Shooting Star Welcomes a New Senior Account Executive
Award-winning PR, marketing and digital agency Shooting Star is on the rise after welcoming another new addition to its team.
Melissa Orchard from Worcestershire has joined the Lincoln and Newark-based agency as a Senior Account Executive. While studying fashion management at Nottingham Trent University, Melissa completed a placement year at Wrangler Europe and worked in house to grow the brand throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Since completing her studies, Melissa has worked at agency level with companies across a variety of industry sectors. For the last year she has been managing the PR for a selection of clients at Champions UK, a Leicestershire-based branding agency with B2B and B2C clients in the UK.
Melissa said: “After falling in love with marketing at university and entering the exciting agency world a year ago, joining Shooting Star was the perfect next step to further my career in the industry.
“I am so thrilled to be joining such an experienced team with a fantastic array of clients. I’m especially looking forward to working with clients across the UK, growing their brands in all PR, marketing and digital aspects.”
Melissa will contribute to the PR, marketing and digital work Shooting Star undertakes for its varied portfolio of clients.
Interim Account Manager Nikhita Keshwara commented: “We are delighted to welcome Melissa to the Shooting Star team. She has already proved to be a valuable asset and I am confident that our clients will enjoy working with her. Melissa joins the agency at an exciting time, as our client portfolio continues to expand across the country.”
Shooting Star recently celebrated 13 years in business supporting an ever-growing list of clients with their PR, marketing and digital communications. The agency’s current client roster includes glass manufacturer Beatson Clark, permanent offsite construction company Rollalong, the Midlands Engine, Labeyrie Fine Foods and Midlands Enterprise Universities.
Shooting Star specialises in media relations, social media, traditional and digital marketing, media training and crisis management.
For more information visit www.weareshootingstar.co.uk, follow @ShootingStarPR on Twitter or like @ShootingStarPR on Facebook.
Notes for 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 and Newark, Shooting Star works for local and national public and private sector clients across a wide range of sectors including education, leisure and tourism, property, retail, finance, manufacturing and construction.
- The company offers a full range of PR, marketing and digital services.
- Shooting Star has been shortlisted in the CIPR PRide Awards every year since 2010.
- In 2015, the agency won silver and gold in the Community Relations Campaign and STEM Campaign categories respectively at the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire CIPR PRide Awards. Then in 2017 it was awarded silver in the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire region and gold in the South of England and Channel Islands region in the Arts, Culture or Sport Campaign category.
- It was also a finalist in the Digital Marketing Campaign of the Year category at the 2017 Lincolnshire Digital & Tech Awards.
