Bauer Media UK raids Argos and Viacom to strengthen digital division
Matthew Hobbs has taken the chief technology officer position, joining from Argos where he was the head of digital engineering since April last year.
Akhil Suchak, the head of social at Viacom International Media Networks UK, has been appointed the head of social.
He has been tasked with “identifying business opportunities and spearheading innovative, strategic expansion” in social.
Satpal Chagger has been named the head of analytics, and joins after seven years as a digital performance and web-analytics consultant for Funding Circle and London Capital Group. Chagger has been tasked with building analytics software services.
Christian Westcott joins as the head of search, having previously worked as the global head of SEO at Hibu, which was formerly the Yell Group.
At Bauer he will drive “natural search traffic across UK and US properties through platform development and content strategy”.
The new starters will report to Sam Jones, the digital managing director at Bauer Media.
He said: “I’m thrilled at the world class talent joining our digital team, arriving at a time of huge growth in our digital audience, clients, products and investment, as well as a footprint that already measures 22m monthly unique users and 23m monthly listening hours.
“Working with and developing world class digital talent is a number one priority for us and I look forward to the team developing further this year.”
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