Genoa Black, the strategic and creative marketing company based in Aberdeen and Edinburgh, has appointed James Allan as Senior Designer, strengthening the Union Street office which heads up its Aberdeen and North-east business.
James brings a wealth of expertise to Genoa Black with over ten-years of experience working on a variety of marketing and communication projects from conceptual development, corporate branding and promotional strategy to advertising and marketing campaigns, internal communications, exhibitions and events and digital across a range of industry sectors. His drive to learn and develop new skills has allowed him to develop his design skills also in online communications, video production and photography.
James’ extensive experience will support Genoa Black’s full client portfolio across Scotland and support the evolution of Genoa Black’s own brand.
James commented, “I’m very excited to be joining Genoa Black as it continues to go from strength to strength. Having already worked with Genoa Black recently on READ Cased Hole, I look forward to working on and supporting the company’s wider client portfolio.”
In addition to this appointment, Genoa Black has also promoted Gaynor Duthie and Sarah Low to senior marketing manager and marketing manager, respectively. Both were initially appointed as interns and have both gained significant technical and business skills over the past two years.
Claire Kinloch, owner and managing director explained,
“With a small but agile team, we are hugely passionate about growing our people and seeing them develop and take full ownership of their clients and work. Both Gaynor and Sarah have shown a huge level of ambition and appetite to help Genoa Black achieve success and have contributed significantly to our progress since starting with the company.
"It’s great to see their progress as individuals and we look forward to their continued development over the next few years.”