Newcastle digital marketing agency Podium recruits three

Newcastle-based digital marketing agency Podium has appointed three new staff as part of an ambitious growth and business development programme.

Podium, based at Regent Centre, Gosforth, has appointed Graeme Miller as account director and Iwona Soroka as account executive. Newcastle University student Faye Ripley has joined on a 10-week summer internship.

Graeme is a business adviser with almost 20 years’ experience working with North East businesses across a number of sectors. He has previously worked for Go Digital Newcastle, Sky, the Care Quality Commission and Business Link.

He joins Podium as account director and will be working to develop the firm’s clients’ digital marketing strategies.

Iwona has recently completed her MSc International Marketing and, prior to that, a BA Business Management with a 12-month Industrial Placement, both at Newcastle University.

She has worked for 12 months at Metro Radio and Magic 1152 working as sponsorship and promotions executive and continues in her role on Metro Radio, managing callers to Alan Robson’s Night Owls show on Wednesday nights.

Managing director Andy Thevarokiam said: “We are delighted to welcome Graeme, Iwona and Faye to the business. Graeme has been brought in to develop the work we do with existing clients, as well as helping to broaden the range of businesses we have

“We do some great work with a varied range of businesses, but until now have relied on word of mouth and referrals to grow our business. This appointment represents the start of a more aggressive business growth campaign.

“Iwona has been brought in to work on our wide variety of social media accounts, delivering social content across key channels such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Youtube. She has some great relevant experience and has already brought lots of new ideas to us.

“Faye has strong copywriting skills and will be helping us throughout a traditionally very busy period. We work closely with the region’s universities to offer regular paid internships to talented individuals.”

Podium works for over 25 clients across the UK, offering search engine optimisation (SEO)-focused digital marketing campaigns. Podium brings technical SEO together with traditional marketing and public relations expertise.