Four new digital specialists have joined the award winning Manchester-based Code Computerlove

	Designer Leigh Whipday brings seven years of industry experience to his new role at Code, where he will work across the agency's accounts including RHM Foods, the HMV Group and Kimberley Clark Corporation. Prior to joining Code, Leigh (29) was creative director of Thread Creative Studios working for clients such as Flowcrete, Recognition Express and Incubation Northwest. Leigh has also worked as a freelancer on projects for the BBC and AXA. In addition to design, Leigh is experienced in front-end development (XHTML and CSS), flash animation and illustration.
	Colin Preston also joins Code's design team as a web production designer. Having previously worked both in-house, for the Caudwell Group, and within agency, 28-year old Colin has experience working on high profile brands such as Orange (OrangeAccessories.co.uk), Colin will be responsible for concept design right through to building the front end of sites.
	Suzanne Offord has joined Code as an account manager. Previous industry experience was gained as project manager at Amaze working on brands including Toyota, Lexus and ESRC. At Code, Suzanne (26) will be working on Kimberley Clark brands including Huggies, Depend, DryNites and Kotex.
	James Lunt has been appointed to Code's expanding Media Department as a digital media executive. 23-year old James will be planning campaigns and buying online media for a number of Code clients including Waterstone's, Leekes department stores and Mike Watson Images. James joins Code from McCann Erikson.

The agency has also taken on Sarah Peel as administrative support and Kirsty Hunt as press & PR officer to handle the company's marketing, award entries and PR activity.

Sarah Peel has worked for seven years in the digital media industry. With a background in account management Sarah (35) fully understands what it takes to maintain a smooth running agency and how to support busy teams.

Kirsty Hunt has taken over from Belinda Graham as Code's press & PR officer. Kirsty (32) brings more than 11 years' PR and marketing experience to the role and aims to build on the strong reputation that the company has built up during the past eight years. Kirsty's main remit is to get national recognition for Code as one of the UK's leading digital agencies.

www.codecomputerlove.com

Loewy beefs up group board to build senior team as expansion continues

Jane Latham has been promoted to Loewy’s group board to take on the role of group finance director.

Latham’s brief is to work alongside group MD Ed Hardy to optimise the financial performance of the various companies in Loewy.
Latham has held a series of senior accounting roles following training at Unilever, and joined Loewy in March 2004.

As part of her role, she is embarking on a project to rationalise Loewy’s back-office operations, including standardising the accounting, HR and IT systems to maximise working benefits across group companies.

Charlie Hoult, Loewy’s group CEO, says: “Loewy has spent three years building a family of creatively outstanding agencies. It’s time now to integrate them operationally and to develop an infrastructure that will cope with our ambitious growth plans. In her new role, Jane will be ideally placed to drive this process forward. We are delighted to welcome her to the board.”

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Ogilvy action expands its global travel retail division with two top flight appointments  

Retail communication expert Charlie Mitchell-Heggs (pictured) is the new head of Ogilvy Action’s Global Travel Retail (GTR) division.

He brings with him years of global brand-building experience working in retail environments across the world and running his own Dubai-based TTL agency.

Ogilvy Action has also appointed Grant Channer as senior account director to its GTR division, which now also benefits from the expertise of trade strategist Mario Coletti, who joined the agency in November 2006 and who will provide support for the division.

Channer is an award winning marketer (DMA silver for Bailey’s CRM campaign) with multi-discipline experience in developing enduring campaigns for top brands, both in the UK and internationally. Agency experience includes Haygarth Group, CDP, Pepper, TBWA-GGT (stationed in the UK and then transferred to Australia), and immediately prior to joining Ogilvy Action he worked at Chemistry.

Mitchell-Heggs will lead a global team in 4 regional hubs developing brand communication and changing consumer behaviour in the travel retail channel.

“This is a unique organization, combining a deep understanding of how to engage and communicate with consumers in the channel, as well as implement across multiple formats and touchpoints in a highly complex and dynamic environment,” says Mitchell-Heggs.

Ogilvy Action recognises GTR’s strength in actively building global brands and that ultimately this brand awareness has the potential to transform itself into domestic market sales. To seize on this opportunity it is developing a specialist team to service clients in this channel.

Steve Harding, CEO (EMEA) Ogilvy Action, said: “We are delighted to welcome two specialists who understand the airport environment as an experiential playground for the modern consumer and the key role GTR can play in building brands at home and abroad.”

www.ogilvyaction.com

Couponstar, provider of consumer-printed coupon marketing and technology solutions, has expanded its sales team with the appointment of two new UK Sales Managers.

Sam Jenner and Matt Butcher will be responsible for further growing Couponstar’s UK client base as FMCG brands, publishers and retailers ramp up their existing programs or start to utilise consumer-printed coupons as a means of engaging consumers online in order to drive in-store sales.

Previously Business Development Managers at Value Initatives and PIMS-SCA respectively, Jenner and Butcher bring with them more than 15 years experience between them in Business Development and Sales Promotion, and over 10 years commercial experience in the interactive and marketing industries, working primarily in client facing roles. They have both worked in many commercial positions across a host of leading companies, such as Major Players, and Admedia Ltd.

Sam Jenner says, “This is an exciting time to be working at Couponstar – brands are realising the potential of consumer-printable coupon technology as a way of engaging with their core audience online in order to drive in-store sales.”

Matt Butcher adds, “Having been previously involved in the provision of risk management solutions to brands, and sales promotion agencies, it is refreshing to come into Couponstar and be able to focus on more creative aspects once again safe in the knowledge that Couponstar’s technology is compliant with the latest industry security standards.

"With the current emphasis on integrated marketing campaigns, couponing technology is increasingly becoming an essential element of marketing so it is an exciting time to be joining a company who are pioneering this space.”

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