Strategic and creative branding agency RichardsDee has appointed Martin Fanning and David Dowling to its leadership team alongside founding directors Celine Dee and Simon Richards.

Fanning has been with RichardsDee for 10 years and has led rebranding programmes for companies such as Kerry, Alltech, Bewley’s and RDJ.

Dowling has worked at RichardsDee since 2016 and has grown the company's digital brand experience offering in addition to leading and designing national and international brand and communications programmes for brands such as Energia, Power NI, Indigo, Meili, Marketing Institute Ireland and more.

“The new appointments broaden our leadership and helps us put in place a team that can help shape the future of the agency. We are incredibly lucky to see members of our team grow their careers within the business and become directors," Simon Richards, co-founder and creative director at RichardsDee said.

RichardsDee's projects include the creation of brands for National Broadband Ireland, Furthr, Doddl, Dublin Airport and repositioning Bewley’s, Childline, Kerry, RDJ and Dublin Bus and brand refresh projects for BASF Ag USA, Alltech, Fáilte Ireland, Energia and Horseware.

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The company is located in central Dublin with a team of 25 strategists, project managers, writers and designers.

Accounts for Studio Richards Ltd, trading as RichardsDee, show net assets of €595,000 at the end of 2021, with the company reporting net profit of €103,000 in 2020 and €96,000 in 2021.

Photo: David Dowling (left) and Martin Fanning