We would like to say hello to some new arrivals at LOVE.

Firstly we have Claire Butters who joins us as Account Director on Umbro amongst other clients. Claire previously worked at BD-Network as an Account Director on Coca-Cola GB and Europe which included managing the Coca-Cola GB football account across the Football League and World Cup 2010. Claire was also the Sports Marketing Manager at LeoSports, the sports marketing arm of Leo Burnett, which all makes me feel a little inferior with my previous work experience of stacking shelves at the local Kwik Save in the summer holidays.

Next we have 2 Eds – are better than one, (never heard that one before eh!) Ed Richardson and Ed Hall.

Ed 1 joins us as senior digital project manager. After spending the early part of his career in IT, he moved agency side after getting excited about the opportunities presented in those interesting places where creativity and technology meet . He’s also got more followers on twitter than just about anyone we know. Ed has previously worked at Elevator Digital (sorry Carl), Cohn & Wolfe, Zenith Optimedia, JTinteractive and, strangely the British Nuclear Group (‘You’ll arrive a boy and leave a man” – which is quite worrying if you are female but could well happen working at British Nuclear).

Ed 2 joins us after a placement on our ‘Class’ scheme. Ed impressed us so much we couldn’t let him go and work for another agency… and he’s a nice lad.

We’d like to say a big ‘Hello’ to all three and hope you enjoy the ride.