Appointments: Havas PR; MediaCom North: RMS PR;
HAVAS PR’s Manchester office has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of Nuala O’Neill as associate director and Sarah Parmenter as Account Director.
O’Neill joins from Weber Shandwick Manchester, having worked previously at Hill and Knowlton in London and will head up the Greggs, Pets at Home, DFS and Co-operative Pharmacy accounts. She will also be part of the management team of Brian Beech, MD, Nigel Hughes, Deputy MD and Jon Welsh, Associate Director.
Parmenter has worked for Weber Shandwick and Modus Publicity in London and, most recently, has headed up PR and communications for the commercial sales arm of Great Places Housing Group in Manchester.
Last year she won ‘Best Marketer and Communicator – National Women in Housing Awards.’
She will work on the Berg Solicitors, Ideal Standard, Barratt Homes, Maplin Electronics and WYG accounts.
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REGIONAL agency MediaCom North has undergone a significant management restructure.
Manchester-based John Marshall, previously group marketing director, and Simon Price, who was board director in Leeds, have both become managing partners and will remain in their current locations.
Marshall has been instrumental in overseeing the Manchester team’s relocation to their new, purpose-built offices in Spinningields, while Price has played a leading role in the development of the ‘MediaCom Beyond Advertising’ proposition in the regions.
Three senior team members across Manchester and Leeds have been appointed to the board.
In Leeds, Danielle Bateman and Martin Corrigan join as planning director and broadcast director respectively, while in Manchester, Marcus Hall is elevated to the board as head of direct.
Nicola Marsh has been promoted to the position of Head of i-LAB North, with responsibility for overseeing the team in Manchester and the future growth of the digital brand across the group, while Pete Young steps up as UK Search Strategy Director for i-LAB.
Chief operating officer at MediaCom North, who is also Manchester based,Paul Wheeler, said: “Our mantra is ‘People First Better Results’, with a key part of that being developing talent throughout the business.
“We tend to think of this process as being at the junior and mid-range end of the agency, but developing the senior team and future leaders is crucial to our ongoing success, with these appointments representing both a reflection of excellent work and a real statement of intent from the business.”
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SOUTH Manchester-based agency RMS PR has made two new appointments following a flurry of account wins.
Mike Stafford has joined the design team and ex-journalist Alex Wignall has joined the PR team.
Managing director Ruth Shearn said: “Mike and Alex saw off dozens of other applicants and stood out throughout our rigorous recruitment process.”
RMS PR works with a range of businesses, brands and professional practice organisations including Warburtons, Hiscox, Character World, Manchester Law Society and Swizzels.
