eight&four scoops Starcom’s Associate Director Lucy Walker

eight&four scoops Starcom’s Associate Director Lucy Walker

Social and creative agency eight&four announces the appointment of Lucy Walker as its first Audience Director. Joining from Starcom, where she headed up the Samsung UK Social activation team and established new partnerships for Samsung UK with the likes of Mashable, Hearst Publishing, Snapchat and Love Island, Walker will be responsible for overseeing the delivery […]

Walnut Unlimited promotes eight to nurture internal talent

Walnut Unlimited promotes eight to nurture internal talent

Walnut Unlimited has announced details of eight new internal promotions as it works to further nurture talent from within the business. Jenifer Eketone has been promoted to Research Director. Since joining Walnut Unlimited four years ago as Research Manager, her passion for behavioural economics has aligned perfectly with the agency’s human understanding proposition and facilitated […]

St Ives relaunches as Kin + Carta with game-changing connective model

St Ives relaunches as Kin + Carta with game-changing connective model

St Ives, the international marketing services group, announced that it has re-launched as Kin + Carta, a next-generation digital transformation business built for clients in search of seamless digital solutions. Kin + Carta has been created to capitalise on the exciting growth in the already massive digital transformation sector. Kin + Carta applies creativity, data […]

Dentsu Aegis Network Manchester boosts insight and consultancy capabilities

Dentsu Aegis Network Manchester boosts insight and consultancy capabilities

The Manchester office of Dentsu Aegis Network is enhancing its insight and strategy credentials with the addition of leading growth specialist, Liz Lavelle. Lavelle, founder of leading Manchester-based growth consultancy PDIQ, will join Dentsu Aegis Network Manchester as Head of PDIQ and Chief Insight Officer at the start of October. In the new role, Lavelle […]

Outra joins Harbour agency collective

Outra joins Harbour agency collective

Customer data science business Outra, has joined the ranks of independent consultancy heavyweights Hope & Glory, Goodstuff and Digital Natives by joining Paul Hammersley’s agency collective, Harbour. Outra will be the first customer data science business in the collective and will make customer insight, underpinned by deep learning, more accessible to independent agencies and their […]

Chemistry adds Group Creative Director

Chemistry adds Group Creative Director

To help to continue to build Chemistry’s agency culture and set the tone within the creative department, Chemistry has brought on Group Creative Director, Brittany Riley, effective immediately. In this newly created role, Brittany will help lead efforts for Red Bull, The Atlanta Hawks and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Brittany most recently served as Arnold […]

Proximity appoints Troy Hitch as their new Global Chief Innovation Officer

Proximity appoints Troy Hitch as their new Global Chief Innovation Officer

Proximity Worldwide has promoted Troy Hitch from Chief Innovation Officer at Barefoot Proximity to the newly created role of Global Chief Innovation Officer. Effective immediately, Hitch will report into Global President, Mike Dodds, and join the global leadership team. Hitch is a seasoned executive agency leader with experience enabling Fortune 100 companies to achieve digital […]

Jellyfish expands capabilities with The ASO Co acquisition

Jellyfish expands capabilities with The ASO Co acquisition

Digital agency Jellyfish is announcing its acquisition of The ASO Co, the fastest-growing App Store Optimisation agency in the world. Jellyfish has acquired 75% of the business with an agreement to acquire the remaining 25% at the end of a 21-month period. Founded only two years ago by James Bott, CEO and Thomas Twigg, COO, […]