Acast, the world’s largest unbiased podcast firm, introduced Josh Woodhouse’s appointment as Regional Managing Director of Acast UK & Eire.
Having been Performing Regional MD since Georgie Holt moved throughout the enterprise earlier this yr to turn into Regional Managing Director of Acast Americas, Woodhouse – beforehand UK Director of Gross sales – now assumes the position full time. Leo Goldingham, beforehand a UK-based Group Enterprise Director, will now step as much as Director of Gross sales for the UK.
Woodhouse, who has been with Acast for 5 years, began his profession at Bauer Media Group and has additionally beforehand labored at Pearl & Dean. Goldingham, who has been with Acast for a similar size of time, was beforehand at World and Wi-fi Group and can now lead Acast’s gross sales crew for UK.
Oskar Serrander, Acast’s Chief Operations Officer, stated: “The UK is house to a number of the greatest podcasters and is one among our best-performing marketplaces globally. Josh has been key to our development over the previous 5 years, and – after an intensive seek for Georgie’s substitute – it turned clear to us that one of the best individual to guide Acast ahead within the UK was already right here.
“Selling from inside is one thing we strongly consider in, and that’s additionally why selling Leo to a management position on this precedence market additionally made quite a lot of sense. Each are well-respected, much-loved members of the UK crew – and pillars of the artistic, high-achieving and enjoyable tradition we’ve labored laborious to construct.”
Woodhouse stated: “It’s secure to say that Acast has been a massively essential a part of my life for the previous 5 years, and to formally step into the Managing Director position for the UK and Eire is a dream come true. It’s a very particular place to work, not only for the unimaginable work we do with our podcasters and advertisers however for the tradition we’ve constructed and sustained, regardless of our unprecedented development and the pressures and challenges that may deliver to a enterprise.
“I’ve spent the previous 5 years driving Acast’s business crew within the UK and I can safely say that Leo is the best individual to take over on this position as Director of Gross sales. I can’t wait to see how Leo can take the UK gross sales crew to new heights, delivering market-leading campaigns for our advertisers and serving to our creators to make a residing from their laborious work.”
Goldingham added: “Acast’s mission is to assist podcasters make more cash – and, as Director of Gross sales, my precedence will probably be to enhance income efficiency so our podcasters can proceed to make the good content material their listeners love. The UK gross sales crew is outstanding and it’s an ideal honour to guide them in delivering excellence to advertisers, facilitating a wholesome podcast ecosystem that permits our creators to thrive.”
Acast is house to a number of the greatest and most iconic podcasts within the UK, together with Shagged. Married, Irritated; The Relaxation is Politics; My Dad Wrote a Porno; and That Peter Crouch Podcast. Acast additionally works with publishers such because the Monetary Occasions, the Guardian, The New York Occasions and The Economists to host and monetize their podcasts within the UK and additional afield.
Elsewhere within the UK enterprise, Lorna Byrne and Emma Morrisroe have been promoted to Group Enterprise Administrators, after constant distinctive efficiency, with crew management tasks overseeing gross sales, with each media companies and direct-to-brand shoppers.
