Media organisation VivaKi, part of the global communications giant Publicis Groupe, has appointed Marcus Wainer as head of talent acquisition, VivaKi UK. 

In this newly created position, Wainer will play a key role in identifying talent across the four communications agency brands within the VivaKi UK group — Digitas, Razorfish, Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) and Zenith Optimedia — to develop an integrated pool of talent.

Wainer will liaise with the HR teams within the four brands, as well as with certain recruitment partners. Wainer has previously worked at Pathfinders, CMG UK and most recently Code Worldwide among others.

He will report into Liz Nottingham, HR director SMG and VivaKi country talent and transformation officer.