Friday, January 04, 2008
LONDON, January 4, 2008 - Weber Shandwick announced today two senior Pan-European appointments to its EMEA Growth Team. Leo Rayman will join the company as EMEA Insight and Planning Director and Peter Jacob will be joining as EMEA New Business Director. Both will report to Richard Moss Executive Vice-President, European Brand Programmes.
Rayman is currently Strategy Director at Advertising Agency, DDB London. He will be responsible for building the insight and strategic capabilities of Weber Shandwick for blue chip clients across EMEA. At DDB, Rayman has been responsible for brand strategy, integrated communications planning and research. He has worked across a client portfolio including Volkswagen, Anheuser Busch and Dell. Prior to his time at DDB, Rayman spent five years at WWAV Rapp Collins.
Commenting on the appointment, Richard Moss said, “As brand owners increasingly recognise advocacy as their most effective communication channel, they are demanding new levels of strategic counsel and insight from their PR agencies. We are delighted to welcome somebody of Leo’s quality and experience to Weber Shandwick to support us in guiding clients through this exciting world.”
Jacob is currently EMEA Sales and Marketing Director at Text 100. He will be responsible for Pan EMEA new business development at Weber Shandwick, building new business capabilities at a local and regional level and forging close and productive relationships with the wider Interpublic Group of companies. At Text 100, Jacob was responsible for working across 11 offices, coordinating new business and marketing efforts and building agency collaboration.
“We are delighted to attract someone of Peter’s calibre to take up such an important role in Weber Shandwick. Peter has a formidable track record and a first class understanding of how to build new business across EMEA. He will be an enormous asset to our company,” said Moss.
About Weber ShandwickWeber Shandwick is a leading global public relations agency with offices in 77 markets around the world. The firm’s success is built on its deep commitment to client service, creativity, collaboration and harnessing the power of Advocates - engaging stakeholders in new and creative ways to build brands and reputation. Weber Shandwick provides strategy and execution across practices such as consumer marketing, healthcare, technology, public affairs, corporate/financial and crisis management. Its specialized services include digital/social media, advocacy advertising, market research, and corporate responsibility. Weber Shandwick was recognized as
PRWeek’s 2009 Global Agency Report Card Gold Medal Winner, named Global Agency of the Year by
The Holmes Report and Large PR Firm of the Year by
PR News in 2008. The firm also won the United Nations Grand Award for Outstanding Achievement in Public Relations for a lifestyles educational campaign in India. Weber Shandwick is part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). For more information, visit
http://www.webershandwick.com.