Excite UK Expands Ad Sales Team

Excite UK is expanding its advertising sales department with the appointment of Sarah Escott as head of client sales and Phil Liptrot as head of agency sales.

Escot, who joins from 24/7 Media, will take on responsibility for developing client understanding of Excite UK and attracting new advertisers to the portal. Previously she has worked for BBC Worldwide and Hello! magazine in a sales capacity.

Liptrot has been promoted internally from his position as advertising group head and will concentrate on expanding agency spend at Excite.co.uk. Prior to joining the group he worked at Haymarket and Dennis publishing houses.

Commenting on the appointments, Excite UK’s managing director, Rebecca Miskin, said: “As companies around us announce job cuts and potential staff reductions, this is an important signal of Excite UK’s confident outlook.”

Excite is owned jointly by BT and US firm Excite@home, which recently filed for bankruptcy and closed down all its other European sites. However, Excite UK insists that it is in a strong financial position and is confident that it will find a buyer for the 58% stake owned by its US parent.

Excite UK: 020 7447 1800 www.excite.co.uk

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