Limited Space, market leaders in retail and lifestyle destination media, has hired Matt Carroll as Commercial Director to bolster their senior leadership team. In the newly created role, Matt will be responsible for the relationships with all of Limited Space’s retail and commercial partners as well as being integral to shaping the commercial future of […]
Hot Pot, the full-service China marketing agency, has hired Cat Navarro, a business transformation specialist of more than 15 years, as its first-ever Chief Operating Officer. For the past five years Hot Pot has been steadily growing its business, but with the massive acceleration of Western brands entering the Chinese market and the prediction that […]
Marketing automation platform Force24 has announced its acquisition of the social media innovation SoAmpli for an undisclosed sum, in what marks the company’s latest move to become the UK’s leading martech provider. SoAmpli is the brainchild of Maz Nadjm, who also founded one of the UK’s first social networks 2BMates and social agency Rareface, before […]
Superdrug announced it will retain Mindshare following a competitive pitch for their offline media account. The win follows a successful year for Superdrug and Mindshare, which focused on TV sponsorship with a full multi-platform campaign, including VOD (video on demand), social, licensing, in-app, and broadcast. Patrick Megarry, Superdrug Head of Marketing said: “In such a […]
Havas Group Media has announced the appointment of Ailsa Buckley to the newly-created role of Deputy Managing Director as it seeks to further strengthen its leadership team. Buckley joins from Wavemaker, where she was General Manager, leading the agency’s L’Oreal business with a focus on digital transformation, and heading up a number of key internal […]
British gin brand, Warner Edwards, has appointed Birmingham based creative agency LIFE as its BTL agency, as the brand strengthens its agency roster to support its strong performance across both the on and off-trade. “We’re really excited to be working with LIFE. They demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the category and a passion for Warner Edwards. […]
Jellyfish has been awarded the integrated media business for fashion and lifestyle brand hush. Founded by Australian Mandy Watkins in 2003, hush has grown to become one of the UK’s leading womenswear and loungewear retailers. Appointed without a pitch, Jellyfish’s overarching objective will be to assist the business with its continued growth. The work will […]
Merkle, a leading technology-enabled, data-driven performance marketing agency, has made a major investment into the expansion of its in-housing solution as it launches a new ad tech consultancy practice in EMEA. The new ad tech consultancy gives clients the ability to access Merkle’s full range of services and talent across its addressable media, customer strategy, […]
Creative agency, Space, has added more creative firepower to its team with the appointments of Andy Preston and Alex Hazell as Deputy Creative Directors, and James Newport as Design Director. Space has made the appointments following another year of growth which has seen the 45-person agency extend its remit with clients including William Grant & […]
Sky has appointed Leeds-based performance marketing agency, Journey Further, to boost its paid search activity for the UK market. Journey Further was appointed following a competitive pitch. Sky wants to make it easier for customers to find relevant help for issues such as billing queries, technical and setup problems. Journey Further will specifically target improvements to this online customer journey through […]