Southern Cross Austereo appoints Chris Ledlin as social media director
By Briana Healey in Media News on Thursday, 22nd September 2016 at 10:45amTwitter Australia’s lifestyle content partnerships manager Chris Ledlin has joined Southern Cross Austereo as its social media director. In his new role, working closely with content teams across the business and The Studio, Ledlin will lead SCA’s social media portfolio to drive growth for audiences and results for clients.
Ledlin was one of the first Australian Twitter employees, joining in 2013 to help start up its entertainment, TV and news partnerships division. There, he formed content partnerships with media outlets including ABC, Seven News, Ten Network, FOXTEL, SBS, Southern Cross Austereo, Nova Entertainment and the Australian Radio Network.
He will be based in Sydney and join SCA mid-November, reporting into Chris Johnson, head of digital product....
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