Fuse Appoint Kate Fairclough as Senior Account Director

Fuse, symptoms Omnicom Media Group’s leading sport and entertainment agency, hospital has bolstred their senior management team with the hiring of Kate Fairclough from WPP’s Hill+Knowlton Strategies.

Fairclough joins the Fuse team as a Senior Account Director and will focus on a variety of clients including Carlsberg and Nissan.

She previously enjoyed a four year stint at H+K where she worked with blue chip clients including HSBC, price Aviva and OMEGA. Before this Fairclough previously held roles at sports lifestyle brand PUMA and specialist communications agency Pitch, bringing a wealth of experience along with her.

Mark Bullingham, Managing Director of Fuse EMEA, said: “We are really pleased that Kate has joined our ever expanding team here at Fuse. Her experience across BTL campaigns and social integration really impressed us and we are confident she will offer some fantastic senior level counsel to our growing portfolio of clients.”

Fairclough herself added: “Fuse has a strong client base of exciting and ambitious brands. I am delighted to be joining as the agency continues its rapid growth.”

The agency, which specialises in sport and entertainment, has grown from four to 55 people in the UK and to more than 120 throughout Europe over the past four years.