Goalhanger has appointed Nicole Logan as ‘Government Producer – Improvement’ and Andy Neilson as ‘PR & Communications Supervisor’ in two new roles for he UK’s largest impartial podcast manufacturing firm, efficient instantly.
Logan, previously Head of Improvement at manufacturing firm Diminished Listening, will lead efforts to search out expertise, pilot reveals, and take all of them the best way to launch. She brings a deep information of current expertise within the audio area and expertise in bringing by way of nice folks new to the medium. Her remit will cowl genres resembling historical past, politics, leisure, and sports activities whereas creating reveals for brand spanking new audiences.
Over the previous 4 years, Logan has supported purchasers and producers with new initiatives and concept throughout podcasts and radio, the place she labored predominantly with BBC Radio 3, 6Music, BBC Sounds, and Spotify. She was additionally the manager producer of Nailing It For Spotify, Arlo Park’s Dream Gas and Gilles Peterson for 6Music, and The Sleeping Forecast for BBC Sounds.
Prior two becoming a member of Diminished Listening, Logan held varied roles within the radio output of the Roundhouse in Camden and is a founding trustee of the audio charity Multitrack.
Moreover, Neilson, previously Communications & Advertising Supervisor on the commerce physique British Affiliation for Display Leisure (BASE), will construct a constant and strategic method to public relations for Goalhanger, supporting the ambition to be a world-leading media community. Neilson will run consumer-facing communications for Goalhanger-produced reveals whereas additionally main the broader B2B press technique throughout industrial exercise and the enterprise as an entire.
Over the previous seven years, Neilson has applied multi-channel communications actions tailor-made for a variety of B2B and B2C audiences throughout the UK and Europe on behalf of main Hollywood studios like The Walt Disney Firm, EMEA & Warner Bros. Uncover and OTT streaming/VOD platforms like Prime Video & Sky Retailer.
Earlier than becoming a member of BASE, Neilson had varied roles throughout the promotions and advertising groups at Common Music Group N.V.
Of their new roles, each will report back to Jack Davenport, Managing Director and Co-Founder, at a time of huge success throughout rising month-to-month obtain numbers and elevated industrial exercise.
On their appointment, Davenport stated, “We’re thrilled to welcome Nicole and Andy to our workforce. Their in depth expertise can be invaluable as we increase our portfolio of reveals and audiences, improve our presence in worldwide markets, and additional develop our established reveals throughout social media, video, and occasions.”
Earlier this month, Goalhanger introduced a file stage of downloads and views over a massively busy Might to July interval, led by a worldwide enhance in curiosity throughout reveals resembling “The Relaxation Is Politics” and “The Relaxation Is Soccer,” with 40 million downloads and views of the total episodes with one other 80 million+ on social media recorded.
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