Ebiquity has announced the appointment of Martin Vinter as its new UK Media Practice Lead. Martin will take over from Judith Warn-Ford, who has provided strong leadership to Ebiquity’s UK media team and clients since 2014, having played a key part in building Fairbrother Lenz Eley prior to its acquisition. Joining in April, Martin brings […]
Following a competitive pitch, The Open University has appointed RAPP UK to build and deliver its social media strategy. RAPP UK will be responsible for the campaign planning, creative development and implementation as well as the strategic direction of the University’s social output. The appointment marks a burgeoning relationship between The Open University and RAPP […]
Tanya Faulkner has been promoted to Managing Director at Quiet Storm, reporting directly to CEO Rania Robinson. As Managing Director, Faulkner will take full commercial and operational responsibility for the agency, and Robinson will focus on agency brand building, new channels of growth and diversification for Quiet Storm. Previously commercial director at Publicis London, Faulkner […]
Mindshare, the global media agency network, has announced two major leadership changes for their Growth Markets region. Amrita Randhawa is promoted to Asia Pacific CEO. Randhawa, who was previously the CEO for Mindshare Greater China will remain based in Shanghai, where she will continue to manage Mindshare China as its Executive Chairperson, in addition to […]
Impact Radius, provider of a natively-integrated marketing platform that measures, manages, and optimises brands’ paid marketing and media investments, announced the launch of its new company brand, Impact, and unified marketing technology platform. The new platform is designed to help marketers stop ad fraud, make decisions confidently, create new performance partnerships, and grow their business […]
gyro UK, Dentsu Aegis Network’s business-to-business marketing agency, has appointed Steve McCarron to lead the charge as Managing Director of its Manchester office. McCarron joins from Cheetham Bell JWT, where he has been Managing Director since November 2014 having been Head of Planning there since 2008. Prior to Cheetham Bell JWT, he was Head of […]
Influencer marketing platform Buzzoole announced the appointment of Damian Gillman as Head of Business Development and Sarah Whitfield (née Gavin) as Marketing Director. Gillman brings to Buzzoole more than 17 years of experience across the media and content space and joins from MEC Wavemaker where he was Head of Content Partnerships. Whitfield was most recently VP […]
Wavemaker, the media, content and tech agency, is launching a progressive apprenticeship programme called The Splash. Building on previous talent innovations including the ‘Live Hire’ initiative, The Splash is designed to encourage greater diversity in entry-level recruitment at Wavemaker. The agency aims to employ 12 apprentices from all backgrounds to each work in one of […]
Following a successful year beta-testing the bespoke music platform in Australia, Admusic V2.0 will launch in March under the name MusicBrief. The rebrand will mark the roll out of its unique model to brands, agencies and content creators worldwide. During the past 12 months the platform has been continually reviewing and improving on aspects of […]
AKQA has promoted Roman Ptakowski to General Manager, and Sallie Baskervill to Director of Client Services. Roman and Sallie will lead the Atlanta studio, its partnerships and client collaborations. Prior to Roman’s appointment as General Manager, he served as Director of Client Services in Atlanta, overseeing assignments for Delta Air Lines, Universal Parks and Resorts, […]