On the move: the latest East Midlands hires
West Bridgford-based creative agency The Dairy has made account manager Verena Batchelor part of its senior management team, after promoting her to account director.
Batchelor has been with The Dairy since 2014. She studied Art History, English Language & Literature, and Italian at the University of Bonn in Germany, before moving to England and completing a BA in Art History and a masters degree in Visual Culture at the University of Nottingham.
Prior to joining The Dairy, Verena worked for a Nottingham-based video agency as well as working in her home country of Germany in a freelance capacity, and enjoying a short stint as a presenter on a German TV channel.
The Dairy’s MD Nigel Rowlson said: “When Verena joined the agency, she transformed how we worked – getting the business operational in G Suite and other cloud based systems.
“She is a vital asset to the business, bringing with her fantastic organisational skills and an abundance of creativity which has seen her work on some of The Dairy’s landmark projects – such as the flamingo campaign last year for Gala Bingo. I look forward to seeing her continue to develop and produce more exciting campaigns that deliver great results for our clients.
Batchelor said: “The Dairy has been a great company to work for over the past four years, and Nigel puts a lot of faith and trust in his employees – which has seen the agency grow and go from strength to strength.
“I am really looking forward to my new role and continuing to grow and develop my skill set with The Dairy.”
(L-R) Oliver McVean, Lucy McRae, Henry Ball, Matt Hodges and Jordan Box
Nottingham-based Solutions for Retail Brands (S4RB), which works with retailers including Asda, Waitrose and Walgreens Boots Alliance has added six new members of staff to its UK office.
Those joining the team include business analyst Daniel Sayer and customer support analyst Oliver McVean, with Henry Ball and Lucy Lucy McRae adding to the consultancy arm of the business. Matthew Law and Mathew Hodges also join its in-house development team.
S4RB, managing director James Butcher, said: “The past year has been instrumental to the future of S4RB – we have continued to work even closer with many UK household retailers, achieving our fifth consecutive year of double digit year-on-year growth. We have more than trebled the size of our UK team since relocating from West Bridgford 2014 to our head office in Karlsruhe House and have also opened our new US office in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas.
“With investment from Creative England, Foresight Group and the N2 Business Growth Programme, we are now in a strong position to further accelerate our software product development. Ongoing development is crucial to delivering innovate solutions for clients as the UK and North American retail marketplaces continue to adapt to the changing demands of customers.”
