Shooting Star has further expanded its team with the appointment of Kerri Saxby as PR Account Manager.

Since graduating from Bishop Grossesteste University, Kerri has worked for a variety of well known organisations, including Woolworths, Vodafone and The Wildlife Trusts.

For the last two years she has been delivering PR and communications within a busy grants unit for both the Big Lottery Fund’s Local Food and the multi-million pound Biffa Award programmes.

With a passion for creating PR campaigns, championing social media and hosting events, Kerri (32) is an expert on finding and celebrating the heart of a news story.

Kerri’s arrival is the latest in a string of new appointments for Shooting Star in what is set to be a big year for the firm. With this most recent addition, Shooting Star is set to strengthen the PR service provided to existing and new clients.

“We’re really pleased to welcome Kerri to the team and we’re excited by the prospect of what this year holds for us as a business,” said Kate Strawson, one of the Directors at Shooting Star.

Kerri added: “I am delighted to join the talented team at Shooting Star. If you are looking for a dedicated team to create and deliver your company’s PR and marketing strategy, please get in touch.”

Lincoln-based Shooting Star was launched in 2006 and specialises in media relations, social media, marketing, editorial work, media training and crisis management.

The agency’s ever-growing list of clients currently includes Lincolnshire Co-op, fresh food producer Freshtime UK, Bishop Grosseteste University, glass manufacturer Beatson Clark and the Lincolnshire County Council broadband project, onlincolnshire.

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Notes to Editors:

• Shooting Star was founded in 2006 by Kate Strawson and Jez Ashberry and became incorporated as a company limited by guarantee in 2007.
• Based in Lincoln, Shooting Star works for local and national public and private sector clients across a wide range of industries including education, leisure and tourism, property, retail, finance, manufacturing and construction.
• Shooting Star is on the shortlist for Outstanding Small Consultancy in this year’s CIPR Pride Awards (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire).
• The company offers a full range of PR, marketing and editorial services and is a Quality Assured supplier on the East Midlands Service Provider Register- www.embrokerage.com

For media information please contact:

Jez Ashberry
Shooting Star
01522 528540
jez@weareshootingstar.co.uk
www.weareshootingstar.co.uk
@jezashberry