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Media Life is a marketing agency building brands through brand integration, product placement, promotion, sponsorship, and celebrity initiatives. Founded in 2016, we are a team of experts across various disciplines of marketing, including brand management, media and public relations.

We take pride in our vast network and deep relationships within media, as well as our longevity with clients. Effective marketing should drive results for a company and its brand, whether that means building awareness or sales, elevating brand image, or creating social chatter. At Media Life, it is our job to make that happen.

Media Life is a marketing and digital media communications agency based in Cork. Creatively led, we are an energetic and passionate team with a commitment to providing the highest standards of services to all clients.

We have a persistently developing group of clients located in a wide variety of industries nationwide including; healthcare, luxury castle hotels and several others in the private sector.

At Media Life, we pride ourselves on our relationships with each of our clients and adopt each and every client’s company as if it is our own. We believe our passion, high quality work with attention to detail and relationships with clients is what sets us apart and what our clients appreciate the most.

Our Culture

At Media Life we believe the right culture in a company is of the utmost importance

Media Life is a fast-paced, exciting environment in which to work, where team members are recognised for their contribution to both the company’s and client’s overall success.  The culture we have built is very much one of openness, collaboration, and respect where team members are empowered to be innovative and creative to deliver results.

People and relationships are ultimately at the heart of our business. We aim to build an affinity and long-term relationship with each of our clients, as well as our talented team.

At Media Life, it is important everyone feels they have a voice to be heard. Our team are encouraged to contribute their creative ideas to explore the full potential of their own skill sets, while also helping with the growth of our clients. In addition to this, we operate with honesty, respect, and integrity to build a trusting partnership with our clients that will stand the test of time.

Mission Statement

Our mission is to help your business tell its story and amaze those we work with.

Values

At Media Life we have core values that we live by. They are Excellence, Teamwork, Creativity, Partnership and Passion. They underpin our philosophy of ‘Working Together We Are Better’. We help people to be themselves so that they can do their best work.

Excellence

At Media Life we do not settle for anything less than excellence. We do everything to the highest quality possible with attention to detail in all aspects of our work.

Teamwork

Each team member at Media Life is valued and respected, with a voice to be heard. We are all experienced in different areas, by implementing a team approach to achieving our goals, our combined strengths result in a higher quality product for our clients.

Creativity

At Media Life, creativity is embedded in our DNA. It is personified in all employees, with everyone encouraged and given the freedom to contribute any creative ideas, no matter how bold.

Partnership

We adopt each client’s company as if it is our own and treat our relationships as a trusted partnership. We are dedicated and committed to going above and beyond to deliver, always putting our client’s best interests first.

Passion

Passion is the foundation of everything we do at Media Life. It is alive in every member of our team. We are passionate for success which helps encourage and drive us to grow our clients.

Meet Our Team

Everyone says it, but in our case, it is true. Our team is the secret to our success. Each member of our team is amazing in their own right and together they are what make Media Life a fun and rewarding place to work. The Media Life team is a tight-knit, talented group with a shared vision of delivering consistently great results for our clients, as well as ensuring it is a fun, inclusive, challenging place to work and develop a rewarding career.

Media Life has been defined by bringing together talented people with a shared vision and passion for helping us to be the best we can be for our clients.

Sharon O’Donoghue

Sharon O’Donoghue

Managing Director

James Duggan

James Duggan

Marketing Executive

Ronan Horgan

Ronan Horgan

Marketing Manager

Sharon O’Donoghue

Sharon has significant experience and expertise in entrepreneurship, marketing, and brand development. She has worked in the hospitality and communications industry since 1999.

A business graduate of IT Tralee, Sharon also holds the Public Relations Institute of Ireland (PRII) Diploma in PR and the Institute of Marketing, Diploma in Digital Marketing.

Sharon is a former board member of Brook Foods, where she also held the position of Sales & Marketing Director from 2005 until 2016. She was also former Marketing Director of the Rose of Tralee International Festival, and Sales & Marketing Manager of The Earl of Desmond Hotel. She was named ‘Network Cork Business-Woman’ and ‘Network Ireland’ AIB Businesswoman of the year and was elected the first female president in Rotary Ireland in 2011.

In her down time, you will most likely find her at home in her beloved Kerry, at a GAA match, or out walking and climbing mountains.

Ronan Horgan

Ronan is responsible for the traditional marketing side of the business as well as ensuring the smooth running of the office on a day-to-day basis. He has previous experience working in a marketing position with Brook Foods, a brand ambassador role with Na Cuana Alcohol Group and as a Key Account Executive with Diageo.

Ronan graduated from UCC in 2015 where he studied Food Marketing & Entrepreneurship. He then went on to complete the IBEC Global Graduate Placement Programme which blended the practical aspect of working in an international business environment for 18 months with Na Cuana, while also working towards a postgraduate diploma in International Business Development from DIT.

Ronan is a passionate sports fan, with Manchester United particularly close to his heart. He loves to travel and is also a big theme parks and Disney enthusiast.

James Duggan

James began working with Media Life in February 2018 as a Marketing Intern on college placement. After working in various marketing roles within the company, James looks after all things digital including clients’ website optimisation and maintenance along with their social media.

James graduated from Cork Institute of Technology 2019 with a Level 8 Bachelor of Business in Marketing. James has recently just completed a QQI Level 5 in Digital Marketing to further develop his professional career.
Outside of office hours, James loves to travel - even if it is just around Ireland. Having spent a summer working in California managing social media for a jet-ski company, you will more than likely find James on the water or trying to find a hidden gem along the Wild Atlantic Way.

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