CULT welcomes Lauren Smeets as its new Talent Strategist. Smeets joins the agency from millennial e-commerce platform, Student High Street where she held the role as Influencer Manager, here she developed and executed strategy, managed relationships between influencers and brands and monitored and analysed influencer engagement across social media. Before joining this ‘destination platform’, Smeets […]
Digital agency Jellyfish has announced its expansion into APAC as it sets up shop in Seoul, South Korea. The agency has appointed Vincent Song as regional director, reporting directly to global CEO Rob Pierre. Song joins Jellyfish from Videology, where he was country manager of South Korea for almost four years, building out and heading […]
As part of the continued reboot of the agency, Y&R London has appointed Sophie Lewis, currently head of planning at Iris and one of the 2014 winners of the IPA’s Women of Tomorrow competition, as its new chief strategy officer. Sophie will sit on the senior management team, working alongside Paul Lawson (CEO), Jon Burley […]
Proximity London has strengthened its marketing transformation offering with three new senior appointments. Dominic McElroy joins as marketing transformation director from Digitas UK, Kate Amos joins as martech-focussed strategic data director and internal talent Matt Ingram is promoted to data and technology partner in a newly created role. McElroy is an expert in building and […]
We Are Social, the global socially-led creative agency network, has further expanded its international presence by opening a new office in Madrid. Madrid will become the twelfth office in the agency’s global network of over 700 people, alongside its offices in New York, London, Paris, Milan, Munich, Berlin, Dubai, Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing and Sydney. The […]
Beth Lobban joins WRG, the innovative experience agency that is a division of the Creative Engagement Group, as Executive Producer. In her new role she will provide support and guidance to the UK Live Event team to ensure the seamless delivery of projects that fulfil the agency’s creative ambitions, production values and commercial targets. She […]
Following a three-month competitive pitch, one of the largest bus operators in the UK, First Bus, part of FirstGroup PLC has appointed digital agency Delete to lead a programme of customer experience (CX) website transformation. The appointment comes as part of a wider strategic commitment by First Bus to improve customer experience across their services, […]
Elmwood, one of the world’s most effective brand design consultancy, has appointed two new creative directors for its Leeds and London studios. John-Paul (JP) Hunter will lead the creative strategy and delivery of Elmwood’s London studio, and Helen Hartley will take the lead in Leeds. Both Helen and JP will be responsible for ensuring that […]
Sunshine, the brand and entertainment consultancy and production studio, has secured investment from entrepreneurs Mike Dolan and Adam Zhu and the Chinese brand consultancy, Shunya. The London and Los Angeles based company works with luxury, fashion and lifestyle brands looking to extend beyond traditional marketing into entertainment, in addition to partnering with rights holders looking […]
Absurd, the Manchester-headquartered agency, has further strengthened its management team with the appointment of Mark Carrington as Program Director. Mark will lead the agency’s operations across its global client base. The appointment follows a string of client wins and several new hires since its launch in May last year. The agency has seen rapid growth, […]