Ogilvy’s Alex Wood joins Golin
Golin has brought in Ogilvy’s Alex Wood as executive creative director, with a brief to “bring innovation into the agency”. Wood spent more than three-and-a-half years at [...]
Edgeware hands global brief to Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Tech comms agency Red Lorry Yellow Lorry has been chosen by TV content delivery specialist Edgeware to handle its global PR activity. Edgeware provides operators and content [...]
Lancashire Telegraph deputy editor joins Viva
Manchester PR agency, Viva, has hired Alan Simpson, the former deputy editor of the Lancashire Telegraph. Simpson, who has taken up the role of business development executive [...]
Newgate Communications appointed by Sompo
Japanese insurance service provider, Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings (Sompo), has appointed Newgate Communications to a combined corporate and financial communications and [...]
Louise Mason joins Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Citigate Dewe Rogerson has appointed Louise Mason as a director in its financial team, where she will be responsible for growing the existing client base and expanding upon [...]
Autocar names influential comms women in car industry
Autocar has identified the top 100 British women working in the automotive sector, with Fiona Pargeter, head of global PR comms for Jaguar Land Rover, taking the comms [...]
Instinctif hires strategic creative director
Instinctif Partners has hired Ian Allison to head up the International Engagement design team as strategic creative director. Allison, who joins from Bell Integrated [...]
The Gorkana Weekly Industry News Brief: 4 July – 8 July 2016
Missed out on this week’s PR News? Get your handy round-up of the essential highlights of PR and media stories, features and events content over the last seven days on Gorkana [...]
TalkTalk boosts external comms team
TalkTalk has enhanced its external comms team with the appointments of Sky’s Coralie Frost as media relations manager, Nickelodeon UK’s Maxine Sackey as consumer PR manager [...]
The PR opportunities at education conferences
As education conferences kick off for the year, with The Telegraph Festival of Education and the British Education Studies Association (BESA) conference just passed and the [...]
Onyx Health announces three new hires
Healthcare marketing comms agency Onyx Health has boosted its team in the North East through the appointment of three new hires. Trevor Pill, formerly marketing and design [...]
W launches influencer marketing division
W Communications has this week launched a new agency division, W Influencer, as it looks to bring the benefits of “earned advocacy” to a wider range of brands. W [...]
Yellow Jersey selected by Canadian Overseas Petroleum
Yellow Jersey has been appointed by Canadian Overseas Petroleum (COPL), a junior oil and gas company, to deliver financial PR services, with a focus on driving awareness and [...]
Tulchan hosts PR charity football tournament
Tulchan, the London-based communications agency, has organised a five-a-side charity football tournament for journalists and PR agencies on 11 September 2016. The Engie City [...]
CribMaster appoints Shooting Star
Global industrial technology specialist, CribMaster, has enlisted Shooting Star to deliver its PR in the UK and mainland Europe. Sarah-Jane Freni, PR account director at [...]
Saturday Kitchen regular Olly Smith joins Clarion’s advisory board
Clarion has added to its advisory board, with the appointments of wine expert, TV personality and Saturday Kitchen regular Olly Smith, Condiment Junkie co-founder Scott King, [...]
LEWIS chosen for Exact’s EMEA brief
LEWIS will provide Exact, a cloud-based business software provider for SMEs, with Europe-wide PR services. LEWIS and Exact aim to increase brand awareness across EMEA, with a [...]
W briefed to help Camden Town Brewery go global
Camden Town Brewery has appointed W following a competitive pitch to handle its UK PR as it looks to move from a London brewery into a global brand. W’s brief will include [...]