Nicola Dempster has joined Leeds-based brand communications agency, Clearsilver, as director of public relations. Her appointment spearheads the expansion of the agency's PR division following a raft of successful new business wins.
A former BBC journalist, Nicola was an award winning account director and part of the management team at Leeds' Ptarmigan Consultants for nine years. She headed up consumer, b2b and sponsorship maximisation campaigns for clients including Yorkshire and Clydesdale Banks, npower, Nestlé, Lemsip and York Racecourse. She also led the consultancy's Integrated Digital Unit.
She joins Clearsilver from Opera North where she was interim head of press and public relations.
She will be working with Clearsilver's joint managing director, Louise Leach, to drive the agency's integrated PR approach to communications across its growing client portfolio which includes brands such as, Harvey Nichols, NHS, Asda, Yorkshire Cancer Research and St Stephen's Shopping Centre in Hull.
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