Magnum & Co has made two new appointments to bolster its expanding social and digital team, with Martin Hong and Gidon Jacobs joining the agency.

The new appointments add serious digital marketing power to Magnum’s existing social & digital team, expanding its offering to cover the entire digital customer journey beyond social media.

Magnum & Co’s current key social and digital accounts include GoDaddy, Stayz, Arcadian, Pooled Energy and Hello Fresh.

Managing director, Carl Moggridge said: “We’ve had a phenomenal start to 2019 and look forward to many more successes this year with the addition of Martin and Gidon to the team.

“We are now in a position to scale our paid media offering, as well as provide digital campaigns and strategies that span the entire digital customer journey.

“Their data-driven approach to marketing truly helps us deliver on our mission to help brands ‘Do Things That Change Things’.”

Martin Hong (featured image, right) joins as head of social and digital from social analytics technology startup Digivizer, where he headed up the creative services offering.

Hong has over ten years experience in the digital marketing space, having worked both agency and client side, on brands including American Express, Stockland, HSBC, TourismNT, World Nomads and Lenovo.

Social and digital specialist, Gidon Jacobs (featured image, left), joins from Think Beyond Media (part of the Stride Gaming Group) with extensive experience across a number of fast growing industries in the technological space, particularly online gaming.

Jacobs specialises in paid and organic social media, email and mobile marketing, and brand conversion.

Hong commented: “Magnum & Co’s culture-first approach to comms planning is what attracted me to the business.

“The team’s comprised of a fantastic group of talented, creative and hands-on individuals that truly punch above their weight to deliver exceptional results for our clients.

“I’m thrilled to be a part of such an exciting chapter of Magnum’s growth, and I can’t wait to work with the team to develop our digital marketing offering further.”

Magnum & Co is an integrated communications agency providing services for brands across PR, social media marketing, digital, experiential, influencer marketing and content marketing.

Magnum & Co’s clients include BIG W, Converse, Stayz, Bookabach, GoDaddy and Pooled Energy.