Raft of appointments at IPC Ignite

by Isabella Piasecka, Media Week 01-Jun-07, 12:00

LONDON - IPC Media's men's lifestyle and music division IPC Ignite has announced a series of appointments to its solutions and online teams.

Rob Hunt, previously publisher of Play, the UK's longest-running PlayStation magazine, joins as sponsorship & brand solutions manager. He will take responsibility for creating advertising solution across IPC titles including Nuts, Uncut and Loaded, as well as developing client partnerships with RSVP - the creative commercial alliance between GCap Media, Viacom Brand Solutions and IPC Ignite.

Rob will report directly to Ignite Sponsorship & Brand Solutions director David Fisher.

Ignite has also added two people to its new media sales division, creating a five strong team. Barry Abbott, previously at online sales network eType, joins the team as senior sales executive and Brian Nugent, formerly working within the digital commercial team at Channel 4, joins as sales executive.

Both Barry and Brian will work across digital brands within the Ignite portfolio, including NME.COM, Nuts.co.uk, Loaded.co.uk and Uncut.co.uk.

They will report into Ignite New Media sales director Andrew Sanders.