aspects with assistance of an external auditor.
We are continuous renewing and correcting our operational workflow, internal and external communication. Our featured targets are to make our integrated communicating agency's rather complex workflow fit for our customers’ quality expectations and to serve their targets effectively.
All of our servises will be checked on the next renewal audit in 2012.
Women of Factory are the best
05. July 2011.
Should not be always the best.
But we are.
We could say: we cannot do about it – but it is not true.
More information about this mysterious post with details in September.
Standing line, back, from left to right: Tóth Zsuzsanna chief operations officer, deputy general manager, Gora Gyöngy webgdesigner, Lakatos Diána key account manager, business analyst, Kónya Éva financial administrator, Udvari Krisztina account, pr and HR intern, Ragoncza Ágnes assistant manager, Bodó Réka financial administrator, Széll Andrea account assistant, Major Zsófia account assistant. In the middle: Szénási Enikő Lilla head of HR, Nyemcsok Éva Eső head of communication and PR. Sitting line, from left to right: Nógrádi Eszter account director, Sallai Aranka dierctor of quality assurance, Ferencz Anna digital producer, SMO services, F. Bíró Ildikó senior art dierctor, director of motion, Fenyvesi Katalin DTP-intern.
And those, who are not on the picture, but also congratulations and thanks to them: Gyémántné Durmics Rita office manager, Hollandi Mária assistant office manager, Kéringer Éva chief financial officer, Bolla Beatrix account manager, Szekeres Mária account manager and Zsombory Andrea art director.
Congratulation for the best 21!
But we are.
We could say: we cannot do about it – but it is not true.
More information about this mysterious post with details in September.
Standing line, back, from left to right: Tóth Zsuzsanna chief operations officer, deputy general manager, Gora Gyöngy webgdesigner, Lakatos Diána key account manager, business analyst, Kónya Éva financial administrator, Udvari Krisztina account, pr and HR intern, Ragoncza Ágnes assistant manager, Bodó Réka financial administrator, Széll Andrea account assistant, Major Zsófia account assistant. In the middle: Szénási Enikő Lilla head of HR, Nyemcsok Éva Eső head of communication and PR. Sitting line, from left to right: Nógrádi Eszter account director, Sallai Aranka dierctor of quality assurance, Ferencz Anna digital producer, SMO services, F. Bíró Ildikó senior art dierctor, director of motion, Fenyvesi Katalin DTP-intern.
And those, who are not on the picture, but also congratulations and thanks to them: Gyémántné Durmics Rita office manager, Hollandi Mária assistant office manager, Kéringer Éva chief financial officer, Bolla Beatrix account manager, Szekeres Mária account manager and Zsombory Andrea art director.
Congratulation for the best 21!
Scrum-training was successful
01. July 2011.
What is Scrum? What does Agile Manifesto contain? How do rugby and scrum link together? István Csutorás answered all of these questions and even more for the audience that took part in his presentation at Factory’s backyard on Tuesday - in spite of the extreme weather conditions. Most of our guests came from local companies.
An article - written by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka in 1986 - described a new method which helps to make the development of new products faster, more flexible and more cost-effective. The traditional model is like relay running - every runner completes their own distance and then give the relay to the next runner who continues the race. Scrum works more like rugby - the entire team is running and passing the ball between themselves. Big companies - like Google, Apple, Toyota, and Microsoft - have been using it for long time. Even Epson was able to expand its output with a smaller budget and with less time. Factory Creative Studio had reorganized it’s software development department to use Scrum in autumn 2010 - and success couldn't keep away. Therefore we invited some managers and workers from Hungarian software developer companies and are looking forward to their progress in this field.
Mr. Csutorás has been working as a trainer and coach in information technology for more than ten years. He emphasized that any company is able to install Scrum and use it successfully. The method requires communication, flexibility, conformity and cooperation.
An article - written by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka in 1986 - described a new method which helps to make the development of new products faster, more flexible and more cost-effective. The traditional model is like relay running - every runner completes their own distance and then give the relay to the next runner who continues the race. Scrum works more like rugby - the entire team is running and passing the ball between themselves. Big companies - like Google, Apple, Toyota, and Microsoft - have been using it for long time. Even Epson was able to expand its output with a smaller budget and with less time. Factory Creative Studio had reorganized it’s software development department to use Scrum in autumn 2010 - and success couldn't keep away. Therefore we invited some managers and workers from Hungarian software developer companies and are looking forward to their progress in this field.
Mr. Csutorás has been working as a trainer and coach in information technology for more than ten years. He emphasized that any company is able to install Scrum and use it successfully. The method requires communication, flexibility, conformity and cooperation.
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