AgencyUK strengthens its integrated team

Bath-based integrated creative agency AgencyUK has hired Paul Surridge as Art Director and Sophie Bullock as junior account manager.

Surridge was previously Creative Director at Bright Light. Prior to that he was Art Director at McCann Erickson. He has worked extensively in the automotive, retail, financial and travel sectors on clients such as Cathay Pacific, Amex, Environment Agency and Honda.

Journalism graduate Bullock was previously at Future Plus, the commercial agency of Future Publishing, where she worked on the BT Vision, Carole Nash and Asus accounts.

The new appointments come after a period of sustained growth at TheAgency, which works with clients such as Del Monte,BSM, PC Gamer, Dr Schar Glutafin and NetRegs. The company was recently named as one of the South West and Wales’ top young companies in the prestigious HSBC Start-Up Stars Awards. It has also been shortlisted as South West Company of the Year 2010 in the Marketing Industry Awards.