Steak, the digital marketing services agency, announces the appointment of Nick Gill as Managing Director of Steak Australia.
Based in Melbourne, Gill will head up the full service digital agency team offering SEM, SEO and integrated digital media for their client base including Red Group Retail (Borders, Angus & Robertson, Whitcoulls), Big W, Best Western, Betfair and Thrifty. Nick will replace Martin Carlill who has worked for Steak Group (UK and Australia) for just over five years.
Nick joins from Yahoo! UK & Ireland, where he was Head of Account Management, responsible for a team of over 60, providing integrated display, search, mobile and video marketing solutions to Yahoo!’s largest advertisers, generating revenue in excess of £50 million a year. Previously, Nick was appointed by Yahoo! Search Marketing in 2006 to lead the sales and account management team for the launch of Yahoo!’s global search advertising platform.
Born in Melbourne, Nick moved to the UK in 2001 and began his online career at QXL.com, after which, he joined Kelkoo, Europe’s leading online price comparison site, in 2003. Kelkoo was acquired by Yahoo! For €540 million, by which time Nick had been promoted to head of Sales leading a team responsible for the management of some of the UK’s largest businesses including retailing juggernauts Curry’s, Comet and John Lewis.
Oliver Bishop, co-founder and CEO of Steak comments, “I would like to thank Martin wholeheartedly for his dedication in running the Steak office, building our proposition in Melbourne, and his work with us in the UK. We sincerely wish him all the best in his next venture. We would also like to welcome Nick to Steak, he has the wealth of knowledge and experience in the digital sector which will take Steak Australia to the next stage. We are excited that he’s joined us.”
Nick Gill, Managing Director of Steak Australia adds, “I have been fortunate to work in the UK at time when the industry was experiencing extraordinary growth and creativity, I’ve been waiting for the right opportunity to return to Australia, and I’m delighted I can do this through the Steak brand; and I look forward to developing the business further.”
Recent account wins for Steak in London includes comparethemarket.com and DSGi the specialist retailing group for Currys, Dixons.co.uk and PC World.
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