Guava strengthens Facebook and display advertising team with senior hires from Facebook and Fox Networks

Guava, the integrated digital marketing agency, today announced two senior appointments within its growing Facebook and Display Advertising division.

First is Miyako Soeda, who joins as Facebook Product Manager, with responsibility for managing and innovating Guava’s Facebook portfolio. Prior to joining Guava, Miyako worked at Facebook Europe in Ireland, within its EMEA Sales department responsible for the Nordic markets

Miyako helped open up several markets including Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Germany whilst managing the social networks agency roster, through which she serviced brands such as Nokia, 3, Santander and Symantec.

Guava is also pleased to announce the appointment of Tim Cross as Display Advertising Manager. Tim will be drawing on over a decade of experience to help create a product that allows clients to analyse and track campaign success across multiple platforms.

Before joining Guava, Tim worked as UK Advertising Operations Manager for Fox Networks, part of News Corporation, where he helped to guide the company to a successful IASH audit. Previously he has managed accounts including Orange, 02, Dell, PC World and Amazon.

Lucy Cokes, CEO, Guava UK, commented: “In the UK digital advertising space, it is essential that we bring to market service lines that enhance and evolve our offering.

“The appointment of Tim and Miyako is fantastic news for Guava, as their extensive experience in Display and Facebook Advertising will help us to continue to develop our products, while delivering the levels of service and results our clients have come to expect.”

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About Guava

Guava is a performance focused integrated digital marketing agency with offices in the UK, Demark and Sweden.

With a diverse client base including RBS Insurance, Argos and Accor Hotels, Guava delivers a broad spectrum of services from Search Marketing (SEO & Paid Search), Web Development and Analytics, through to Display Advertising, Facebook Marketing and Social Media.

As part of the NetBooster Group, an independent global digital performance marketing agency, Guava is part of an international group of 530 employees across 11 offices across the globe, providing savvy digital marketing campaigns which deliver the very best results regardless of scale, budget or location.

For more information about the search engine marketing services provided by Guava, please contact Martin Dinham on 0870 063 0707 or email uk@guava.com www.guava.co.uk