United Utilities taps Markettiers Manchester for broadcast and digital capabilities
United Utilities, the UK’s North West water company, has appointed Markettiers Manchester to handle its broadcast communications. Markettiers will act as an extension to the [...]
Golin wins Simple skincare brief and hires Will Balme
Golin has expanded its digital practice by appointing R/GA’s Will Balme as digital client services director and winning the Simple skincare digital experience work. Balme [...]
FTI Consulting makes digital team hires
FTI Consulting has strengthened its digital team with the appointment of directors Natalia Marczewska and Eddie Keough. Both Marczewska and Keough will report to senior MD and [...]
Senior PRs join inaugural PRCA Digital judging panel
The inaugural PRCA Digital Awards 2017, which closes for entries on Friday (17 February), has announced a judging panel which includes senior PR and communications [...]
Opinion: Why PR and digital agencies need to “co-create”
Aalia Walker, co-founder of SMACK, a London-based digital agency which works with clients including Ted Baker, The Body Shop and Molton Brown, believes co-creation between PR [...]
Opinion: PR’s 2017 Trifecta
Alan VanderMolen, president international at We Communications, looks to the year ahead and makes three key predictions for the PR industry. As my father likes to remind me [...]
The Star’s digital content editor joins HR Media
Simon Waller, former digital content editor at Sheffield newspaper The Star, has joined HR Media to enhance the South Yorkshire PR agency’s digital offer. Waller is [...]
Opinion: Four ways to get your PR workforce up to scratch on digital
The convergence of technology and digital has become a significant force within all forms of stakeholder engagement. The failure to deploy technology and digital comms can [...]
Alan Parker joins Brands2Life
Brands2Life has named Alan Parker, former deputy MD of ad agency MullenLowe, as its MD, digital. Parker first joined MullenLowe in 2013 as MD, digital, before being named [...]
Gorkana meets… Dennis Publishing’s head of digital
Paul Hood, head of digital for Dennis Publishing, tells Gorkana’s Ben Spencer that 70% of tech titles on the newsstands are published by Dennis, talks about the [...]
In-house digital budgets on the rise claims PRCA’s Digital PR and Comms Report
The PRCA’s 2016 Digital PR and Comms Report, which launched yesterday, has revealed a 9% increase in in-house digital budgets over the past year. The mean percentage of [...]
Way To Blue appoints Claire Slight to group digital role
Way To Blue has brought in Edelman’s Claire Slight as group digital and social director, as part of a major restructure that will create a new specialist global team across [...]
Virgo Health makes digital and design hires
Virgo Health, the Golin partner and healthcare communications firm, has appointed Nicole Burns as social strategist and Paul Andrews as head of design. Both Burns and Andrews [...]
MHP’s Adam Batstone on ‘moving to the darkside’
BBC veteran Adam Batstone on the best aspects of his new role as director of digital at MHP, what leads to a successful digital strategy and journalists behaving badly. You [...]
Digital PR specialist Me:Mo launches production arm
Me:Mo has launched a dedicated production platform, Me:Mo TV, that specialises in making digital video content for brands. Me:Mo TV will look to deliver editorial film for [...]
Golin boosts digital content offer
Golin has created three new roles to strengthen its digital content strategy, with VCCP Kin’s Alex Michael joining the agency as executive digital director, Catherine Pryce [...]
Senior digital appointment at FTI Consulting
FTI Consulting has hired Hanover’s Viv Jemmett as senior director in its digital team, reporting into MD and head of digital Ant Moore. Jemmett joins FTI’s 12-strong [...]
Lexis names heads of digital and social media
Lexis has enhanced its digital team with four new hires, including Microsoft’s Virginie Luce as head of digital and Cheil’s Geoff Desreumaux as head of social media. Luce has [...]