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Appointment of Head of UK Sales
Appointment of Head of UK Sales.
About this update from Audioboom Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 3430U Audioboom Group PLC 24 October 2017 \n\n \naudioBoom Group plc\n('AudioBoom' or the 'Company')\n \nAppointment of Head of UK Sales\n \nAudioBoom (AIM: BOOM), the leading spoken word audio on-demand platform, announces the appointment of Oli Walters as Head of UK Sales with immediate effect. In this role, Oli will be responsible for increasing revenue across audioBoom's UK inventory and building a UK sales team targeting brands and agencies. \n \nOli previously worked at Bauer Media ('Bauer'), a media group which reaches 22 million UK consumers every week through a portfolio of multi-platform media and entertainment brands including: heat; Kiss, Grazia, Empire, Magic and Absolute Radio. Whilst working at Bauer, Oli held several positions, most recently Group Head of Radio for Dentsu Aegis, where his responsibilities included growing and maintaining commercial revenues from across major advertising agencies such as Dentsu Aegis and Group M. Oli's other key responsibilities whilst at Bauer included managing some of Bauer's biggest direct brand partnerships including Wickes, Shop Direct (Very, Very Exclusive and Littlewoods) and Three Mobile.\n \nPrior to his role at Bauer, Oli was the Brand Director of Absolute Radio where he was responsible for increasing creative revenues across the Absolute Radio portfolio by driving new initiatives across all platforms. Oli was also Digital Sales Manager for blinkbox music, Tesco's proprietary entertainment streaming service and has a keen understanding of digital technologies.\n \nOli Walters, Head of UK Sales, said: \"I'm excited to be joining AudioBoom and applying my radio knowledge and experience to the digital audio marketplace and supporting audioBoom in its development. The recent audioBoom announcement of sales growth of 329% year on year clearly illustrates the growth in the podcasting industry in recent years both in terms of revenue and listeners and there is no better time to join such a creative and inspiring team.\"\n \nRob Proctor, CEO of audioBoom, said: \"I am delighted to welcome Oli to our team. His experience in world-class, multi-platform media and entertainment brands across radio, digital and mobile means that he has the necessary expertise to assist audioBoom in its growth strategy.\"\n\n\n \n&n...