Citrus juices up agency with eight new hires

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Anthony Goldman_Citrus.jpgMelbourne digital marketing agency Citrus has kicked off the year with eight new hires as it expands its service offerings in mobile and search, and aggressively grows its client base in the FMCG, telco and automotive sectors.

 

The agency has appointed Anthony Goldman as general manager of client services (pictured), who joins from Next Digital where he worked across the client base including Tourism Victoria and Melbourne Cricket Club. Previously he was general manager of Fudge Group where he developed brand activation campaigns for Ford, Nestle and Sensis. Prior to Fudge he spent six years at agencies including Leo Burnett, George Patterson Bates and JWT and was also head of marketing for Village Cinemas.

At Citrus Goldman will oversee a team of eight managing clientrelationships across flagship clients including Sportsgirl, VictoriaRacing Club, CPA, Toys R Us and kikki.K. He will also aggressivelydrive the agency’s business development activity.

 

Darren Ning joins Citrus as senior database manager following astint as senior CRM executive at KPMG and deep experience in the UKbuilding acquisition campaigns for brands lastminute.com andTravelocity.

 

Peter Noble, CEO of Citrus said, “Our key goals this year are to boostour capabilities in mobile, search/acquisition and data insight, whichare burgeoning growth areas in digital. We also want to attract A-gradetalent, and Anthony and Darren were absolute standouts with exceptionalexperience in these key areas to drive our business forward.”

 

“Anthony brings a wealth of expertise in integrated marketingstrategies and a rigorous approach to client service, while Darren willbe instrumental in driving eCRM programs for our clients and bolsterour expertise in data and customer analytics,” Noble added.

 

Other key hires at the agency include: Steven Skrekovski, Senior Art Director, Varun Sharma, Project Manager, Shaun Rowland, Senior Account Manager, Josephine Tan, Junior Designer, Danny Masalkovski, Designer and Luke Miller, Application Developer. Citrus has also promoted Jenny Barnes to Executive Producer.