Simon Hill will be joining Newsquest as Digital Platforms Director from Haymarket Media Group where he has been the UK Digital Technology Director responsible for all digital product development across Haymarket’s UK titles for the last four years.
Commenting on yesterday's appointment Newsquest Digital Media MD Mark Smith said: “When we first started looking for someone to take on the crucial product development role we saw a lot of high calibre candidates but as discussions went on it became clear that Simon was the one we wanted and we’re delighted he saw it the same way. He has a great deal of experience in leading digital media teams and that’s exactly what we need as we accelerate our programme of digital development to provide our users and advertisers with the right products on the right devices at the right times.”
Simon, who has been with Haymarket for 12 years and currently leads a 45 strong development team, said: “I’m delighted to be joining Newsquest at a time of such opportunity. It’s a company that’s clearly got real digital ambition and has already grown a huge audience so I’m really looking forward to building on that success.”
