Pinterest hires new UK+IRE Country Manager

Pinterest hires new UK+IRE Country Manager

Pinterest announced Milka Kramer is joining Pinterest as Country Manager for the UK and Ireland. Milka is a media and tech industry veteran with vast experience managing fast-growing sales teams and operations at the pan-European level. As country manager for the UK and Ireland, Milka’s responsibilities will include working closely with brands and agencies to […]

Social Chain Media announces a trio of key hires: Formerly of LADbible Group, Global Radio and Hill+Knowlton Strategies.

Social Chain Media announces a trio of key hires: Formerly of LADbible Group, Global Radio and Hill+Knowlton Strategies.

Social Chain Media, part of the global social media and ecommerce business, Social Chain, today announces the appointment of Adam Middleton as a Strategy Director, with experience from LADbible Group and Zenith Media, Tom Whitlow as Head of Podcasting from Global Radio and Richard White as Head of Gaming from Hill+Knowlton Strategies. The flood of […]

VCCP Hires Havas London Creative Directors

VCCP Hires Havas London Creative Directors

VCCP have welcomed Stephen Cross and Simon Connor as Senior Creatives. They join from Havas London where they worked with brands including the British Beer Alliance, Finish and the Department for Education.  Notable work includes campaigns for Green & Blacks, Honda and BBC.  They have hijacked the Bank of England vote for the new £20 […]

BSSP Bring In New Creative Director Team – Jeff Hornung And Ed Patterson.

BSSP Bring In New Creative Director Team – Jeff Hornung And Ed Patterson.

Hornung (copywriter) and Patterson (art director) will work on key accounts including FootJoy, Parallel, and Traditional Medicinals. First teaming up at TBWA/Media Arts Lab in 2014 for Apple on campaigns like the heartfelt ‘Frankie’s Holiday’ in 2016, encouraging people to “Open your heart to everyone” during the holiday season. The duo then moved to Deutsch […]

Creativebrief MD Charlie Carpenter promoted to CEO amidst new hires

Creativebrief MD Charlie Carpenter promoted to CEO amidst new hires

Creativebrief’s Managing Director Charlie Carpenter has been promoted to CEO. In the five years during Charlie’s tenure as MD, the company has seen a burgeoning reputation and asserted a growing influence on the industry by working with brands of increasing scale and stature such as Starbucks, Britvic, Uber, Guinness and PlayStation amongst others. Of Carpenter’s promotion, […]

Stephanie Marks named new Managing Director at Havas Media

Stephanie Marks named new Managing Director at Havas Media

Havas Group UK announced the appointment of Stephanie Marks as Managing Director of Havas Media. Marks, who is currently Deputy Managing Director at WPP’s Maxus, joins the agency just weeks after it picked up the global account for tyre giant Michelin. Reporting to Matt Adams, CEO of Havas Media UK and International, Marks will be […]

Social Marketplace Tribe Appoints UK General Manager

Social Marketplace Tribe Appoints UK General Manager

TRIBE, the online marketplace that connects brands with everyday micro-influencers, announces the appointment of Lisa Targett to head up the UK operation, which launched in April.  Lisa, who reports to Anthony Svirskis, CEO, will run the UK-strong team of 6, with aims to expand to 10 by the end of the year. Svirskis commented, “We […]

Birmingham PR Agency Strengthens Consumer Team with New Director

Birmingham PR Agency Strengthens Consumer Team with New Director

PR and social media communications consultancy WPR Agency, formerly Willoughby Public Relations, has appointed Rebecca Williams as consumer director. Rebecca joins the Edgbaston-based agency having spent 10 years at McCann in Solihull where she headed up accounts including Oxfam, Robert Welch and McCarthy & Stone. As consumer director at WPR she will be tasked with expanding […]

Sedley Place appoints Lara Farnham as design director

Sedley Place appoints Lara Farnham as design director

Creative agency Sedley Place has announced the appointment of Lara Farnham as design director. Farnham will work alongside managing director Mick Nash, planning director Giles Calver, and head of business development Ron Cregan, on the senior management team. She will be responsible for all 2D design and will be based at the agency’s London office. […]

Partners Revamps Creative Team With Raft of Senior Hires

Partners Revamps Creative Team With Raft of Senior Hires

Partners Andrews Aldridge has boosted its team with three new hires and two promotions as part of a creative team restructure spearheaded by creative director Paul Snoxell. The new structure sees the introduction of three roles at the agency: deputy creative director, head of design and head of digital display, taking the total creative department […]