Bite has enhanced its senior team with the appointments of former Leader of the Year winner (The Guardian) Sam Fresco as head of innovation and growth, and Tag Worldwide’s Sophie Holdham as client services director. Formerly of digital agency Clock, Fresco will lead on client strategy, innovation and partnerships at Bite. At Clock, he co-founded a new product […]
The Reading Agency, the national charity focused on inspiring adults and children to read for pleasure, has appointed Stand Agency to increase its profile in the national media and promote the value of reading to a wider audience. Stand, which won the account following a competitive pitch, will run The Reading Agency’s press office and campaign activity, including the charity’s reading […]
In October, Future launched Professional Photography magazine – its latest offering in the photography sector. Gorkana’s Sam Willis caught up with group editor-in-chief Chris George to find out, eight months in, how the market has reacted, why Future wanted to add to its existing photography portfolio and what he wants from PRs in content ideas. […]
Tin Man, MHP and Stripe were the big winners at last night’s CIPR Excellence Awards, with Tin Man claiming the biggest haul with three trophies. Hotwire was named Large Consultancy of the year. Tin Man scooped up Best Event for its Sweet Success: Creating a Sunday Times Bestseller campaign, as well as Best Use of Media […]
Frank PR’s Bianca Lee-Chang has joined creative comms agency Lexis as head of consumer, with a brief to drive growth and lead on some of the agency’s key clients. Lee-Chang will head up the agency’s brand comms team, which handles several consumer brand clients including Coca-Cola, Harley-Davidson, Pizza Hut and Pernod Ricard. She was previously […]
Aspectus, a communications agency for the energy, financial services, engineering and technology sectors, has been appointed by PJ Valves (PJV), a manufacturer and supplier of valves to the energy industry. Aspectus aims to support PJV’s growth strategy with written and visual content that will engage the company’s target audience. Dan Munro, managing director at PJV, […]
Chris Mostyn has joined J. Murphy & Sons Limited (Murphy), the engineering and construction company, as head of marketing and communications. Mostyn joins Murphy from National Grid, where he held the position of head of corporate media relations. The role included the protection of corporate reputation, leading integrated communication projects, including infrastructure PR and managing high profile […]
Adrian Warr has been named managing director at Edelman’s Hong Kong office, and, as of July 1, Carolyn Hammond will also join the team in the role of head of consumer marketing. Hammond joins Edelman from FTI Consulting and, previously, Bell Pottinger and Blue Rubicon in the UK, where she worked her way up from […]
Pearn Kandola has appointed Bottle, a comms agency specialising in content-driven PR, to increase its profile within national and trade press, including the HR, business and wellbeing sectors. Bottle plans to use content positioning, media relations and social media management to position Pearn Kandola as an authority on workplace issues such as inclusion, diversity and […]
New research from digital market intelligence firm SimilarWeb shows that top news sites get the highest amount of traffic on Tuesdays. Gorkana asks Punch Communications, Fleet Street Comms and W if the amount if traffic a site receives on a specific day of the week has any bearing on their pitch to journos. SimilarWeb analysed the […]