Ogilvy Public Relations Australia bolsters social and digital team with three key hires
By Briana Healey in Marcoms News on Thursday, 27th August 2015 at 11:58amPictured left to right: Mike Watkins, Craig Page (Head of Digital, Ogilvy Public Relations, Australia), Nick Strine, Chris Dowling.
Ogilvy PR Australia has strengthened its social and digital team, social@Ogilvy, with three senior appointments.
Mike Watkins joins as social strategy director, Nick Strine as content team lead and Chris Dowling as digital producer
The social@Ogilvy team are responsible for developing the agency’s social and digital offerings across its five PR firms – Howorth, Pulse, Ogilvy PR Health, Ogilvy PR Melbourne and Ogilvy Corporate.
The hires will further strengthen offerings from the agency, having launched a number of new digital and social product innovations, including the 24 hour social newsroom product Conten...
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