Ozone – the UK’s premium digital advertising platform built for brands, by publishers – has announced a number of senior internal promotions across the team as the business aligns itself for further growth in 2023.
Sophie Shead has been appointed to the role of Sales Operations Director, a new position created to lead Ozone’s trading operations, publisher operations and marketplace operations teams. Reporting directly to Dora Michail-Clendinnen, Chief Strategy Officer, Sophie will be responsible for maximising efficiencies, optimising performance and developing best practice across all three teams.
In the commercial team, Joel Woodage has been appointed to the new role of Head of Independent Agency Sales, Danny Geelan to the new role of Head of HoldCo Agency Sales, and Bill Dennett to the new role of Head of Regional Agency Sales, UK&I. All three will report to Commercial Trading Director, Jacque Chadwick, and will work with their respective agency leads to foster the most effective working relationships with Ozone’s advertising customers.
In addition, Ozone also announced five other internal promotions with Jack Oates promoted to Senior Agency Partner and James Clarke to Senior Client Services Manager. Mercedes Shackleton becomes Publisher Account Manager, Maff Brown is now Senior Publisher Operations Manager, while Conor Reed has advanced from Ozone’s internship programme into the role of Junior Trader.
Damon Reeve, CEO, Ozone, said: “We’re delighted to announce these new promotions within our team. Not only do they reflect the amazing work and focus of these individuals in the past year, they are also testament to our desire to elevate the great talent we already have within our business when we can. I’m incredibly proud of our entire team’s dedication in pursuing our 2022 goals, and look forward to more of the same as we build on this over the next twelve months.”