Mandi Bateson quits Hill & Knowlton for social media role at MindShare
Troubled PR agency Hill & Knowlton has lost another senior member of staff, with the departure of digital director Mandi Bateson to MindShare.
Bateson takes up the role of head of social media at MindShare.
Sue Cook, Hill & Knowlton’s MD, commented: “We congratulate Mandi on her new role. It is one we support, as she’s moving to a WPP sister agency.”
Cook added that the agency was looking to recruit a lead practitioner for digital strategy, but Bateson’s role would be covered by creative director Ben Shipley, with regional director Rishi Saha providing support.
Congrats Mandi!
Nice work, Mandipants!
Congrats Mandi!
Way to Mandibles!
The combination of you and Cathie is the most terrifying one two punch I can think of 🙂
Welcome to the Share, Mandi! Wonderful having you aboard.
Yaaaaaaay Mandi!
Congrats Mandi!
From PR to media planning/buying agency.
Just shows that “social media” lives with whoever has the budget to keep/ poach the staff.
Media agencies used to buy space and creative agencies used to fill that space. Or often creative agencies would create ads and media pagencies would ‘place’ them. PR agencies would find or create stories and ‘sell’ them to their media contacts.
How the worm has turned. Exciting times as agencies all morph.
Thanks guys, excited to be here! Wishing the H&K team all the best, a great and talented group of people.
Congrats Mandi. Best of luck in your new role
Hope the first week has gone great Mandi, looking forward to keeping working with you across our common clients.
I don’t know any of you but I’m just so ecstatically happy!
I highly doubt there is this much love between WPP agencies. Losing a senior member is bad, losing one to a sister company is twice as bad. It is what it is.
Johnny I’m just happy that you’re happy.
Joe not my place to comment on behalf of WPP but everyone involved has been incredibly supportive. As Ben mentioned there are still some common clients and any time shared at the same table will be positive (and no doubt boatloads of fun as usual).