Appointments: Purple picks Graham Symon

Creative industries staffing specialist Purple has appointed Graham Symon as a digital creative consultant. 

Creative industries staffing specialist Purple has appointed Graham Symon as a digital creative consultant. 

Symon joins from Carat Media Agency where he was a broadcast executive with responsibility for planning and buying media for clients including Diageo, Disney, Adidas, Kellogg’s, COI and J&J.

He will recruit for  digital creative roles and reports to associate director, Richard Bloom who heads the firm’s digital division.  
 

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