Rapp Media has strengthened its senior team with three appointments, including the promotion of Paul Holman to managing partner just months after he joined the Rapp UK executive board.
Holman rejoined Rapp in 2009 as a business director, having previously worked as head of media at Everest Poker and Mediacom after an earlier stint as a senior planner at the agency.
His promotion is designed to recognise his leadership of a number of key media clients and for driving integration across the Rapp UK business. In this role he will lead growth across all clients, helping them address their business challenges with data-led media strategies that get to the core of what drives customer behaviour.
In addition, Suzanne Vestey joins as business director from ZenithOptimedia, where she was client planning director. She was previously a planning manager at OMD. Vestey will lead a number of key clients and drive integration across the UK business.
The appointments follow the arrival of Jonathan Fink, who recently joined the agency as head of SEO. Fink will be responsible for leading the agency’s SEO activity across all clients in the UK and globally. He will also be responsible for delivering SEO strategies across RAPP UK’s broader client portfolio.
He joins from Razorfish, where he was a senior SEO strategist, devising cutting edge technologies and techniques for SEO and uniting all teams to create new services to sell to clients. He will report Rapp’s head of digital, Sharon Braude.
Rapp Media managing director Ian Maynard said: “Paul’s promotion to managing partner recognises his leadership in the growth of some of our major clients in media and across the wider UK business. His vision for driving further collaboration with our creative and data agencies is delivering against the client need to work with a partner that has all three disciplines aligned.”
“I am also delighted to welcome Suzanne and Jonathan to our agency. They both have great experience in areas that are crucial as we build strategies that reflect the changing relationship between brands and consumers.”
