Orange UK appoints interim Head of Sponsorship and Brand Partnerships
 

Orange UK has today announced that former Head of Media, Ian Smith, has become interim Head of Sponsorship and Brand Partnerships.

Smith will be covering maternity leave for current Head of Sponsorship and Brand Partnerships, Hattie Magee. Responsibilities will include leading both the sponsorship strategy in 2009 and running existing partnerships, including the Orange British Academy Film Awards, Glastonbury Festival, Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction, Orange RockCorps and Orange unsignedAct with Sony Ericsson. Smith will report directly to Justin Billingsley, Orange   UK’s brand director, responsible for the newly designed marketing team which incorporates retail, home, business services and brand departments. Delighted Justin Billingsley said: “Ian is an integral part of the brand team and we are delighted he has agreed to cover Hattie's maternity leave. "He has a wealth of experience having headed up media at Orange for three years, working closely with the partnerships team, and from previous roles he has held outside the business making him the perfect candidate to lead our sponsorship strategy through 2009.”