Creative agency The Romans, which celebrates its first anniversary this week, has appointed Citizen senior account director Tom Winterton as associate director. In his new role, Winterton will work across clients including Samsung, Spotify, and BrewDog, and report to The Romans founders Misha Dhanak and Joe Sinclair, who worked with him when they were both […]
Bottle’s Natasha Hill has moved from her position as director of consumer to take up the role of MD at the agency. Hill joined Bottle in February 2015, having spent seven years at Cancer Research UK, where she was brand and strategic marketing director. During her time at CR UK, she was responsible for a […]
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has appointed Threepipe to help drive social reach and engagement around key consumer facing campaigns after a competitive pitch. The first campaign, going live next month, will see Threepipe develop content and paid strategies across Facebook and Instagram to support the #WheresTheSticker campaign, which encourages consumers to look out for […]
Train operator London Midland has handed a creative comms brief to marketing comms agency Cogent Elliott, following a four-way pitch. London Midland operates trains through the heart of England, from London to Birmingham in the Midlands and Liverpool in the North West. It carries more than 65 million passenger journeys each year on its services. […]
Café Rouge, part of the Casual Dining Group, has brought in LightBrigade to handle its consumer PR, as the French-styled restaurant chain undergoes a major property and brand revamp. In its 26th year, Café Rouge’s “rejuvenation programme” has seen 50 of its restaurant get new interior designs, as well as a front and back of […]
Nobull Communications has been appointed to support The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) and handle consumer PR, corporate PR and seasonal media campaigns for the charity. Founded in 2001, the NRAS supports the 690,000 people in the UK living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is the only charity devoted specifically to the condition. Nobull was […]
OLIO, an app that allows neighbours and local shops to share surplus food and avoid waste, has brought in Marlin PR for a six month project covering consumer and corporate PR needs, following a competitive pitch. Marlin’s remit includes corporate and technology profiling, user evidence, features pitching, news hijacking and event support. Ben Philipson, company […]
Independent comms agency Freshwater has appointed John Morris from Birmingham International Airport to strengthen its work in the transport and infrastructure sectors. Morris will provide counsel to Freshwater’s range of clients in transport, planning, infrastructure and public affairs. His appointment bolsters Freshwater’s public affairs division and will help drive new business for the consultancy. He […]
International Women in Mining (IWiM), a global web-based community which aims to improve the gender balance in the mining industry, has appointed Yellow Jersey as its comms adviser. IWiM has hired Yellow Jersey to develop its growth strategy, raise brand awareness and increase its membership. The agency will focus on messaging, branding and media relations. […]
PepsiCo has briefed Headland to manage its UK corporate comms, following a pitch for its account in December. Headland started working on the account earlier this month and partner Simon Burton is leading the brief. It was announced last November that freuds, which had been PepsiCo’s corporate comms adviser, was stepping down from the account. […]