Creative appointments: Raft of new starters at INK Digital and ilk whilst Elementary makes major investment

HALIFAX creative agency INK Digital, which also has offices in Melbourne Australia has added five to its team.

Andrew Wood and Vick Briggs have joined INK as strategists, Georgia Dean and Dan Chircop are new designers within the creative team and Danny Edwards is the latest addition to the development team.

Helen Darlington, founder and group head of Creative Strategy at INK said. “We’ve been on a huge journey over the last 18 months – even more so than normal.

“It’s a truly exciting time for us and we’re super busy with a lot of brilliant projects from across the globe so we’re delighted to welcome such amazing people into our team.”

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DIGITAL agency Elementary Digital is planning on creating six jobs in the coming year following a spate of new business wins.

The agency has invested £160,000 in the past year in developing its Leeds and London teams. During that time it won new clients including London not-for-profit Wayfindr, manufacturer Stelrad and consumer group the National Bed Federation

The agency, which launched in Leeds in 2013 and employs 17 people, has seen turnover increase by 50 per cent in 2016.

“We are now looking to attract new talent to support our expansion plans which will see us invest in both our development and digital marketing teams,” said founder and director Gyles Seward.

Elementary Digital recently appointed three new developers, a project manager and a head of new business development. Gyles said four more development roles were being created in Leeds and London along with two positions in the firm’s SEO and content team.
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LEEDS agency ilk is expanding its digital offering with the appointment of four new staff.

The investment sees Gary Greenall join as creative account director, with Melissa Saunders join as a creative account executive and Adam Gibbons joining as web developer. Rebecca Farnsworth has also joined as PR account executive.

Nev Ridley, ilk’s managing director, said: “Digital is integrated into absolutely everything we do – but developing this offering isn’t just about employing people with techy minds that can facilitate digital campaigns, it’s about employing teams of people with different talents.

“Whether these lie in traditional comms or specific digital intel and insight, the beauty of offering different services is that everything can intrinsically link together to deliver tangible results for our clients.”

“These appointments are testament to our ongoing commitment to really drive digital change and develop a more holistic way of working. Our new recruits are already helping to further strengthen our integrated offering, so we’re really looking forward to seeing how this impacts our client campaigns over the coming months, and indeed into 2017.”

The agency rebranded to ilk in July and has clients including Leeds based Kirkgate Market, the NHS and animal charity FOUR PAWS.